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.
WHI Steering Committee
CHRT Offices – The Dome 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MIThe 22 organizational and community members of the Washtenaw Health Initiative Steering Committee meet monthly to provide strategic oversight for the initiative and to set program priorities. Meeting agendas and minutes are regularly posted and available online.
WHI Opioid Project
Learning Resource Center 4135 Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsilanti, MI, United StatesA 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
SIM Hublet Care Coordinators Meeting
Learning Resource Center 4135 Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsilanti, MI, United StatesThe Livingston/Washtenaw County social and medical care coordination initiative is a highly collaborative project, developed with more than a dozen local health and human service organizations that serve clients with complex health and social concerns. Each month, care coordinators from these organizations come together to discuss the project, including emerging challenges, new opportunities, and recent ... Read more
Hospital community health assessments and investments (UNITE)
CHRT Offices – The Dome 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MIThe Washtenaw Health Initiative's (WHI) Unified Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Team Engagement (UNITE) Group, launched in 2015 by the region’s largest non-profit hospitals, works to identify Washtenaw County health needs, prioritize those needs with the goal of advancing public health and health equity, and inform hospital-driven activities that are designed to address priority needs.
Stakeholders Meeting
Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesWHI'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. RSVP to attend.
SIM Work Group Meetings
CHRT Offices – The Dome 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MIThe Livingston and Washtenaw County Community Health Innovation Region, with funding from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, works to provide patient-centered, coordinated care to frequent utilizers of emergency department services. The initiative, which is now serving more than 250 residents in the participating counties, will continue through January 2020. A number of quantitative and ... Read more
2019 Open Enrollment
Last year, the national uninsured rate increased for the first time since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. Approximately 2 million Americans and 25,000 Michiganders lost health insurance coverage between 2017 and 2018. In light of these loss of coverage trends, as well as Michigan’s pending work requirements, this year’s open enrollment activities ... Read more
SIM Hublet Quality Improvement Meeting
Learning Resource Center 4135 Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsilanti, MI, United StatesThe Livingston and Washtenaw County Community Health Innovation Region, with funding from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, works to provide patient-centered, coordinated care to frequent utilizers of emergency department services. This pilot program was built on the strength of community partners. Staff from one dozen health and human service organizations, including housing providers, substance use counselors, and ... Read more
WHI Officers Committee
CHRT Offices – The Dome 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MIMembers of the Washtenaw Health Initiative Officers Committee meet monthly to discuss emerging challenges and priorities for future work. These meetings alternate between locations in Ann Arbor and Howell, Michigan.
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Work Group Meeting
CHRT Offices – The Dome 4251 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MIChaired by Dr. Timothy Florence, medical director for Washtenaw County Community Mental Health, and Nancy Siegrist, director of behavioral health services for St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, the Washtenaw Health Initiative’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Work Group includes representatives from dozens of the county’s behavioral health provider organizations.