Proactive Grants

The Superior Health Foundation Board of Directors approved $548,477.49 for year two of its Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to organizations addressing pressing mental health needs of youth across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. These grants reflect SHF’s ongoing commitment to improving access to care for vulnerable populations and providing life-changing support in underserved regions. The funds granted across year one and year two of these projects, in collaboration with the Michigan Health Endowment Fund and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan, total $1,270,543.42.

2025 Grantees:

  • Catholic Social Services of the Upper Peninsula – Marquette – Child Centered Expressive Therapy Services, $25,000.00
  • Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Inc. – Ishpeming – Day Treatment Program, $80,000.00
  • Marquette-Alger RESA – Marquette – School-Based Universal Mental Health Screening – A Pilot Project, $7,696.00
  • Marquette-Alger RESA – Marquette – Upper Peninsula Wellness Task Force, $20,000
  • Michigan State University – Department of Pediatrics and Human Development – East Lansing, MI – UP Teach, $271,860.00
  • Unite UP – Houghton – Thriving Minds: Expanding Access to Infant Mental Health Services, $18,561.00
  • Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions, Inc – Marquette – Upper Peninsula Behavioral Health Network (UP-BHN) Hub and Spoke Pilot, $125,360.49

For more information, please contact the Superior Health Foundation at [email protected]