A new coalition of nine Michigan AIDS organizations received a $25,000 grant from a national AIDS foundation to develop a strategic plan to collaborate more closely. Contributing factors such as economic stresses, changes in funding from governmental agencies and the impact of the new Affordable Care Act requires that Michigan's AIDS agency leaders explore new ways to provide necessary services with less resources.
The Community Restructuring Initiative (CRI) includes nine Michigan AIDS service organizations; AIDS Partnership Michigan (APM), Community AIDS Resource and Education Services (CARES), Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG), Grand Rapids Red Project, Health Emergency Lifeline Programs (HELP), HIV/AIDS Resource Center, Lansing Area AIDS Network (LAAN), Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC), and Wellness AIDS Services.
CRI recently was awarded a $25,000 planning grant from AIDS United in Washington D.C. CRI was formed after a one day presentation in April facilitated by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF), and the Michigan Department of Community Health, at which Vance Yoshida, a senior consultant with LaPiana Consultants, nationally recognized experts in restructuring for non-profits, presented a variety of ways and means for agencies to consider in protecting and strengthening critical HIV/AIDS services.
New Michigan AIDS Coalition Funded
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