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LANSING – A Lansing nonprofit serving at-risk children and families has its eyes on parts of the soon-to-be vacant McLaren Greater Lansing campus.
Child and Family Charities has proposed taking over five buildings on McLaren’s Greenlawn campus to consolidate its services that are currently spread across Lansing. If the plan advances, Child and Family Charities would move into the buildings once McLaren fully vacates the spaces in early 2022.
“We just want to get everything together in one location,” Child and Family Charities CEO Julie Thomasma said.
McLaren will shutter its two existing hospitals at 401 W. Greenlawn Ave. and 2727 S. Pennsylvania Ave, when the its new 240-bed complex opens. The nearly $600 million facility is expected to go online in late 2021 or early 2022.
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WKAR s Sophia Saliby speaks with one of the co-directors of the Salus Center about Pride Month celebrations this year.
The month of June is a time for LGBTQ+ communities to celebrate themselves and promote the increased visibility and equality of queer people around the world.
WKAR s Sophia Saliby spoke with one of the co-directors of the Salus Center, Oprah Jrenal, about Pride.
Interview Highlights
On The Work The Salus Center Does
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1 dead in head-on collision in Detroit, city expands Good Neighbor program, showers expected for Monday
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1 dead, 2 injured in deadly crash in Detroit
Police say a woman driving the wrong way down Outer Drive without her headlights on crashed head-on into a Malibu carrying two other women. The jaws of life were needed to rescue the victims.
Around 3:30 a.m., a woman driving a Jaguar down the wrong way on Outer Drive without her headlights on crashed head-on with another sedan.
The crash killed one woman and injured two others, who were taken to a hospital with an unknown amount of injuries.
Grants awarded for suicide prevention programs in Michigan
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DETROIT Nine organizations across Michigan will share $650,000 for suicide prevention programs.
The funding is from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the Children s Foundation, and the Detroit-based Ethel and James Flinn Foundation.
It will establish the Suicide Prevention Support for Health Care Clinics Working with Michigan s Health-Disparate Populations initiative.
The program offers grants to develop evidence-based and sustainable programming aimed at decreasing the rate of suicide attempts and deaths by identifying children or adults who may be at risk. The program also will address their needs for appropriate medical, social and behavioral services, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.