Created a partnership with the Public Will Campaign and the Traverse Bay CAC to provide a Community Engaged Project as part of an advanced social work practice course, SW866 Leadership in Communities. In 2020, we spent this time on development of thi...

I’m part of a 6 person committee where we are formulating a communication strategy to encourage community intervention when it comes to the prevention of child sexual abuse. This work is for the public will campaign of Traverse Bay Children’s Advocac...

I'm on the comms committee of Public will campaign. We strategize communication for the prevention of child sexual abuse in the Traverse City area.

The MICARES team—which includes electrical engineers, foresters, community organizers, tribal leaders, social scientists, energy policy specialist, indigenous education experts, and technical communicators—works to: • Understand the opportunities an...

As a community-based researcher, I participate in and serve on multiple community groups including the groups working on issues related to tobacco use, opiate drug use, gun safety and suicide prevention, and early educational opportunities in my rura...

Based on community input, I'm conducting research to understand reasons for the high incidence of breast cancer in Grand Traverse county and investigating reasons for the high burden of colorectal cancer in Michigan's Thumb counties.

I am the Evaluator on a large SAMHSA funded grant designed to expand access to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the northwest region of Michigan's lower peninsula.

This project was designed to evaluate feasibility and effects of meal delivery after hospital discharge on hospital readmission and patient satisfaction and quality of life.

I was the project evaluator on a service (not research grant), evaluating a program that expanded treatment options for people with opioid use disorder.

Advisory board member for a community group involved in several important issues. I serve because of my expertise in nutrition programming. https://www.groundworkcenter.org/

Conducted evaluation of 10 Cents a Meal to understand the impact of the program on school children's consumption of Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables and legumes as well as the impact on Michigan's economy and farm/food businesses. Evaluation results...

Field placements for social work students.

Why: The Michigan Good Food Charter is an action and advocacy framework that promotes collaboration to advance a “good food system” in Michigan, that is a thriving food economy distinguished by equity, health, and sustainability. The Charter was in...

Provide coordination and technical assistance for the the Michigan Food Hub Network, a group of ~12 regional food distributors in Michigan. Goals of the network are to increase sales of local and regional foods, increase food access and farmer viabil...

Food SPICE is a USDA Regional Food System Partnership Grant from Center for Regional Food Systems, that is creating stronger pipelines to resources, and more equitable and inclusive resources for farm and food entrepreneurs in Michigan. We are workin...

10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms is a state-funded program that matches what schools and Early Care and Education (ECE) sites spend on Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans with grants of up to 10 cents per meal. It is administe...

Serve as project consultant for NWCHIR, a partnership of health and community providers that serve the health needs of individuals across 10 counties in northwest Michigan: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manist...

Planning Practicum is a Capstone course in Urban and Regional Planning. Students work in teams on community-based planning projects with a community, public sector client. The course takes on six projects a year.

Partnership with Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and Michigan Tribes to explore the cultural supports for the development of young children.

Serve as board member for this community-embedded organization. Activities include intensive strategic planning via regular and ad hoc meetings. Also advise the Teaching Kitchen program staff on developing a culinary medicine program in the region.

Collaboration across levels of government is perceived to provide economic and community-wide benefits. Inherent capacity issues, particularly in rural communities, are thought to be a hindrance to development application review, approval, and permit...