MISSION: TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.

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CHIP GOAL: CULTIVATE A RESILIENT COMMUNITY EQUIPPED WITH EQUITABLE & ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES EMPOWERING ALL TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

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LHN Google Drive

Today’s Agenda

8:00 – 8:05 Call to Order

• Welcome & Introductions
• Minutes – December 14, 2023
• Inspiration & Appreciation

8:05 – 8:15 Leadership Updates

• County Health Trends/Updates – Health Department
• Collective Impact Core: Trauma & Resilience

8:15 – 8:35 CHIP Strategy & Collaborations

• Webinars
• Housing and Services Resource Center: Expanding Access to Service Coordination: Two Models of Braiding Funding

• Spotlight Presentation
• United Way 21-week Equity Challenge

• Collaborative opportunity:
• MLK book donation drive – Adrian ENP

• Agency Updates

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8:35 - 8:55 Emerging Issues

• January:
• National Radon Action Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Cervical Health Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month3

• February:
• Black History Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• American Heart Month

• Open Discussion

9:00 Meeting Adjourned

• Next Full LHN Meeting February 08, 2024, at 8:00 a.m.
• Next LHN Leadership Meeting 2024

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Inspiration & Appreciation

• “Emotional well-being is more than the absence of a mental illness. It’s that resource within each of us which allows us to reach ever closer to our full potential, and which enables us to be resilient in the face of adversity.”– Vivek Murthy
• Appreciation:
• Please send any submissions recognizing our partners or residents for their great work to Frank.Nagle@ProMedica.org for a feature in our upcoming meetings.
• Submit by the 4^th Friday of each month.

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Community Health Updates�Lenawee County Health Department

Collective Impact Core�Trauma & Resilience

Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Care�(Adopted from Trauma-Informed Oregon’s Guiding Principles of Trauma Informed Care)

1. Safety: People feel physical and psychologically safe.
• Catholic Charities shared they have made safety installations to improve safety for staff and consumers. Installations include cameras, enhanced parking lot lighting, operational adjustments to mitigate potential risk between client and staff.
• Department on Aging shared that they have a room dedicated to engaging directly and privately with people. This room cultivates a safe and comfortable environment for constituents.
• Community Mental Health shared that their organization recommended a system/policy change for health insurance to ensure newly hired employees in need of their insurance do not go without.
• Region 2 AAA shared that they added a layer of engagement with participants registering for workshops to ask if they are familiar with how to access and utilize the online platform which the workshop will take place. If people are not as familiar, they will work directly with them to orient the participant to the various functions, so they are comfortable the day of the workshop.
• MSU-Extension shared that they use the Voice by Choice methodology to ensure participants in workshops do not feel put on the spot to participate, answer questions and to engage. It cultivates safety and avoids putting participants in uncomfortable situations.

• Trustworthiness & Transparency: Decisions are made with transparency and with the goal of building and maintaining trust among the people impacted.
• Jackie Bradley, Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority, shared their organization developed a new strategic plan which included staff sessions and several components along the process to gather staff feedback, recommendations and to implement solutions in response.
• MSU-Extension shared that the Continuum of Care has cultivated relationships to incorporate representation from individual(s) with lived experience in their meetings.

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• Peer Support and Mutual Self-Help: Opportunities are created for acceptance, understanding, and validation from people with shared experiences.
• At Interconnections Drop-In Center, everyone is peer support for one another. Several people were affected by Riverview Terrace closure. One person was experiencing homelessness and the staff and team provided support to the individual who was able to receive services to avoid homelessness.
• Department on Aging shared they are pivoting the vision of Day Break Programming to focus on peer support for older adults.
• The Human Services Building recently did an active shooter training. Following the training, Community Mental Health offered crisis debriefing.

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Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Care�(Adopted from Trauma-Informed Oregon’s Guiding Principles of Trauma Informed Care)

