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Michigan Health Endowment Fund

The Health Fund supports innovative projects for a healthier Michigan. The Health Endowment Fund was created through passage of Public Act 4 of 2013.

The law requires Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to contribute up to $1.56 billion over 18 years to a Health Endowment Fund. The Fund’s purpose is to support efforts to improve the quality of health care while reducing costs and to benefit the health and wellness through funding of programs for minor children and seniors throughout the state with a significant focus on infant mortality, behavio

ral health, healthy aging, wellness and fitness programs, access to healthy food, technology enhancements, health related transportation needs and foodborne illness prevention.

11/08/2024

Announcing 65 new grants! The Health Fund has approved $13.7+ million in grants supporting projects through our Healthy Aging, Community Health & Capacity Building, and Special Projects & Emerging Ideas programs. Check out our latest blog post for a full list of funded projects aimed at improving the health of older adults and children across Michigan:

The Health Fund has approved 65 new grants totaling $13,776,934, with investments touching five different grant programs. The majority of grants will support projects through the Health Fund’s Community Health & Capacity Building, Healthy Aging, and Special Projects & Emerging Ideas grant programs...

09/08/2024

The 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline provides compassionate, confidential care for people experiencing emotional distress or crisis. In observance of National Su***de 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.

Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.

08/15/2024

"The garden is a beautiful place where it doesn't matter your age or affiliation, your gender, your nationality. We can come together and grow."

Health Fund grant partners FitKids360 are bringing young people and their families into the garden to support their health and wellbeing. Find out how in State of Health:

At two Youth Mentor Gardens, participating teens and their families work together to plant, w**d, water, mulch, and harvest produce.

08/13/2024

Wayne State University's Dr. Peter Lichtenberg has led several projects supported by the Health Fund aiming to prevent financial exploitation of older adults. His research on memory loss and changes in spending habits provides valuable insight on a complex and important aspect of healthy aging:

Defying a long-held taboo, Dr. Peter Lichtenberg asked older Michiganders to open their bank accounts to him. What he found were sobering links between early memory loss and everyday budget decisions.

08/01/2024

Produce prescription programs help individuals improve their health and manage disease by increasing their access to nutritious foods. Strong collaborations have helped a network of partners expand access to produce prescription programs across Michigan, with exciting potential opportunities for sustainability around the corner. More in State of Health:

Efforts are underway to better coordinate efforts between produce prescription programs and to create more standardized funding mechanisms for them.

07/31/2024

A training program led by the Lapeer County EMS Authority is helping fill a critical health workforce shortage by providing full scholarships to individuals training for careers as EMTs. A 2023 Health Fund grant helped support the first class of 14 newly graduated EMTs:

LAPEER — After receiving a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund last year to help address a widespread critical shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics, Lapeer County EMS has graduated its first class of grant-funded EMTs. The class began on Jan. 9 with 20 students...

07/15/2024

The Health Fund's Community Health Impact (CHI) Initiative supports projects that engage communities and incorporate their voices in health solutions designed to serve them. As we head into our second CHI funding cycle for 2024, our recent blog looks at projects supported through CHI that have done this well:

Our recent blog highlights successful approaches to community engagement for projects funded through our CHI program.

06/25/2024

Supporting cross-sector partnerships that drive progress on health issues is the foundation of our Collaborative Capacity Building grant program, but we recognize health leaders can benefit from guidance on how to best join forces. That's why we engaged Healthy Places by Design to offer a training called Collaboration Lab to a cohort of Health Fund grantees. In our latest blog post, guest authors from Healthy Places by Design share how this training impacts partnerships and offer resources and practices to strengthen collaboration:

The Health Fund has engaged Healthy Places by Design to offer a cohort-based learning program called Collaboration Lab, which provides a rare opportunity for formal collaboration training. To explain the Collaboration Lab model, impact, and the collaborative practices it teaches, we invited Phil Bor...

06/17/2024

With support from a Health Fund grant, Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University are training health care providers to connect more effectively with their older adult patients during telehealth visits. This project is part of a larger effort to make telehealth more accessible for all:

Learn how the Detroit-based health system works to ensure older patients can virtually connect with their doctors to better manage chronic conditions.

06/14/2024

A Health Fund grant is supporting the Michigan Local Food Council Network to advance equitable food access and help local communities achieve sovereignty over their food and agricultural systems. This work brings together local food councils from across the state and includes a food systems leadership program, coaching cohorts, seed grant opportunities, and more:

The Michigan Local Food Council Network, a part of the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS), will work to identify and support community-defined and led food sovereignty efforts among historically underserved communities in Michigan.

06/13/2024

The Health Fund provides free capacity building resources to health-focused nonprofits in Michigan, including Catchafire — a platform that helps organizations link up with skilled volunteer talent at no cost. On June 24, we're offering a 90-minute training that will help nonprofits think about their capacity challenges and explore ways to leverage Catchafire to find skilled volunteers who can assist in developing solutions. Register here:

Join us for a 90-minute workshop that will transform the way you think about Capacity Building!

06/12/2024

Many older adults and their caregivers could benefit from Area Agencies on Aging, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and other options for long-term services and supports. One challenge: a lack of awareness about available supports could be preventing many from accessing the help they need. The latest poll extra from the Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging shows our state is doing better in awareness of these resources than the nation as a whole, but also points out where we can improve:

Poll shows need to build awareness of Area Agencies on Aging, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and options for long-term services and supports

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The Michigan Health Endowment Fund works to improve the health and wellness of Michigan residents and reduce the cost of healthcare, with a special focus on children and older people. Our priority grantmaking areas are behavioral health, healthy aging, and nutrition & healthy lifestyles.