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
Associated Press
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.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
DETROIT â 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 Childrenâs Foundation, and the Detroit-based Ethel and James Flinn Foundation.
It will establish the Suicide Prevention Support for Health Care Clinics Working with Michiganâs 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.
9 & 10 News
May 3, 2021
Organizations across the state got some extra funding for suicide prevention programs Monday morning.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, along with their foundation and several non-profits, presented $650,000 in funding.
The Mid-Michigan Health Foundation received some of that money, which will help fund programs in Clare, Gladwin, Ogemaw and Gratiot Counties.
Health providers say they’re seeing record numbers of teens and children struggling with anxiety and depression.
They say it’s critical to reach them and get them the help they need.
“As an FQHC our mission is to provide health care services for all people in the Upper Great Lakes region, regardless of their ability to pay and that’s something, the message we want to get out there and that makes us a more warm and open environment for them to walk in and seek help,” said Brian Foreman of the Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center.