Advocacy & Support – Page 18 – Michigan Family to Family

Hope for HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)

Hope for HIE is the premiere resource for families, worldwide, whose infants and children experience a hypoxic brain injury (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). Providing awareness, education and support, Hope for HIE has a comprehensive support network, for families and professionals, to connect and promote hope in the journey with HIE.

Counties:
All Counties

Categorized:
Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Support Group

The Holley Institute

The Holley Institute, founded in 1993, is devoted to serving the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing. The Institute is closely affiliated with St. John Hospital & Medical Center and has two facilities. The Center for Communication Excellence located in St. John Hospital & Medical Center serves as the hub for the Institute. It is here that we screen all newborns for hearing loss, set up ASL classes in all of St. John/Providence hospitals, and advocate for the Deaf, in particular our Deaf patients.

Counties:
Wayne

Categorized:
Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Community Resources, Education, Medical Services & Testing, Screening

Forever Friends Network

Forever Friends Network is a 24/7 support group for friends and families that have a child or a loved one on the Autism Spectrum. Our socials offer peer to peer support and parent to parent support. We truly understand the everyday struggles of Autism and how it affects your everyday life.

Counties:
Lapeer

Categorized:
Advocacy & Support, Support Group

The Disability Network (Flint)

Our mission is to open minds and connect you with a world where everyone is valued through advocacy, support, and connecting individuals with community resources!

Counties:
Genesee

Categorized:
Advocacy & Support, Community Resources, Developmental Disability, Support Group, Transition, Transition to Adulthood

Association for Children’s Mental Health

The Association for Children's Mental Health (ACMH) is a statewide, non-profit family organization dedicated to meeting the needs of families of children and youth with serious emotional, behavioral or mental health challenges. ACMH provides the following services to families and community partners across Michigan: Parent-to-Parent Support; Education, Networking & Leadership Opportunities including an annual Conference; Regional Training, Leadership Camp and other Special Events; Information Dissemination, Referral, Outreach and Systems Advocacy; Family Support Groups, Assistance & Advocacy; Youth Involvement & Leadership Opportunities.

Counties:
All Counties, Ingham

Categorized:
Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Community Resources, Education, Support Group

Hospice of Michigan’s Anchors Programs for Children

When it's your child, when it seems like the world has stopped - we're here. Anchors Programs for Children exists for one reason: to support children and families facing a potentially life-limiting illness. Whether offering a child the comfort of a pediatric nurse, supporting a family's unique needs, or extending emotional support to loved ones, we never stop finding ways to care. Following a nonprofit mission to serve all no matter what, we're more than a symbol of support. We're an anchor when it's needed most.

Counties:
All Counties

Categorized:
Advocacy & Support, Community Other, Community Resources, Medical Services & Testing, Services Other, Support Other

Disability Network/ Ann Arbor

Disability Network/ Ann Arbor is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of children, youth and adults with disabilities at home, at school, at work and in the community.

Counties:
Washtenaw

Categorized:
ADA, Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Community Resources, Education, Employment, Housing, Mentor, Support Group, Transition, Transition to Adulthood

Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan

The Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan provides low cost or free mediation to help resolve almost any type of dispute. These include and are not limited to special education, divorce, parenting time, contracts, consumer, landlord-tenant, neighborhood, employment. The center covers 7 counties: Kent, Ionia, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, Osceola.

Counties:
Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, Osceola

Categorized:
Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Community Other, Community Resources, Education, Employment, Housing, Legal

Mid-Michigan Autism Association

Mid-Michigan Autism Association is made up of local people working to improve the quality of life for individuals and families living with developmental disability in Mid-Michigan. In 2008 MMAA was started by a small group of parents and professionals who wanted to understand best treatment options and local resources for our kids with autism. Early on we identified that the work we were doing applied to families living with developmental disabilities of all kinds. Thus the by line Autism Driven, not Autism Specific.

Counties:
Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Livingston, Shiawassee, Washtenaw

Categorized:
Advocacy, Advocacy & Support, Community Resources, Developmental Disability, Support Other

Capital Area College Access Network

The Capital Area College Access Network (CapCAN) is a collaborative community network dedicated to increasing the college attainment rate of the Capital Area. CapCAN's mission is to increase college and post secondary readiness, participation, and completion. CapCAN targets support and services to low-income, communities of color, and first-generation students.