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  • 2025 Annual Report

    Through advocacy, innovation, education and leadership development, Incompass Michigan empowers our members to achieve their mission. Our innovation focus in 2025 included the successful launch of the Center for Social Enterprise Development, providing eight months of intensive training and technical assistance on financing, marketing, business acumen, and legal strategies specific to social enterprises – ensuring…


  • Congratulations to our 8th cohort of Leadership Foundation graduates!

    The Leadership Foundation provides a critical set of skills for those just entering their leadership journeys. While not required, it is a recommended pre-requisite to the Leadership Academy for those with less hands-on leadership experience and a high desire to grow. Registration is open for the next cohort, October 1-2. Click here to learn more…


  • Action Alert from Incompass Michigan and MALA:

    Contact Your Legislators to Address Direct Care Wage Funding Shortfall  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently issued a Memorandum indicating that all qualifying direct care workers (DCWs) should becompensated, prior to overtime consideration, at least $17.13 per hour beginning January 1, 2026. DCWs clearly deserve higher wages. However, the MDHHS memo places the onus of compensation at that wage level on…


  • Twenty-seven Michigan-based mission-driven organizations graduate from first statewide Social Enterprise Collective

    Lansing, MI– Twenty-seven organizations from across the state have taken the next step in their growth, as they completed a program specifically designed to take mission-driven businesses to the next level. The Center for Social Enterprise Development (CSED) successfully concluded its first Social Enterprise Collective, which aims to increase the sustainability and impact of mission-driven…


  • Welcome new associate member, Dani Plan!

    Dani Plan is a centralized hub to help consolidate and organize all of the information needed to care for someone with a disability! We ensure seamless transitions and dignity for individuals with a disability and provide peace of mind for the people that care for them. Learn more here: https://daniplan.com/


  • Member to Member Awards

    Incompass Michigan recognizes that cooperation, partnership and leadership are key to the success of our association. We value every member and what they add to the collective – empowering each other and strengthening our industry as a whole. We have two opportunities for members to celebrate the power of this connectivity and to recognize their…


  • Welcome New Member Goodwill of Northern Michigan

    We are pleased to welcome Goodwill of Northern Michigan as a new organizational member in 2026.  Goodwill Northern Michigan is a community-owned nonprofit with community programs — including Food Rescue, Street Outreach, the Goodwill Inn, Supportive Housing, Good Meals, Patriot Place, and Good Partner Vouchers — that serve a 19-county region from Wexford to Cheboygan.


  • Welcome New Member Arkay, Inc.

    We are pleased to announce that Arkay, Inc. is our first new organizational member of 2026.  Arkay is a non-profit organization, assisting the community in becoming more aware of the needs and potential of individuals with disabilities, providing vocational and community based services in Wayne, Monroe, Macomb and Oakland Counties. Services provided by Arkay include assessment and evaluation, community and social…


  • Incompass Michigan and MALA Reaffirm Commitment to Collaboration

    Incompass Michigan and Michigan Assisted Living Association (MALA) are pleased to reaffirm continuation of their collaborative efforts. For over a decade, collaboration has included working together on key statewide issues with importance to both associations, including: behavioral health system design, funding for behavioral health services, direct care worker wages, and Home and Community Based Services…


  • Member Food Drive Champion- New Horizons!

    Thank you to all who participated in the first annual Holiday Food Drive Challenge! Our winner was New Horizons Rehabilitation Services who raised 423 lbs. of donatable goods for their local food banks. We would like to give them our thanks and appreciation for setting a great example of the spirit of service that our…