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Washtenaw County Launches RFP for Opioid Settlement Funding
Washtenaw County has officially launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its first round of opioid settlement funding, which will release $2.25 million over a three-year period to support local efforts to prevent overdose, improve treatment access, and build a recovery-ready community. Organizations, coalitions, and community-based groups are invited to apply for funding to support…
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Bridging Health and Social Services: Reflections from the 2025 WHI HSSI Summit
The Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) hosted its Health and Social Service Integration (HSSI) Summit on March 18, 2025, bringing together over 100 participants from across key sectors—health care organizations, social service organizations, local and state government, Medicaid Health Plans, and community residents to take on a shared challenge: how can we better integrate systems to…
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Cutting Through the Noise: A New Resource for Health Communicators in Washtenaw County and Beyond
In an era where misinformation spreads faster than facts, getting accurate and culturally relevant health information into our communities has never been more urgent—or more challenging. From vaccines to mental health, trusted messengers often find themselves doing double duty: providing services and correcting the record. That’s where the Michigan Health Communications Initiative (MHCI) comes in…
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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.
