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Supporting children after trauma and abuse is a community effort

A woman and a young girl, both wearing pink tops, sit on a bed with a floral blanket, facing away from the camera. The girl is playing with colorful toy food and utensils on the bed near a small table.
Supporting children after trauma requires coordination across medical, counseling, and advocacy services. In Wayne County, the Children’s Foundation of Michigan is helping expand access to that care through partners like Avalon Healing Center and Kids-TALK.

The Yunion: Innovation in increasing access to mental health care for our youth

A group of smiling children stand outside in front of a colorful mural wall and an ice cream shop, posing for the camera on a sunny day.
The Yunion expands mental health access in Detroit schools through a closed-loop referral system ensuring culturally responsive care for youth.

Collaboratives for kids: Maximizing impact through funding partnerships

Three young girls play on a suburban street; two ride scooters while the one in the middle rides a bicycle. They are smiling and interacting with each other, surrounded by houses and trees on a sunny day.
For many nonprofits, establishing an agency endowment can feel like something to revisit later—when resources feel more abundant or fundraising pressures ease. But agency endowments aren’t about waiting for the perfect moment. They’re about making an intentional investment in your organization’s future, creating long-term stability and sustaining your mission for generations to come.

Caring for Kids on the Go: The Farm at St. Joe

Caring for Kids on the Go: The Farm at St. Joe

The Children’s Foundation Little Champion Program

The Children's Foundation Little Champion Program

Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation Evolves as The Children’s Foundation

DETROIT – June 6, 2019 – The state’s leading advocate for children and their families

The Children’s Foundation: Spring Grant Announcement Highlight

The Children's Foundation: Spring Grant Announcement Highlight

How trauma effects children’s brain development

The experiences children have during the beginning of their lives shapes who they become. Healthy brain development during these formative years is essential to equipping children with the coping skills they will need throughout their lives. Children who experience trauma are exposed to toxic stress which can have a long-lasting impact on brain development. [...]

2019 Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Summit

2019 Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Summit

Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation to Host Inaugural Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Summit

The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation, an independent community foundation for children, is the largest funder dedicated solely to advancing the health and wellness of children in the state of Michigan. Through fundraising, grant-making and advocacy the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation enables researchers and community organizations to identify and implement innovations capable of advancing children’s [...]

Shop For a Cause: Bleu Bowtique

Shop For a Cause: Bleu Bowtique

Caring for Kids on the Go: Loyola High School

Caring for Kids on the Go: Loyola High School

National Nutrition Month

The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation is dedicated to supporting nutritional wellness [...]