Events
The WHI event calendar includes details about workgroup and stakeholder activities. Each WHI workgroup meets regularly to advance its vision and improve community health, health equity, and health care.
Washtenaw County Healthy Aging Collaborative
VirtualThe Washtenaw County Healthy Aging Collaborative supports the community health needs of senior citizens and their caregivers in Washtenaw County. Join Zoom Meeting https://umich.zoom.us/j/99649402809
Medicaid and Marketplace Outreach and Enrollment (MMOE)
VirtualMembers of the Washtenaw Health Initiative's Medicaid/Marketplace Outreach and Enrollment work group meet monthly to discuss ongoing work. RSVP to attend. In recent years, the federal government has made substantial changes to the funding and organization of outreach, education, and enrollment activities for the Health Insurance Marketplace. These changes have made recent open enrollment periods ... Read more
WHI Communications Committee
VirtualThe WHI Communications Committee is a group of communications professionals who are committed to promoting the work of WHI work groups and member organizations, as well as promotion community-based projects designed to improve health and health equity in Washtenaw County. To learn more, email Erin Spanier, staff representative, at espanier@med.umich.edu. Join Our Zoom Meetings https://umich.zoom.us/j/96820088889
WHI Opioid Project
VirtualA volunteer organization, the Washtenaw County Opioid Project brings concerned community members together with professionals from law enforcement, public health, community mental health, treatment programs, and hospitals to combat opioid misuse and overdose while meeting the needs of those living with chronic pain. Believing that every person has a part to play in ending the ... Read more
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Work Group Meeting
VirtualCo-chaired by Dr. Katrina Bozada, assistant director of the University of Michigan's Psychiatric Emergency Services, and Curtis Thornton, clinical director of Home of New Vision, the Washtenaw Health Initiative’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Work Group includes representatives from more than a dozen of the county’s behavioral health care provider organizations. Participants can join ... Read more
Washtenaw County Healthy Aging Collaborative
VirtualThe Washtenaw County Healthy Aging Collaborative supports the community health needs of senior citizens and their caregivers in Washtenaw County. Join Zoom Meeting https://umich.zoom.us/j/99649402809
Medicaid and Marketplace Outreach and Enrollment (MMOE)
VirtualMembers of the Washtenaw Health Initiative's Medicaid/Marketplace Outreach and Enrollment work group meet monthly to discuss ongoing work. RSVP to attend. In recent years, the federal government has made substantial changes to the funding and organization of outreach, education, and enrollment activities for the Health Insurance Marketplace. These changes have made recent open enrollment periods ... Read more
WHI Communications Committee
VirtualThe WHI Communications Committee is a group of communications professionals who are committed to promoting the work of WHI work groups and member organizations, as well as promotion community-based projects designed to improve health and health equity in Washtenaw County. To learn more, email Erin Spanier, staff representative, at espanier@med.umich.edu. Join Our Zoom Meetings https://umich.zoom.us/j/96820088889
Quarterly WHI Stakeholders Meeting: 10th Anniversary
VirtualThe WHI's quarterly stakeholder meetings offer an opportunity for community members to learn about, and weigh in on, important public health challenges and the strategies local organizations are using to address them. This will be a special stakeholders meeting with a discussion of health equity challenges in Washtenaw County, a panel on the positive impacts ... Read more
WHI Opioid Project
VirtualA volunteer organization, the Washtenaw County Opioid Project brings concerned community members together with professionals from law enforcement, public health, community mental health, treatment programs, and hospitals to combat opioid misuse and overdose while meeting the needs of those living with chronic pain. Believing that every person has a part to play in ending the ... Read more