Recent News
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Washtenaw County Health Department releases suicide report on data through 2023
Recent data from the Washtenaw County Health Department’s suicide report shows some promising trends and other areas of concern. As the county website reported: “Suicides among young people have been of concern in Washtenaw County for several years. Preliminary data from 2023 suggest a hopeful trend that the suicide rate may be decreasing among this…
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Need help with insurance enrollment? You’re not alone.
Looking for a new healthcare plan is a challenge. In a national Kaiser Family Foundation survey, fielded March – April 2020, more than 2,000 individuals were asked about the enrollment process. 18 percent reported that they received professional help finding a new insurance plan that year and 22 percent of those who did not report…
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May 2024 newsletter: Substance use disorder in Washtenaw County, “It Is Possible” campaign, and more.
Read the May 2024 newsletter: Substance use disorder in Washtenaw County, “It Is Possible” campaign, and more.
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2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award winner
In December, the Washtenaw community voted to award the 2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award to the Behavioral Health Collaborative for Young Black Men & Boys.
Funded by the Michigan Health Endowment, the project is a collaboration between Packard Health and the University of Michigan School of Social Work Curtis Center for Health Equity’s Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project.
