Request for Proposal

Dairy Council of Michigan Inc.
Amiee Vondrasek
$273,000*
Provides technical assistance to funded food pantry grant recipients that will be delivered by experts at the United Dairy Industry of Michigan.
Ingham County; Mid-Michigan
Learn more at: mibluedaily.com/stories/food-pantry-grants/food-pantry-grant-program-cultivates-healthier-michigan-communities-by-investing-usd273-000

INVESTING IN THE HEALTH OF THE UPPER PENINSULA

Cedar Tree Institute
Jon Magnuson
$50,000
Support for training to build hospice and palliative care capacity among regional providers and community members.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Great Lakes Recovery Center Foundation
Greg Toutant
$50,000**
Support to build an older adult/veteran-centered network to lessen isolation, expand peer-led outreach and caregiver education, and boost access to behavioral health services for improved mental-health outcomes.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Greater Ishpeming Commission on Aging
Ashley A. Roberts
$50,000
Support for a community health worker that will provide health education, navigation and social support for seniors in Ishpeming and surrounding townships.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly (LBFE)
Carol Korpela
$40,000
Expands the Forever Friendly Visiting Volunteer Program into Baraga County to reduce isolation among older adults through personalized in-home visits.
Baraga County; Upper Peninsula

Munising Memorial Hospital Association
Christi Salo
$50,000
Support for a community paramedic to deliver post-discharge home visits, chronic disease education and non-medical drivers of health screening for older adults in Alger County.
Alger County; Upper Peninsula

National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
Mary Wozniak
$50,000
Support to implement a quality improvement project to raise chronic kidney disease screening rates among older adults with diabetes or hypertension at Baraga County Memorial Hospital.
Baraga County; Upper Peninsula

New Day Foundation for Families
Cheryl Warstler
$20,000*
Support to expand New Day's Upper Peninsula program to serve more senior cancer patients by providing resource navigation and other essential basic needs and support.
Marquette, UP Wide Counties; Upper Peninsula

Room at the Inn
Chelsie Wilkinson
$50,000**
Provides health-related supplies, medication copay support and transportation services for unhoused older adults.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Soo Theatre Project, Inc.
Maggie Twining
$25,000
Support for inclusive, accessible arts experiences to reduce social isolation, improve health and enhance quality of life for older adults.
Chippewa County; Upper Peninsula

The Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP)
Suzanne Sharland Hemmila
$47,600
Support to train and certify family and professional caregivers while providing a multi-party communication tool that strengthens caregiver-patient-provider relationships.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Trillium House
Melissa Cavill
$49,990
Support to pilot a volunteer caregiver program to match trained volunteers with hospice patients and their families.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center
Molly Holmstrom Bolster
$50,000
Support for a geriatric care manager who will coordinate care for high-risk older adults across skilled nursing facilities to reduce hospital transfers and improve caregiver support.
Houghton County; Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions, Inc.
Katrina Keough
$50,000**
Expands a behavioral health hub and launches an ECHO-based education program to give primary care clinicians heightened geriatric psychiatry expertise.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula Hospice Foundation
Kori Bjorne
$50,000**
Support to pilot an in-home palliative care program for seriously ill, non-hospice individuals with the goal of reducing hospitalizations and supporting caregivers.
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Learn more at: New Grant Program Awards $632,590 in Grants to Enhance Health Care for Upper Peninsula Seniors

*Includes funding partners
**Partner funding

ADVANCING MATERNAL HEALTH EQUITY

Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
Te’Asia Martin
$45,000*
This project will i*mprove access, community, and equity to prenatal care for both baby and birthing individuals.
Kent County; West Michigan
Learn more at: miblueperspectives.com/GRAHHILAHC

Leaders Advancing Helping Communities
Kelly Citron
$45,000*
The project will provide expectant immigrant families with vital pre/postpartum resources. 
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

Metro Solutions
Gaylotta Murry
$30,000*
This project focuses on diversifying the maternal health workforce and decreasing maternal deaths.
Macomb, Oakland, Wayne Counties; Southeast Detroit

University of Michigan
Alex Peahl, MD, Msc 
$45,000*
Project focuses on increasing access and improving health outcomes for birthing people with opioid use disorders.
Washtenaw, Wayne, Livingston, Monroe Counties; Southeast Michigan

Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions
Katrina Keough
$35,000*
The goal of this program is to improve the quality of care for pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorder. 
Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon; Upper Peninsula

Wayne State University
Caroline Joy Dayton PhD, LP, LMSW IMH-E(IV)
$35,000*
This project will increase access to mental health screening and interventions while connecting pregnant people and parents to resources.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

Willow Tree Family Center
Michelle Haskell
$45,000*
This project focuses on providing health education and support to low-income, underserved, and marginalized parents.
Clinton, Ingham, Eaton Counties; Mid-Michigan

YWCA of Kalamazoo
Jameca Patrick-Singleton
$30,000*
This project will develop a doula program aimed at making prenatal, birth, and postpartum doula services available. 
Kalamazoo County; West Michigan


