April 12, 2022
Michigan’s opioid dependence and substance use disorder crisis continues to be a major health issue, which may have been overlooked during efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic. HB 5968...
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April 10, 2022
By Dennis Archambault Home ownership is an important step out of the cycle of poverty. Typically, working families save enough to make a down payment on a “starter” house....
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April 4, 2022
By Dennis Archambault The Detroit News endorsement of a proposal by the School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan to increase Gov. Whitmer’s budget for schools to $25 million will help...
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March 15, 2022
By Dennis Archambault One of the initiatives in the COVID relief package – expanded Medicaid coverage — was intended to assure that millions of lower income Americans whose employment...
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January 24, 2022
The coronavirus pandemic has stressed every level of society. As the business sector strived to endure the initial challenge of the lockdown, through various adjustments required to allow for...
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December 22, 2021
Authority Health Administrative office will be closed beginning Friday December 24th 2021 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022. The Popoff Family Health Center, Hope Family Health Center...
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November 22, 2021
In June, Dr. Nicolas Fletcher was helping his parents move into a new home in Philadelphia when he got a call from a friend in Detroit. She told Nicolas...
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November 22, 2021
Authority Health were awarded two major grants that will expand Popoff Family Health Center’s primary care services on Detroit’s eastside: A $500,000 Total Health Care Foundation grant will expand...
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September 14, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2021 Contact: Press@Michigan.gov Governor Whitmer Proposes MI Healthy Communities, a $1.4 Billion Plan to Expand Care for Families, Build up Facilities, and Invest in Local Public Health Plan would leverage federal dollars to deliver critical care to Michiganders, invest in nursing homes, expand mental...
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August 26, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2021 Contact: Press@Michigan.gov Gov. Whitmer Secures $13 Million Grant for Rural Hospitals in Michigan LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) secured a...
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