CORE TENETS
Flexible Funding: Non-fragmented funding that supports local needs and provides adequate amounts for all services.
Sustainable Funding: Stable funding that increases with inflation and allows for sufficient investment in every Michigan resident regardless of region.
Minimum Community Health Benefits Funding: Hospitals required to provide minimum community health benefit funding.
RESOURCES
Strong infrastructure, efficient tools, and skilled people lead to measurable community impact.
Coordination and shared priorities prevent gaps and duplication.
Flexible, inflation-adjusted funding sustains progress.
Investing in the public health workforce builds resilience and readiness.
Housing, transportation, education, and economic decisions shape health everywhere.
Health in All Policies strengthens outcomes across sectors.
When communities see public health in action, they become partners in prevention.
Transparency in use of data, technology, and quality improvement ensure accountability and adaptation.
Strong public health is essential.
Everyone has a role, and no community can be left behind.
The Maternal Infant Health Summit (MIHS) has become the must-attend gathering for champions of maternal, infant, and family health—selling out year after year and igniting momentum across Michigan and beyond. Now in its 9th year, the Summit brings together a powerful, multidisciplinary network of national and statewide leaders who are shaping the future of care for mothers, infants and babies, and advancing healthy births.
Registration Brochure-Registration coming this Summer!
