New work requirements and paperwork are making it harder for people to keep their food assistance benefits.
Health and Welfare
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Psychological assessment is a gateway to care. Too many Detroit families can’t access it.
Detroit families should not have to wait half a school year — or spend thousands of dollars — to understand what support their children need.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Political and Public Policy Information
Who will be exempt from Medicaid work rules in Michigan? What to know
The US Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services issued guidance this month to define which Medicaid recipients are too frail to meet new work requirements that start after Jan. 1.
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Michigan’s home heating credit deadline is Sept. 30. Here’s how to claim it.
Seniors, veterans and people with disabilities who receive food benefits may qualify for extra benefits if they get more than $20 in heating credits.
Posted inEducation, Guest Commentary, Health and Welfare
Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’
Teens today face threats to their well-being beyond what many adults immediately recognize, along with barriers to getting help that make it tough to get better.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threats
Detroit had 20,370 eviction cases filed in 2025. But official counts underestimate the real number of evictions in metro Detroit by half because many landlords ignore the law and skip the formal court process, the researcher writes.
Posted inEducation, Health and Welfare
DPSCD making progress on long-needed air conditioning upgrades
As the Detroit school district marks the end of its first month of the 2026-27 school year, more than 50% of its schools now have full air conditioning, compared to the 34% that had air in 2018.
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Detroit was once home to 18 Black‑led hospitals. Learn about their rise and fall.
The history of Dunbar Memorial Hospital offers a blueprint for addressing health inequities today.
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The first Black woman to lead the CDC will face an uphill battle in restoring trust
Experts say women and people of color are often tapped to lead during crises. Erica Schwartz inherits a CDC reshaped by political battles over science and vaccines.
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Michigan was to be a ‘haven state’ for abortion. It didn’t happen
Waiting lists stretched for weeks at abortion clinics in Michigan in 2022, as residents in states that banned the procedure scrambled for services in ‘haven states.’ Today, some Michigan clinic owners say they struggle to stay open as more patients seek abortion resources online.