4. Collaboration & Mutuality: Healing happens in relationship and in the meaningful sharing of power and decision making.
• Laura Pipis shared that Lynne Punnett is leading an effort to secure housing for Riverview Terrace residents that have been displaced. In search of housing, Lynne included residents in the task force to explore suitable options and to contribute lived experience and perspective to the decision-making process.
• Martha York shared that the Matter of Balance program includes a section within the 4th session that dedicates time for participants to shared what they have gone through with their group. Participants have shared that it has helped to heal from trauma’s they have experienced.
• Cari Rebottaro shared that working with Caregivers frequently encounters children that may have decision making power on behalf of their parent(s) but continue to include their parent(s) in the decision-making process so they are informed, empowered and can avoid trauma.
5. Empowerment, Voice & Choice: Every person’s experience is unique and requires and individualized approach. This builds on what individuals and communities have to offer, rather than responding to received deficits.
• Marth York shared that Region 2 Area Agency on Aging is hosting a Dementia Minds event where people with dementia are having a chance to share their stories and give voice to their experience of living with dementia. The aim is to dispel the “tragedy narrative” that many stigmatize dementia as being, and instead show how they still have things to contribute in our society. Being part of this Dementia Minds group and hosting a public event that shares their stories gives them a sense of purpose as they work to educate the greater community on how to value and include people with dementia.”
• Laura Schultz Pipis shared that during the community’s response in supporting residents at Riverview Terrace, DHHS, Department on Aging, Share the Warmth and other organizations dedicated resources to ensure all residents were connected to case worker that could support their individual needs. The team also formed a taskforce and were able to secure resident participation to ensure their voice was at the table and part of shaping the decisions and supports provided.
6. Cultural, Historical, & Gender Issues: The Community actively overcomes cultural stereotypes and biases, is culturally responsive, leverages the healing value of traditional cultural connections, and recognizes and addresses historical trauma.
• MSU-Extension shared that their organization collects demographic, race/ethnicity, gender, and similar information as part of participants registering for their programs. They identified opportunity to update these questions to ensure their processes are inclusive of culture, history, and gender. This was shared as an example of how organizations embrace culture, history, and gender inclusivity in their operations.
• Lenawee Community Mental Health shared that their organization changed signage in their bathrooms to be more gender inclusive. There was previous signage that stated not to flush feminine products in the toilets. This signage has been updated to state not to flush any products other than toilet paper. This is an example of their organization cultivating inclusivity into their physical environment.

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• Darker colors = more positive responses

Webinars/Resources

• Housing and Services Resource Center: Expanding Access to Service Coordination: Two Models of Braiding Funding

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www.unitedwayMLC.org

Laura Schultz Pipis

Executive Director

COMMIT TO CHANGE, UNDERSTAND,

AND CONFRONT RACISM

21-WEEK EQUITY CHALLENGE

Registration begins

January 8, 2024

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The Challenge runs January 15th - June 19th, 2024.

What is the 21-Week Racial Equity Challenge?

• The challenge is a self-guided learning journey designed to deepen participants’ understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism.
• Participants will engage in a series of readings, videos, podcasts, and daily reflections as part of the program.
• The challenge facilitates a way for participants to identify and commit to their actions to advance racial equity.
• Register at www.unitedwayMLC.org anytime starting January 8^th.

Background

• This Challenge was originally developed by Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Dr. Marguerite Penick-Parks and Debby Irving and has been adapted by Food Solutions New England.
• The Michigan Association of United Ways has adapted the challenge into a statewide effort to promote awareness and advancement of racial equity.
• The United Way of Washtenaw County has helped to spearhead the Challenge across all United Way offices in Michigan.

Who is ALICE??

• ALICE is the acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. It is a United Way research initiative started in 2009 that now encompasses 19 states, including Michigan.
• It’s a framework for measuring and understanding the struggles of the growing number of households in our communities that do not earn enough to afford basic necessities.
• Since 2014, the United Way of Michigan has joined 600 other United Ways from 19 states to better understand the financial hardships of working families. They launched their first report in 2014, updated it in 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023.
• https://www.unitedforalice.org/

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Updated ALICE

• The ALICE data indicates that 39 percent of all Michigan (37% in Lenawee County and 35% in Monroe County) households did not earn enough to cover basic expenses in 2021, including housing, child-care, food, transportation, health care, and a basic smartphone plan. The 63 percent of Black households falling below the ALICE Threshold was almost double that of white households—just 36 percent. The percentage of Black households unable to make ends meet is also almost three times higher than the antiquated Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
• During the recovery from the Great Recession, outcomes did not improve for Black households. Instead, the number of Black households under the ALICE Threshold in Michigan increased by 11% from 2010 to 2018. The number of white households struggling to make ends meet increased by only 1% statewide during that time frame.

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21-Week Challenge topics

• Personal Racial Identity
• Understanding and Reflecting on Our Bias
• What is Privilege?
• Housing Inequity
• How Your Race Affects Your Health
• The Wealth Gap and Financial Stability
• Education & School-Aged Children
• And more!

Week # 1 - Introduction

• Week # 1: Personal Racial Identity
• “Not seeing race does little to deconstruct racist structures or materially improve the conditions which people of color are subject to daily. In order to dismantle unjust, racist structures, we must see race. We must see who benefits from their race, who is disproportionately impacted by negative stereotypes about their race, and to whom power and privilege is bestowed upon – earned or not – because of their race, their class, and their gender. Seeing race is essential to changing the system.” - Reni Eddo-Lodge
• We cannot cease in confronting our country's history and relationship to identity. It is time for us to take a closer look at the inequities that are deeply rooted in our systems and institutions and work together to create an America where every individual has the opportunity to succeed, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religion, and identity. Over the next 21 weeks, we will explore difficult topics, like structural racism, segregation, oppression, and privilege, to open up dialogue on how we can be champions of equity in our personal and professional lives.