FOOD AND NUTRITION INSECURITY

Dairy Council of Michigan Inc.
Cortney A-Boes Freeland
$55,000*
This funding supported technical assistance for the food pantry grant recipients.
Ingham County; Mid-Michigan
Learn more at: miblueperspectives.com/foodpantysupport 

EXHALE: SUPPORTING FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF OLDER ADULTS

Strategic Community Solutions
Deborah Royal
$266,400*
This program will provide support for respite opportunities for family caregivers of older adults.
Macomb, Oakland, Wayne; Southeast Michigan
Learn more at: mibluedaily.com/Exhale

LEADERSHIP IN MENTAL HEALTH EQUITY

Brilliant Detroit
Regina Reid
$150,000*
This work will support a mental resiliency platform focused on providing mental health programming for the populations they serve.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance
Kenyetta Campbell
$150,000*
This program will develop a holistic, accessible system for connecting residents to mental health services.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

The Detroit Association of Black Organizations (DABO)
Rev. Horace Sheffield
$150,000*
This program will increase mental health access and wellness.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

Genesis Hope
Jeanine C. Hatcher
$150,000*
To increase their capacity to connect seniors to mental health care. 
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

Teen Hype Youth Development
Ambra Redrick
$150,000*
This program will expand the services and support provided to close the opportunity gap for mental health services for youth in Detroit.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

The Yunion
Nicole Wilson
$150,000*
This program will serve middle and high-school participants and their parents/guardians with a mental health intervention.
Wayne County; Southeast Michigan

*Includes funding partners

2023 Advancing Maternal Health Equity initiative

Because of His Love Outreach
Lesley Grant, LMSW
$50,000*
Improving maternal and paternal mental health among Maternal Infant Health Program clients. Co-funded with BCBSM Social Mission through the “2023 Advancing Maternal Health Equity” initiative
Wayne, Oakland, Macomb Counties; Southeast Michigan

Bronson Health Foundation Inc.
Terry Morrow
$50,000*
Support for the Southwest Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative to improve maternal mental health through increased awareness, assessment and treatment of perinatal loss.
Kalamazoo, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Saint Joseph, Van Buren Counties; West Michigan and Mid-Michigan

United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Darienne Driver Hudson, Ed.D.
$50,000*
Support for the Southeast Michigan Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative to improve maternal mental health through increased awareness, assessment and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Co-funded with BCBSM Social Mission through the “2023 Advancing Maternal Health Equity” initiative
Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties; Southeast Michigan

Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions Inc.
Melissa Holmquist
$50,000*
Continued support for expanding the Upper Peninsula Maternal Opioid (and other substance) Misuse Model by partnering with the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. Co-funded with BCBSM Social Mission through the “2023 Advancing Maternal Health Equity” initiative
Marquette, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties; Upper Peninsula

Young Women’s Christian Association of Kalamazoo
Lisa Rodriguez
$50,000*
Continued support for a home-visiting Community Health Worker. Co-funded with BCBSM Social Mission through the “2023 Advancing Maternal Health Equity” initiative
Kalamazoo County; West Michigan

Food and Nutrition Insecurity Initiative

The Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
Tricia Phelps
$50,000
Increased access to fresh produce consumption by connecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-eligible communities to online ordering of fresh produce and nutritious food.
Grand Traverse County; Northern Michigan

2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health in The Upper Peninsula

Catholic Social Services of the U.P.
Kyle Rambo
$70,194*
Improve access to mental health treatment for young people. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Delta County; Upper Peninsula

Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc.
Greg Toutant
$160,000*
Increased access to mental health treatment. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Marquette and Alger Counties; Upper Peninsula

Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency
Greg Nyen, Ed.D.
$24,492*
Pilot a school-based universal mental health screening program. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Marquette and Alger Counties; Upper Peninsula

Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency
Greg Nyen, Ed.D.
$46,000*
Expansion of the Youth Wellness Task Force. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Marquette and Alger Counties: Upper Peninsula

Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
B. Keith English, M.D.
$389,237*
Creation of the Upper Peninsula Training and Enhanced Access to Children’s Health (UP-TEACH) hub. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Ingham County; Mid-Michigan and Upper Peninsula

Northern Michigan University
Elise Bur
$36,673*
Creation of the U.P. Behavioral Health Education Hub. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions Inc.
Melissa Holmquist
$106,165.93*
Establish a behavioral health and health care provider network to improve care access. Co-funded with the Superior Health Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund through the “2023-2024 Pediatric Mental Health Program.”
Marquette County; Upper Peninsula

Systems Approach to Building A Continuum of Crisis Care Services

Wayne State University
Center for Behavioral Health and Justice
Sheryl Kubiak, Ph.D.
$255,000*
Improving the response to people experiencing mental health or substance use-related emergencies through crisis care models. Co-funded by the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation and the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
Wayne County; Statewide

*Includes funding partners