A Story from University of Michigan Health – Michigan Medicine and Hope Clinic

Health professionals throughout the state and country have observed an increase in patients diagnosed with anxiety, depression and suicide-ideation. With grant funding secured from University of Michigan Health – Michigan Medicine Community Health Services, Hope Clinic in Washtenaw County was able to expand their current behavioral health programming and enhance access to services to ensure patients in the community continue to receive comprehensive, quality, affordable and timely care. In 2022 alone, more than 1,200 services were provided for healthcare navigation with over 3,400 related to the social determinants of health. As of February 2023, Hope Clinic has provided 1,125 mental health/substance use disorder screenings and 909 behavioral health sessions. 

“Hope Clinic helped me come out of the dark place I was in and now I see the light at the end of that dark tunnel,” one client of Hope Clinic said. Another testified, “Hope Clinic has been a great help to me for the past few years. I was in a tough situation and they provided me with medical care and counseling.”