Washtenaw Health Initiative

WHI Community Advisory Board
2024-10-14 13:30 - 15:00, 2024-11-11 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
The Community Advisory Board informs the WHI about the needs of the community and helps guide community engagement-based projects within the WHI.

To learn more, email Erin Horne, staff representative, at ekhorne@med.umich.edu.

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Meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99649402809

Community Election Forum – Empowering Informed Voters
2024-10-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
The morning session will be hosted from 11am – 3pm and the evening session will be hosted from 5 – 9pm.

Join us for a non-partisan Community Election Education Forum aimed at helping residents understand the voting process and key local ballot initiatives. This free event is designed to empower voters by providing essential information about how to participate in upcoming elections and make informed decisions.

There will be two sessions, each hosted at the Washtenaw Community College’s Morris Lawrence Building. The morning session will be hosted from 11am – 3pm and the evening session will be hosted from 5 – 9pm.

What to Expect: Hosted in a exhibition format, you will be able to attend mini-presentations that cover important topics like:

Overview of the voting process: registration, early voting, and election day guidelines.

An overview on how local millages work and current millage initiatives on the ballot this November.

Tools and resources to find sample ballots, participating on election day, and how to manage effects that elections have on mental health.

Opportunities for Q&A with community leaders and non-partisan experts.

Who Should Attend: This forum is open to all community members who want to learn more about voting and the important issues on the ballot. Whether you’re a first-time voter or a seasoned participant, this event will provide valuable insights and resources to help you navigate the election process with confidence.

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Morning Session | 11a-3pm

Evening Session | 5-9PM

WHI Communications Committee
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
The 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 Kimberly Snodgrass, staff representative, at kimsnod@umich.edu
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WHI Stakeholders Meeting – Integrating Health and Social Services
2024-12-10 15:00 - 17:00 | CHRT Offices – The Dome, 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105
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 to advance and sustain these activities.

Just what is a community care hub?

A multi stakeholder collaboration that supports a network of community organizations addressing health-related social needs. The hubs centralize administrative functions for the network, which can include seeking and managing funding for the work, supporting a leadership group made up of network members and individuals with lived experience, offering a single point of contracting for health care providers and payers, and coordinating professional development and workforce training.

For more information read Improving health and well-being through community care hubs.

Our roundtable speakers from community care hubs across the nation include:

Nikki Kmicinski, chief executive officer of the Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative;

Gerard Queally, president and CEO of Spectrum Generations: Healthy Living for ME; and

Tane Lewis, community support network manager, Mid-America Regional Council

Kristi Bohling-DaMetz, director of aging and adult services, Mid-America Regional Council

The Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative is a community care hub of a social care network of local, trusted community-based organizations providing social care programs and services. The network was formed to make partnering between CBOs and healthcare easier and more efficient.

Healthy Living for ME is Maine’s community care hub, a collaborative effort involving local organizations, health systems, and volunteers. The hub aims to enhance health and wellness across the state by coordinating community resources, empowering individuals to manage their health effectively, and promoting a culture where prevention and wellness are prioritized.

The Mid-America Community Support Network brings together diverse regional partners to address the health-related social needs of community members through targeted home and community-based services and interventions. Among these partners are community-based organizations, health systems, health plans, educational institutions and other payers and stakeholders.

In addition to hearing from these experts, the WHI will announce the winner of its 2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award and discuss 2025 priorities, including advancing community level strategies to effectively promote integration of social service and clinical care providers to improve the health of our community.

Healthy Aging Collaborative Meeting
2025-01-16 13:30 - 15:00
Contact Matt Hill for details at hillmat@med.umich.edu.

Steering Committee Meeting
2025-02-11 10:00 - 11:30

Communications Committee
2025-03-11 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-04-08 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-05-13 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-06-10 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-07-08 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-08-12 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-09 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-10-14 15:30 - 16:30 and 3 more dates
The Washtenaw Health Initiative Communications Committee is comprised of communicators from local health, mental health, and social service organizations. The committee members collaborate to advance the WHI’s mission of health and health equity across the county.

Health and Social Service Integration Summit
2025-03-18 08:00 - 17:00 | CHRT Offices – The Dome, 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105
Our community has identified access to services, both to health care and resources that address the social drivers of health, as a critical issue. For those with significant, ongoing health AND social needs, access to coordinated, complex services is particularly challenging. In 2025, the WHI will prioritize advancing community level strategies to effectively promote integration of social service and clinical care providers to improve the health of our community.

In this Health and Social Service Integration Summit, the WHI is bringing together presenters that will overview current strategies and investments that are currently being made toward better integrating health and social services in Michigan. Attendees will also have an opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges for advancing integration efforts.

This will be a full day, in-person summit. To help facilitate better dialogue, there is not a virtual option for this event. Coffee, tea, and pastries will be provided for breakfast and lunch will be included.

At this time, we are at capacity for the event.

Questions? Contact Matt Hill at hillmat@med.umich.edu.

Community Advisory Board Monthly Meeting
2025-07-14 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-04 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-09-01 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-10-06 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-11-03 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-12-01 13:30 - 15:00, 2026-01-05 13:30 - 15:00 | CHRT Offices – The Dome, 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105
The Community Advisory Board, is a diverse group of Washtenaw county residents that provide insight, expertise, and a lived-experience perspective to the WHI, including it’s steering committee, working groups, and other initiatives. Additionally, CAB members serve as trusted community messengers that share information with their community, while also lifting community voice within the WHI.

These meetings are held in-person at Arbor Lakes, Building 3. Once you enter building 3, walk down the hallway directly behind the security desk, and the meeting room is on your right at the very end of the hallway.

Want to learn more? Reach out to WHI-CAB-Info@umich.edu or call 734-715-7078.

Healthy Aging Collaborative
2025-09-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-15 08:00 - 17:00
The Healthy Aging Collaborative meets virtually the third Thursday, every other month.

The cross-sector Healthy Aging Collaborative is developing a county-wide healthy aging strategy and promoting age-friendly practices. The group is focused on specific service areas or domains, such as equity, caregiving, faith communities, housing, nutrition, and more. The first domain the group focused on was equitable transportation for Washtenaw’s aging population.

Need more information? Reach out to kalaina@med.umich.edu.
