Field placements for social work students.

Using the structured decision making framework to aid the MDNR and Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians in making decision for selective fish passage on the Boardman River, in association with the FishPass Project. Conducted workshops w...

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...

The Evidence Based Trauma Treatment Certificate provides students with the opportunity to develop competencies in working with individuals who have experienced trauma and implementing an evidence-based practice. Students will choose to focus their ce...

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.

Collaborated with local school districts to understand the relationship between student academic achievement and well-being and digital inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organized symposium and webinars on PFAS contamination. Testified at the Department of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Field hearing on interagency collaboration. Also organized an annual retreat and semiregular meetings with the...

Capacity-building for community organizations and local governments to support opioid prevention and treatment efforts.

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

This in-service project designed and delivered 80 training events, in person and online, to educate and train veteran child welfare workers in Michigan agencies.

The Office of K-12 Outreach developed a two-phase program to support the elevation of student voice. The project engaged key educational stakeholders in the elevation of student voice in the educational environment. The outcome of this work will lead...

The Office of K-12 Outreach developed a two-phase program to engage key educational stakeholders in the elevation of student voice in the educational environment. The outcome of this work will lead to greater inclusion for African American students t...

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.

This project is a collaborative documentation and presentation effort between three Tribal museums and the MSU Museum. The focus is on the traditional artistic practice of porcupine quillwork on boxes, baskets, and other forms. The first two years ha...

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...

This program is being implemented by Rex Lamore's team in the Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED). Helped connect CCED with the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, which had $80,000 in grant money for community and economic development...

A pilot program connecting professional and public writing students with Michigan municipalities to increase community grant-application capacity.

Michigan sits in the Mississippi Flyway and Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel work with Flyway representatives from other states and representatives of federal agencies to manage migratory waterfowl. These individuals set the paramet...

This proposed project addresses health outcome inequities for Michigan Indigenous children, who experience a higher prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes than their white peers. N-MICCHE would expand the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan's work in...

With support from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the Virtual Table project provided one-to-one weekly training in Information and Communication Technologies to isolated older adults in Otsego County, Michigan. Peer tutors provided the training f...