Michigan Health Endowment Fund

We are excited to share that Listen4Good will be presenting at the Council of Michigan Foundations October 2024 Conference! In the session, Building Nonprofit Capacity through Listening, L4G Director of Partner Services, Sachi Takahashi-Rial, will join the Michigan Health Endowment Fund and Keweenaw Community Foundation to share about capacity-building supports for sharing power with community. Sachi will guide participants through an interactive exercise on listening and feedback. We look forward to connecting with fellow changemakers and driving positive impact together. https://lnkd.in/gK2trxMX #MIphilanthropy #Nonprofits #CapacityBuilding #Feedback #Fundraising #CommunityEngagement #Equity?

Older adults face an elevated risk of severe illness from COVID-19. With a newly updated vaccine now available, the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging asked Michiganders over 50 whether they were likely to get it. The response: 50% said they were very likely or somewhat likely to get the updated vaccine, compared to 45% of older adults nationally, with some significant variation based on income in our state. Learn more:

Yesterday afternoon, the Health Fund Board of Directors voted to invest $14.7 million in 60 exciting projects aimed at improving health for Michigan. The majority of these grants will fuel new projects through our Behavioral Health and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyles initiatives. Together, these investments seek to build effective systems of care and support better conditions for health and well-being in communities throughout the state. Learn more and view the full list of new grants:

Grateful to see the work and insights of our partner, Meredith Kennedy of Miigwech, Inc. featured in this piece from the Council of Michigan Foundations!

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides compassionate, confidential care for people experiencing emotional distress or crisis. In observance of National Suicide Prevention Month, we're excited to join with partners to recognize today as Michigan's inaugural 988 Day! The day's chosen theme — "No Judgment. Just Help." — says it all. Join us in helping spread the word.

Health Fund support has helped our partners at Miles for Memories — an initiative of the Battle Creek Community Foundation — create a technology solution to help people with dementia who have become disoriented in their communities get home faster, with less anxiety, distress, and expense. Our latest blog post shows how a simple bracelet has led to 385 safe returns and approximately $1,750,000 in health care savings across Michigan since 2017:

In July, a group of Health Fund squaddies hopped in a minivan for a three-day meeting tour with Behavioral Health grantees in northern Michigan. It was an incredible opportunity to spend time in person with partners and learn more about their work. We drove home with a deeper appreciation for the collaborative approaches communities are using to increase access to behavioral health support, along with the challenges they are navigating to make it happen. Our latest blog shares more. Huge thanks to Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan, Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Marquette Alger RESA, McLaren Northern Michigan, Munson Healthcare, and Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions for their hospitality!

Spreading the word that MDHHS is seeking public health and community leaders to join its Michigan Racial Health Equity Think Tank. Participants will collaborate and share knowledge from their unique backgrounds to?advance health equity for racial groups impacted by disparity gaps in Michigan. The application deadline for participation is next Friday, August 23. Learn more and apply at the link below:

Just over 29% of Michiganders age 50 and older, and 35% of Michigan women age 50 and older, said they take care of at least one person with a health condition or disability.? That's just one finding from the latest "poll extra" from the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging — conducted by the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation with support from the Health Fund — which looks at the experiences, attitudes, and needs of caregivers in our state. View the complete findings and compare what's happening in Michigan to national results:

?? The Health Fund is hiring! ?? We're excited to announce two openings on our program team: a Program Officer on our Behavioral Health team, and a Senior Program Officer to support our emerging portfolio in Maternal & Infant Health. These two new positions will provide critical capacity and expertise to advance our efforts to improve the health and wellness of people across Michigan. Detailed job descriptions, including application instructions, are available on our website: