ACCESS HEALTH

Promotion for health equity the program has three objectives: (1) fostering community engagement, building partnerships, and collaborating with stakeholders to understand the needs of medicaid beneficiaries and historically disadvantaged populations, (2) planning, developing, and governing community information exchange, as well as designing pilots that integrate health and social care sectiors to better serve these populations, and (3) integration of an ancillary provider workforce, sharing models and best practices for developing a community-based workforce to partner with clinical and social care providers, thereby improving care accessibility and health outcomes for medicaid beneficiaries and underserved populations. Served approximately 1,350 members in the promotion for health equity program.

Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) the organization was the subrecipient of a cdc foundation grant to support partnering with national organizations and community-based organizations to increase vaccination coverage across different racial and ethnic adult populations currently experiencing disparities. The activities performed by the organization supported efforts to increase influenza and covid-19 vaccine confidence and uptake for adults in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing disparities in the united states. Served approximately 6,189 members in the cdc program. Muskegon community health innovation region (chir) the community health innovation region (chir) is a unique model for improving the wellbeing of a region and reducing unneecessary medical costs through collaboration and systems change. The chir engages a broad group of stakeholders to identify and address factors tht affect residents' health, such as housing, transportation, and food insecurity, as well as access to high-quality medical care. The chir model creates a neutral space for parters to unite around a common vision, aligning their objectives and services to meet the needs of the community. The result is a community that is purposeful in its response to residents' needs, creating conditions that meaningfully support an individual's ability to have a higher, more productive quality of life. The program ended in may 2023. Undue medical debt this program is a 2-year research partnership aimed at eliminating personal medical debt, promoting/advocating for reforms to address upstream causes of medical debt. The program expands local data collection using patient assessment tools to incorporate medical debt questions, and it explores the impact of medical debt on local families through community-engaged approaches. Build health as a build health 4.0 award recipient, the organization is partnering with the muskegon heights community, public health muskegon, trinity health muskegon, and priority health to implement the muskegon heights economic opportunity hub centered on the economic advancement of muskegon heights residents and focused on creating new jobs, job placement and training, transportation, and food access. As this initiative advances, the hub will continue to adapt to address other economic and community development initiatives in muskegon heights. This project provides an example of a large scale, community-led project that impacts upstream barriers through deep engagement of the community to design and implement solutions to problems they define. This effort reflects ongoing support for community- led efforts to impact barriers to health and economic mobility and is rooted in community engagement and prioritization within the photovoicee project, livability lab action teams, and the muskegon heights neighborhood associations. Served approximately 505 members for the build health program. Michigan health endowment fund (mhef) livability lab muskegon's livability lab is a version of the 100-day challenge, which is a model for community change that seeks to inspire collective action toward a common vision. The approach places the focus on smaller 'wins' that contribute to a larger impact. Through this process, teams form around specific issues and take 100 days of work toward achieving ambitious and concrete results. Community-driven and data informed, the 100-day challenge process is a community-led model, which means it is based on the idea that people are the experts on their own lives. Through one-on-one interviews, focus groups, resident surveys, and data from local groups, we learn what muskegon county residents consider to be the most significant challenges in their lives, and what changes could make the biggest impact in the community. A cross-sector and collaborative model has been used in other areas to tackle one specific sector or issue but based on resident data and feedback, a broader vision in muskegon county is for people from a variety of sectors, including business, neighborhoods, healthcare, and education, to come together to improve "livability" for residents with residents. Served approximately 1,130 members for the mhef livability lab program. Food asset mapping in 2023 we engaged over 100 muskegon heights residents and entrepreneurs in participatory food asset mapping sessions to identify the various components of our local farm-to-table food system as well as the needs and priorities of community members. Primarily funded through a capacity building grant from the michigan health endowment fund, this project built on previous work in the resilience zone and with the economic opportunity initiative, as well as other work around food insecurity as a health barrier to county residents. The program ended in september 2023. Muskegon county food club the organization has convened a dedicated, cross-sector group of stakeholders who are working to bring a food club to muskegon county. A food club is a non-profit, membership-based grocery store that provides dignified food access and healthy options for food insecure households, while also providing choice and promoting economic stability. Approximately 150 members served through this program. Doula the how you birth doula program is an initiative to increase access to community doulas specifically for medicaid births and families of color. The doulas provide compassionate support to late pregnancy, labor, birth, and the early postpartum period, to birthing persons of color; actively working to make doula services available to anyone who needs them regardless of financial barriers. The vision of the program is to reduce health disparities in children of color by providing access to culturally competent coordinated care. Served approximately 325 members for the doula program. Health equity the organization is a subrecipient of a health equity grant from michigan public health institute to reduce and eliminate covid-19 inequities and at-risk populations. The organization's role as the backbone organization (bbo) is to create a regional health equity council comprised of resident and community priority risk factors and needs related to covid-19 and other root causes of health inequity in the region. Served approximately 1,200 members in the health equity program. Muskegon community information exchange (cie) a cie is a community-led ecosystem of multidisciplinary network partners that use a shared language, resource database, and integrated technology platforms to deliver enhanced community care planning, utilizing technology solutions to support community partnerships and break down barriers to accessing community resources. The muskegon cie is a community-built partnership, bringing together partners such as community access line of the lakeshore 211 and united way of the lakeshore to build and support a community referral network. Approximately 140 members served through this program.