The Michigan Primary Care Association has formed a network of migrant health partners to better understand and respond to the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Michigan. Partners include the Michigan Migrant Health Centers and local, state and national partners. The network meets quarterly via teleconference three times per year with one face-to -face meeting.

Current Partners:

• Cherry Street Health Services
• Downriver Community Services
• Family Medical Center
• Health Delivery, Inc.
• InterCare Community Health Network
• Northwest Michigan Health Services
• Cristo Rey Family Health Clinic
• Michigan Department of Human Services
• Michigan Department of Community Health
• Migrant Health Promotion

If you are interested in partnering or would like to discuss this work further, please contact Lynda Meade at (517) 381-8000 x231.

Medicaid Portability Project

Michigan Primary Care Association is working with state and national partners with a goal of creating easier access to health services in Michigan FQHCs. Below are a list of resources:

• Michigan Workgroup
• Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and
  Parents report
• Medicaid Portability in the Context or Oral Health Care for Head
  Start-Enrolled Children in Migrant Farmworker Families
• Texas Migrant Care Network Flier
• Texas Migrant Care Network Description
• FQHC Enrollment Texas Medicaid Instructions
• Texas Migrant Care Network Webcast on Provider Enrollment

Legal Resources

These are resouces discussed at the Migrant Health Network in April.

• Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan
• From Raids to Deportations: A Community Resource Kit
• Michigan Immigrant Service Provider Reference Guide
• Immigrant Detention Contact Information
• Immigration Attorney Referral List
• Response from Midwest Clinician Network Listserv on I.C.E.
  

If you are interested in partnering or would like to discuss this work further, please contact Lynda Meade at (517) 381-8000 x231.