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  • Michigan's free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success

    Estelle Slootmaker

    May 30, 2024 |

    Flintside |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Free school meal programs help improve students’ health, support better academic performance and combat hunger and food insecurity. Several states have passed legislation to keep free meal plans active after federal waivers ran out in 2022. In Michigan alone in October 2023, the 3,459 school meal sites across the state served 10,064,686 free breakfasts and 17,659,809 free lunches.

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  • How once-vacant sites are becoming hubs for health equity in Michigan

    Estelle Slootmaker

    December 04, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Throughout the Untied States there are many rural areas that do not have quick access to hospitals or other means of healthcare, so some providers are turning to repurposing abandoned buildings into clinics. Focusing on populations that often are overlooked in the health care industry, such as the elderly, homeless or uninsured, these clinics aim to increase health equity amongst all underserved populations.

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