Cleo Kesidis

2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award Winner: Improving reentry services 

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Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Reentry

In December 2024, the Washtenaw community recognized the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Reentry Initiative with the WHI’s 2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award. The goal of this collaboration is supporting individuals transitioning out of jail and reducing the likelihood of their reoffending. More than 20 community organizations collaborate as a multidisciplinary team, including:  Thinking about an … Read more

Addressing transportation gaps in Washtenaw County with non-emergency medical transportation

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In Washtenaw County, transportation barriers impact around 25 percent of U.S. adults, creating critical access issues for essential healthcare services. Studies indicate that missed or delayed medical appointments, often due to a lack of transportation, cost the U.S. healthcare system over $150 billion annually. The Washtenaw Health Initiative’s (WHI) latest report dives into the impact … Read more

Community care hub leaders to speak at December 10 stakeholders meeting

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Join us on December 10, from 3-5pm, in person or online, to hear from leaders of successful community care hubs in New York, Maine, and the Kansas City region.  These speakers will share information about health, behavioral health, and social service integration efforts in their communities and how the community care hub framework has helped … Read more

Vote now for the WHI’s 2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award

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The Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) believes in the power of collaborations to break down silors and enable organizations to achieve more than they ever could alone. Since 2021, the WHI’s Collaborative Impact Award has recognized collaborations in Washtenaw County that have made a significant positive impact on community health. Voting is now open for the … Read more

Housing and transportation for seniors: Interview the Marie Gress, co-chair of WHI Healthy Aging Collaborative

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Senior Housing and Transportation

We spoke with Marie Gress, co-chair of the WHI Healthy Aging Collaborative, to learn more about the collaborative’s recent work and its focus on critical issues affecting seniors in Washtenaw County. How did you come to co-chair the Healthy Aging Collaborative? When I joined, the Healthy Aging Collaborative had already decided to focus on transportation, … Read more

National strategic framework on healthy aging

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Healthy Aging

In May of this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released “Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging” through the Administration for Community Living (ACL). “The rapidly growing population of older adults creates an urgent need for thoughtful planning and coordinated action to strengthen the … Read more

Washtenaw County Health Department releases suicide report on data through 2023

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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 … Read more

Need help with insurance enrollment? You’re not alone.

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Insurance enrollment assistance

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 … Read more