Community Health Services of U-M Health

08/08/2025

Finishing up our Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools highlight, we’d like to emphasize that protecting the health of RAHS patients means ensuring the safety and reliability of the care they provide.

With support from the State of Michigan, RAHS is upgrading to medical-grade refrigerators and freezers to safely store vaccines and medications. The RAHS-Lincoln High School school-based health center is also receiving a new generator so critical vaccines remain protected even during power outages. Plus, they’re installing University of Michigan Health, Michigan Medicine TempTrak, a temperature monitoring sensors and software, across all fridges and freezers—giving them real-time tracking to ensure everything stays at the correct temperature.

These upgrades mean greater safety, reliability, and peace of mind for RAHS patients and staff.

08/06/2025

Continuing our highlight on the Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, they’re excited to announce that big changes are coming to the RAHS school-based health centers! Thanks to funding from the State of Michigan, they’re making important renovations and security upgrades to better serve their patients, families, and communities.

Here’s what’s happening:
* Renovations: All-new furniture and medical equipment across multiple sites
* Confidentiality upgrades: At the Carmen-Ainsworth High School, Richfield Public School Academy, Kearsley High School, and Lincoln Middle School RAHS health centers, they’re replacing partial walls with higher or full-height walls to create more private spaces for care
* Security: Installing doorbell cameras at entrances so staff can see and talk with visitors before they enter (integrated with school systems for consistency)

These improvements help RAHS create a safer, more comfortable, and confidential environment where children and adolescents can receive the care they need.

08/04/2025

For this week, we are covering one of our programs, the Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools. They’re proud to share that the State of Michigan has provided up to $250,000 to support major upgrades at their health centers—funding renovations, new medical equipment, security enhancements, and critical infrastructure.

This investment allows RAHS to create safer, more private, and better-equipped health centers for students and families. All upgrades will be completed by September 30th of this fiscal year, helping us continue to deliver high-quality care where students learn and grow.

Thank you to the State of Michigan for helping RAHS make these improvements a reality!

08/02/2025

Check out Turner African American Services Council - TAASC Senior Fun Day on 8/16!!!

Senior Fun Day is only 2 weeks away! Join us Saturday August 16th 1pm-3:30pm at the Turner Senior Resource Center (2401 Plymouth Rd Suite C!).

08/01/2025

Silver Club Memory Programs was recently awarded $25,000 by the Wilson Legacy Funds to provide free Caregiver Education and Respite Pop-up events throughout Washtenaw County. Education is provided in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter. The project aims to reach caregivers who are in urban and rural areas that may not have the supportive caregiver and respite resources in place. Stay tuned for more information!

07/30/2025

The CHS Pet-of-the-Month is Coco! She belongs to Heather, Medical Assistant at the Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, and she's an amazing doggy.

Coco is two years old and loves watching and dreaming about Michigan Football! She loves going outside, her toys, going for car rides. Coco is Heather's baby since her other babies have grown up!

07/29/2025

Join us Saturday, Aug. 2, anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at our community open house to engage with educators, advocates and one another on the topic of uterine fibroids.

Registration and attendance are free and the event will also feature the following:
• Health screenings for anemia, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity
• Healthy eating tips
• Giveaways (for the first 50 attendees)
• Children’s activity table
• Refreshments throughout the day
This event is hosted by onWHARD, the Women’s Health and Reproductive Research Collaborative, for its PEACE P50 project and is supported by University of Michigan Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital and Community Health Services.

Learn more: https://www.michiganmedicine.org/events/peace-community-open-house/2025-08-02?fbclid=IwY2xjawLsb_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5bXZBVDdaSFVUSERRWmU3AR7kamE09MXbu1Nyio5wjC__DV3ZdNvlTS7-gjumGk_dwk6fTOSybzbYwGxV7w_aem_rzkupU7H6reWX5f6BcmxiA

07/28/2025

This month, we’re highlighting Community Action Network (CAN) of Ann Arbor, a local nonprofit working alongside families in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. CAN provides afterschool programs, food distributions, housing support and community-building events; all grounded in long-term relationships with the neighborhoods they serve. Their spaces aren't just for programming, they’re gathering places. At the Northside Community Center, community members host everything from baby showers to support groups. The space is open to the public for rental; whether you're planning a celebration, workshop or meeting.

This spring, CAN brought community members and resource providers together for a mental health fair, completed a youth-led mural at their Brick site in Ypsilanti and supported home upgrades in the Bryant neighborhood that helped lower utility costs. Their afterschool programs are also making a measurable difference. Students who participate in CAN programming are showing stronger school engagement, attending more days each year than the district average.

With summer camp in full swing and new initiatives underway, CAN welcomes volunteers, partners and community members looking to get involved. To learn more, rent space at Northside or support their programs, visit canwashtenaw.org or email info@canwashtenaw.org.

07/25/2025

Have you joined Adolescent Health Initiative's no-cost, CE-eligible training series? Every quarter, these informative online trainings gather top experts to give practical guidance and best practices on a variety of adolescent health topics, from managing eating disorders to navigating gender-affirming care bans. The next offering, More Than Milestones: Supporting the Sexual Health of Diverse Adolescents, will take place September 16, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT.

For more information and to view recordings of past trainings, visit: michmed.org/AHICatalog

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07/24/2025

Yesterday, we bid farewell to Cindy, Empower U Program Coordinator at the Program for Multicultural Health (PMCH), as she starts the next steps in her career and adventure!

For more than three years, Cindy coordinated and managed the Empower U program, a health promotion initiative of PMCH that is a leadership and empowerment program designed to build knowledge and skills in adolescents. Cindy helped manage programs for several community partners including the Parkridge Community Center, the Community Family Life Center (CFLC), Pathways to Success Academic Campus, and the Michigan Islamic Academy. She has taught adolescents all over the community how to improve self-sufficiency, enabling youth manage school, family, and other life demands more effectively.

If that wasn’t enough, she was also an instrumental part of expanding the CARES Program, an initiative of Empower U designed to help area youth prepare for careers and future success by learning from and interacting with industry leaders.

Cindy has been an asset to the community, and we thank her for all of her hard work and dedication to Empower U, PMCH, and CHS; and we wish you luck on this exciting next step of your journey!

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07/23/2025

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