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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 sustai...

Grand Rapids Business Journal 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 a...

9 & 10 News May 2, 2021 Nine organizations across Michigan will share $650,000 for suicide prevention programs, including programs in Gladwin, Clare, Ogemaw and Gratiot counties. 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 ...

Michigan organizations split $650,000 for suicide prevention Published  DETROIT - Nine organizations across Michigan will share $650,000 for suicide prevention programs. 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 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 est...

WMUK's Andy Robins speaks with ISK Director of Systems Development Dianne Shaffer The $75,000 from several nonprofits will be targeted at LGBTQ youth. Dianne Shaffer is ISK's director of systems development. "Members of the LGBTQ population are more at risk for suicide than many other populations. We wanted to make sure that we were meeting their needs." ISK officials hold a ceremonial check for the new grant Credit Integrated Services of Kalamazoo More than seven thousand people in Michigan took their own lives between 2014 and 2018. And LGBTQ teens are at three times the risk. Shaffer says ...