Fries Prize awarded to three organizations for first time
The Fries Prize for Improving Health was awarded to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and Big Cities Health Coalition ...
Health
Wayne Health’s mobile units deliver health services to Detroit neighborhoods
Take a look at how Dr. Phil Levy and his team used data to ensure COVID-19 vaccines and testing reached the most vulnerable ...
Jobs
Families and Workers Fund provides economic security
The Families and Workers Fund was the first national, multi-donor collaborative philanthropy dedicated to building a more equitable U.S. economy by advancing jobs ...
Community Engagement
Teaming up to tackle food insecurity in Michigan
The Michigan Food Security Funders Collaborative aims to use evidence-based, sustainable initiatives to address food and nutrition insecurity among the 1.5 million families ...
Impact Investing
What do Black and Latino-owned businesses in Detroit need? Access to capital.
TechTown Detroit and ProsperUs Detroit are supporting people of color-owned businesses in building credit histories, providing business services and training and offering micro-lending ...
What can I do when millions of children may potentially become uninsured?
Nearly 40 million kids in the U.S are currently insured through Medicaid and/or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which offers health insurance ...
Health
Trusted messengers play a vital role to increase vaccine rates
There’s a lot of misinformation contributing to vaccine hesitancy. The role that trusted messengers play in a hyper-localized approach is just as important ...
Education
Culturally-centered education campaigns support Native American vaccination efforts
Organizations like Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center and Yee Ha’ólníi Doo are creating culturally centered COVID-19 educational materials on COVID-19 case and ...
Health
Healing through policy: Creating pathways to racial justice
Local leaders can implement policies and practices with immediate, wide-reaching, transformational effects on racial justice.
Health
Community-informed strategies improved Detroit’s COVID response
When COVID-19 hit Detroit in March of 2020, the challenges facing the city were instantly overwhelming and deadly. The city, with a poverty ...
