Health and Welfare
Why Detroit gun owners choose to carry
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In Detroit, people own guns — mostly — because they are afraid.
Bridge Michigan
Overstressed and unpaid, 1.3M in Michigan care for relatives amid aging crisis
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In Partnership With Bridge Michigan
The total economic value of uncompensated elder care could be as high as $14.5 billion. And it’s getting worse. “We are in big trouble,” one says.
Bridge Michigan
As Michigan ages, one woman has made it her mission to train family caregivers
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In Partnership With Bridge Michigan
More than 1 million state residents care for their relatives, but most are never trained. After losing two parents, a Farmington Hills woman has begun boot camps to teach others.
Health and Welfare
Network of neighbors plan to provide food, resources to community members beyond pandemic
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When their communities said they were struggling with food and bills, these neighbors stepped up. They plan to continue their work after the pandemic.
Bridge Michigan
Report: 38 percent Michigan households don’t earn enough for basic needs
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In Partnership With Bridge Michigan
The United Ways’ ALICE report, released Tuesday, illustrates the gulf in Michigan between having a job and having a job that pays enough to support workers and families. The most in-demand job going forward: fast food.
Health and Welfare
Michigan families receiving SNAP benefits, food banks will get boost from stimulus package
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More than a million Michiganders using SNAP will see extra benefits loaded onto their Bridge cards while food banks await more federal support.
Health and Welfare
Instacart, Aldi extend SNAP benefits program to Michigan, offer free delivery
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In Partnership With Detroit Free Press
Michigan SNAP recipients can now use their benefits to purchase groceries online and have them delivered to their home or pick them up without a fee for their first three orders by mid-March, through a partnership between Aldi chain stores and online grocery platform Instacart.
Health and Welfare
Detroiter creates network to connect Black mental health workers, clients
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Stressors such as the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, images of police violence against Black people and a prolonged election led one Detroit woman to create an online mental health resource.
Health and Welfare
The doors of the church are closed. Detroit’s pastors preach safety first
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There’ll be no in-person Christmas pageants or “Messiah” concerts this year. Amid coronavirus, Detroit’s ministers are praising social distancing, and finding alternative ways to persevere.
Health and Welfare
Detroit to extend moratorium on water shutoffs through 2022, says permanent end is in sight
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Detroit water activists — surprised by the announcement — have long advocated for a comprehensive water affordability plan that would stop water shutoffs.