This August, the WHI’s Opioid Project is partnering with the Washtenaw Recovery Advocacy Project (WRAP), a program of Home of New Vision, to bring back the annual Washtenaw Opioid Summit on August 31 and September 1. WHI member advocacy revived the event after funding cuts Historically, the summit was funded by grants from the Community … Read more
Within days of the first documented COVID-19 case in the U.S., public health departments across the nation began the biggest pandemic response effort in a century. The pandemic illuminated the critical role of public health in communities across the world. And in many communities, including ours, these lessons were about unaddressed health disparities that existed … Read more
The Washtenaw Health Initiative partnered with the Washtenaw Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Washtenaw Housing Alliance, Avalon Housing, the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County, and the Women’s Center of Southeast Michigan to conduct a survey that was sent to 59 candidates running for election … Read more