Week # 1 - Introduction

• Today’s Challenge: How do you think about your racial identity and its relevance to your work?
• Identity matters. Who we think we are and who others think we are can have an influence on all aspects of our lives. Think about the first time you became aware of your racial identity. What is the first thing that comes to mind? Choose either option or both, and write down how you felt after reading or listening to learning resources below:
• Option 1: Listen to this Stateside episode with Eddie Moore, Jr., executive director of The Privilege Institute, about the White Privilege Conference in Grand Rapids creating a space for people to have “tough conversations.”
• Option 2: Watch one or more of the short videos and reflections from the New York Times on racial identity in America.* (We do not have a subscription to NY Times, please scroll below the boxes and read the stories!)
• Option 3: http://www.balancingwell.com/uploads/2/2/0/6/22063438/stages-of-racial-identity-development.pdf

Week #2 –�Understanding and Reflecting on Our Bias

•   “Worse than being less than you, is if you are perceived as a threat” - John A. Powell
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• We all have bias. But often, we are not aware of the biases that we subconsciously hold. Research shows that years of structural and cultural constructs have deeply embedded stereotypes into our culture, and consequently into our own subconscious. For example, according to a recent study, companies are more than twice as likely to call minority applicants for interviews if they submit whitened resumes as candidates who reveal their race.
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• But, research also shows that we can actively rewire these neural associations by being more intentional about acknowledging our biases. Today’s focus is on personal reflection - taking the time to uncover some of our own biases and reflecting on how we take control of these unconscious constructs.

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Week #2 –�Understanding and Reflecting on Our Bias

• Today’s Challenge:
• Option 1: Listen to the WEMU Washtenaw United radio interview with Yodit Mesfin Johnson, United Way of Washtenaw County’s board chair, on the role implicit bias plays in our lives. She discusses how our biases impact equity and challenges some of her own biases.
• Option 2: Go deeper and take Project Implicit Hidden Bias tests, created by psychologists at top universities, to uncover some of your own unconscious biases. Remember, having biases doesn’t make you a bad person—it only makes you human. TIP: Proceed as a guest to access their library of tests and find out your implicit associations about race, gender, sexual orientation, skin tone, and other topics.
• Option 3: Read one or more of the compelling personal stories featured in the Speak Up Handbook by the Southern Poverty Law Center. We would like to point you to page 19 titled "What Can I do About My Own Bias?" but feel free to use the table of contents on page 3 to explore other topics that interest you. You can also check out the nine tactics to ensure your actions line up with your intentions.
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Monroe County Information

• The United Way funds 25 local Monroe County agency programs and serves as a donor designation vehicle for additional agencies. We also sponsor countywide 2-1-1 services, and coordinate Project Ramp, 4 annual Health Check events, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), and volunteer referral services.
• All funds raised in Monroe County stay in Monroe County.
• Contact us at 734-242-1331, visit us at 216 N. Monroe St., Monroe, MI 48162. Email at lpipis@unitedwayMLC.org OR visit our website at www.unitedwaymlc.org.

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Lenawee County Information

• Annually the United Way of Monroe/Lenawee Counties funds 10 local Lenawee County agency programs and serves as a donor designation vehicle for 30+ additional agencies. We also sponsor countywide 2-1-1 services, and coordinate Project Ramp, 2 annual Health Check events, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), and Day of Action programs and services.
• All funds raised in Lenawee County stay in Lenawee County. For more information about the GIVING AND LIVING UNITED, please contact us!
• Contact us at 517-264-6821, visit us at 136 E. Maumee St., Suite 13, Adrian, MI 49221, email lpipis@unitedwaymlc.org, or visit our website at www.unitedwayMLC.org .

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"The time is always right to do what is right.“

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Agency Updates & �Collaboration Opportunities

OPEN DISCUSSION

SUBMIT FLYERS OR DIGITAL MATERIALS TO FRANK.NAGLE@PROMEDICA.ORG TO BE INCLUDED IN MEETING MINUTES, FOLLOW-UP EMAIL AND LHN GOOGLE DRIVE.

January Advocacy

• National Radon Action Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Cervical Health Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month

February Advocacy

• Black History Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• American Heart Month

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January Schedule

• Programs offered at 801 East Maumee Street, Adrian, MI 49221.
• APS - Adrian Community Education Center at Comstock.
• Community members can scan the QR code to sign up for Adrian ENP communications and interest in programming.
• To register:
• AdrianENP@ProMedica.org
• 517-577-0509

Thank you for joining today’s meeting!��Next meeting �February 08, 2024��LHN Google Drive