The 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.

The 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.

As part of Michigan’s State Innovation Model (SIM), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services asked hundreds of health care providers to annually screen their patients for social needs including: food security, housing, financial strain, transportation, literacy, and utilities such as water, heat, and electricity. As patients reveal needs, these health care providers offer referrals to existing services ... Read more

The Senior Services Work Group formed in late 2016 to identify senior service needs, to determine the cause of those needs, and to begin to address those issues so that Washtenaw County seniors–regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status–can experience healthy aging. RSVP to attend.

The 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. Medicaid Health Plans collaborate with care coordinators to improve service delivery.

Chaired 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.

Members 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.

The 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

The 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.

The 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.