Every student deserves a quality education and to feel safe within school. But — following the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University and more than a year after the...
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and its supporting organizations provided combined grantmaking in 2022 of nearly $103 million. Grants supported nonprofit organizations and local governments working to make a...
Valerie (Val) Chapman-Henley cares for her husband, Kurt Henley, who was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease in 2019. Chapman-Henley attends a monthly caregiver support group hosted by...
The number of women and children experiencing homelessness in Macomb County has been increasing for more than a decade and COVID-19 only accelerated the trend, according to one local shelter....
Birth Detroit co-founder and birth doula Elon Geffrard chats with expecting mom Tajzha Davis. “Whatever you need, they’ll help you with it,” Davis says of Birth Detroit, a Community Foundation...
Attitudes toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and the medications to treat the disease have significantly changed over the last 20 years. In this dialogue, Dr. Jacob Manteuffel, Emergency...
Embracing meticulous data-gathering practices is paramount to documenting the effectiveness of emergency department (ED) medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs. When administered after a nonfatal overdose, buprenorphine can reduce...
Opioid overdose deaths for Black people surpassed that of whites in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade, according to a 2022 JAMA Psychiatry research paper. Inequities...
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and its Michigan Opioid Partnership created an early alliance with the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center (MHA Keystone Center) in its fight...
Passion is at the core of many health systems’ drive to develop medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs in their emergency departments (ED). With the number of opiate-related deaths...