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On October 18, Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) stakeholders selected the inaugural winner of the WHI’s Collaborative Health Impact Award. The … Read more
This October, WHI Communications Committee Co-Chair Maria Alfonso met with Mark Creekmore, treasurer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness … Read more
Year founded: 1982 Mission: Ending homelessness, one person at a time. Key focus area: The SAWC provides residential and nonresidential … Read more
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pledged to provide a $9 million Medicaid match to launch … Read more
Less than ten months after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, Washtenaw County leaders came together to start … Read more
In the first three months of 2021, the Washtenaw Continuum of Care (CoC) used a new program to help 23 … Read more
This September, WHI Communications Committee Co-Chair Liz Conlin met with Catherine McClary, treasurer of Washtenaw County, to discuss her multifaceted … Read more
Year joined WHI: 2015 Key focus area: Long term treatment services for people experiencing addiction and those in recovery. Mission: … Read more
By the end of the decade, one in four residents in Washtenaw County will be age 60 or over. “The … Read more
This August, the Washtenaw Health Initiative’s Opioid Project hosted a weeklong social media campaign leading up to International Overdose Awareness … Read more