Previous U.P. Health Impact Grantees
| Organization Name | Project Name | Project Description or Equipment Purchased | Service Area(s) | Amount Awarded | Counties Impacted | Year Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter | Dementia Risk Reduction and Support Program | Grant funds will be used to support educational programs, caregiver support groups, and consultation services while also expanding local partnerships and volunteer efforts to increase program reach and impact in the Western U.P. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $16,575 | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon | 2025 |
| Aurora Medical Center Bay Area | Community Paramedicine Program | Grant funds will establish a community paramedicine program in Menominee County, establishing a new care delivery model that deploys trained community paramedics to provide nonurgent, in-home medical care, chronic disease management, and health education, reducing hospital readmissions and filling gaps in preventative care. | Access to Care | $75,000 | Menominee | 2025 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Community Paramedic Pilot Program | Grant funds will be used to train EMS staff as community paramedics to support the development of the program within the Bay Mills EMS service area. | Access to Care | $7,204 | Chippewa | 2025 |
| Catholic Social Services of the Upper Peninsula | Elizabeth’s House Enhanced Recovery Services | Grant funding will enhance services at Elizabeth’s House, a recovery housing facility in Menominee for women struggling with addiction, and provide a supportive, safe environment. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $19,800 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Chippewa County Health Department | Managing Hepatitis C in Chippewa County | Grant funding will support additional nursing hours to test and treat patients for Hepatitis C in Chippewa County. | Chronic Disease Prevention | $25,000 | Chippewa | 2025 |
| Courage Incorporated | Courage Incorporated 2025-2026 Adventure Season | Grant funds will help to provide all-inclusive outdoor excursions by addressing gaps in outdoor recreation activities for individuals with mobility issues. | Accessibility | $4,000 | U.P. Wide | 2025 |
| DAR Boys & Girls Club | The Creative Clubhouse: Art Therapy for Youth Prevention | Grant funding will help launch The Creative Clubhouse: Art Therapy for Youth Prevention, a community-based art therapy group designed to provide youth with a safe space to process emotions, develop emotional regulation skills, and cultivate positive coping strategies. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $10,000 | Menominee | 2025 |
| Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Inc | Detox Unit Program Development | Grant funding will be used to update Great Lakes Recovery Centers’ detox units to be more medically capable within its four Chippewa and Marquette County residential facilities. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $50,000 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Hannahville Indian Community | Three Fires Recovery House Ceremonial Lodge | Grant funds will support the development of a ceremonial structure that will accommodate a sweat lodge, traditional medicine processing, talking circles, and other cultural ceremonies for residents of the Three Fires Housing facility and the nearby community who are navigating their recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) towards sobriety. | Access to Care | $43,752 | Delta, Menominee | 2025 |
| Lac Vieux Desert Health Center | Lac Vieux Desert Harvest Health Grant | Grant funds will support improved access to healthy food, wellness education and programs, chronic disease management, and the development of a Youth Wellness Coalition for Native and non-Native American individuals in the Western U.P. | Healthy Food/Wellness | $55,000 | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon | 2025 |
| Marquette Alger Resolution Service (MARS) | Healthcare Mediation Pilot Project | Grant funding will help launch a Healthcare Mediation Pilot Project, which will assist in resolving healthcare-related disputes in the Upper Peninsula. | Access to Care | $5,000 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Marquette District of St. Vincent de Paul | Medical Equipment Loan Program; Marquette District of St. Vincent de Paul | Grant funding will support the project in recruiting and training volunteers, developing an inventory system, and hiring additional staff. | Access to Care | $1,969 | Alger, Marquette | 2025 |
| Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Upper Peninsula Education Corporation | U.P. Campus Student Scholarship | Grant funds will support an MSU College of Human Medicine scholarship program for students demonstrating financial need and a commitment to practicing in rural or underserved areas, helping to grow the healthcare workforce in the U.P. | Workforce Development | $25,000 | Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft | 2025 |
| Michigan Technological University | Addressing Key Community Health Gaps in Youth through Dynamic Application Support and AI | Grant funds will support the further development of MindAIgle, an app designed to help youth access mental health resources, strengthening rural mental health infrastructure, decreasing crisis events, and enhancing academic and wellness outcomes for students, with a design aimed at statewide scalability. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $74,505 | Houghton, Keweenaw, Marquette | 2025 |
