Genesee County residents deserve the opportunity to live long, healthy lives. Access to healthcare, nutritious food, and safe environments are not evenly distributed across Genesee County. For people in Flint, those gaps are measurable and persistent. For instance in Flint, the life expectancy is 66 years old, only 9 miles away from Grand Blanc where the life expectancy is 84. The unemployment rate in Flint is 10%, nearly double the county average of 5.6%. Nearly 70% of young people in Flint are growing up in poverty. And across the country, roughly 1 in 10 people lack health insurance, making it harder to see a doctor before a health problem becomes a crisis. 

Health equity means every person in our community has a genuine shot at being healthy. That requires more than a clinic. It requires addressing the conditions that make people sick in the first place: income instability, food insecurity, lack of transportation, and limited access to preventive care. These are the social determinants of health, and they drive outcomes more than any single medical intervention.

How we're investing in Health Equity: 

Data sourced from Focus on Flint: Facts, Figures and Community Insights (Issue II, 2024), a publication of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. focusonflint.org