| Moxie Moms | Creating Our COOperative and Nurturing Health and Wellness - COCOON Health and Wellness | Grant funds will support an inclusive planning process to enhance healthcare and support for parents before and after birth by identifying service gaps, building consensus, and creating a trauma-informed, evidence-based hub that integrates medical, behavioral, and social services in the U.P. | Maternal/Infant Health | $73,517 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| My Community Dental Centers | Building a U.P.-Rooted Dental Workforce: A Pilot for Rural Access and Retention | Grant funds will support a multi-year pilot to address the dental workforce crisis in the U.P. by stabilizing staffing levels, creating sustainable career pathways, and enhancing recruitment and retention through a regional consortium that increases access to care and models solutions for other rural areas. | Dental Centers | $75,000 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Pathways Community Mental Health | Play-based Therapy Room for Pathways' Delta County Children's Clinic | Grant funds will furnish a new play therapy room and provide portable play therapy kits for home-based therapy visits, expanding therapeutic support for children and families. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $6,767 | Delta | 2025 |
| Room at the Inn | Community Health and First-Aid Training for Emergency Shelter Staff | Grant funds will enhance shelter staff capabilities by providing support staff with health and first aid training to better address the complex physical and mental health needs of residents and outreach clients. | Access to Care | $28,300 | Marquette | 2025 |
| Special Needs Are Awesome People (SNAAP) | SNAAP Activities, Events, and Promotion | Grant funds will support social, recreational, and educational activities for adults with physical or mental disabilities in Iron County to reduce isolation and improve mental well-being. | Accessibility | $10,378 | Iron | 2025 |
| Superior Connections Recovery Community Organization | Recovery Support Services | Grant funds will be used to support recovery-focused events and activities in Marquette County with the aim of fostering community, reducing stigma, and promoting holistic recovery. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $18,595 | Marquette | 2025 |
| Taproot Community Farm | Taproot Community Farms Launch | Grant funds will expand Taproot Community Farm’s capacity to provide sustainable, locally grown food and agricultural education in Iron County, addressing food insecurity while fostering community engagement and environmental stewardship. | Healthy Food/Wellness | $20,000 | Iron | 2025 |
| Trillium House | Caregiver Support: A sustainable workforce development plan promoting job satisfaction & safety | Grant funds will support technology upgrades, safety enhancements, and staff training, specifically aimed at improving care for individuals with cognitive impairments such as dementia. | Caregiver Initiatives | $49,718 | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Marquette | 2025 |
| U.P. Children’s Therapy | Pilot School Year Speech Therapy and FUNctional Skills Program | Grant funding will launch a structured, community-based initiative designed to enhance the independence and social engagement, along with individualized speech therapy beyond what schools or clinics typically offer. | Behavioral Health/SUD | $10,000 | Alger, Marquette | 2025 |
| U.P. Hospice Foundation | Grief Support in Theory and Practice: Training with Focus on Children & Youth | Grant funds will support training workshops for professionals in education, counseling, hospice care, and other fields to better prepare them to address the needs of grieving children. | Workforce Development | $10,000 | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Marquette, Schoolcraft | 2025 |
| UPCAP | UPCAP Rural Veteran Oral Health Access | Grant funding will be used to address the oral health needs of Upper Peninsula veterans through direct oral health interventions. | Dental Health | $25,000 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions, Inc. | UPHCS Implicit Bias ECHO Series | Grant funds will strengthen health equity in the U.P. by equipping primary care clinicians to deliver affirming, evidencebased care for LGBTQIA2S+ patients and supporting Equality Michigan in building provider relationships and referral pathways. | Workforce Development | $59,990 | UP Wide | 2025 |
| Women's Center | Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) | Grant funding will support the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program, which aims to provide trauma-informed, survivor-centered medical and forensic care for individuals affected by sexual assault in Marquette and Alger Counties. | Workforce Development | $8,013 | Alger, Marquette | 2025 |
| YesRX | Increasing Knowledge about Cancer Medication Access and Waste Prevention in the Upper Peninsula | Grant funds will support the expansion of YesRx’s cancer drug repository program throughout the UP, redistributing unused cancer medications to reduce patients’ financial burdens. | Access to Care | $10,000 | UP Wide | 2025 |