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Explore the deep history of healthcare inequality in America — how race, skin color, socioeconomic status, education, and zip code have shaped who receives quality care. Learn what progress has been made and why it is still not enough. Published by the Charlie E. & Minnie P. Hendrix Foundation for Chronic Illness.

Empowering entrepreneurs with disabilities through strategic funding options, inclusive capital pathways, and proven growth strategies to scale successful startups.

Learn the stages, signs, and healthy ways to cope with grief. Discover why healing takes time and explore trusted resources for support and emotional wellness.

Being trauma-informed when supporting individuals with chronic illness is essential.

Discover affordable heart‑healthy foods at Kroger. Learn how to shop smart, eat well, and protect your heart with budget‑friendly options backed by trusted AHA and CDC guidance.

There is a kind of hunger that doesn't make the evening news. It doesn't look the way movies portray it — gaunt faces, empty bowls, dramatic despair. More often, it looks like a mother quietly skipping dinner so her children can have seconds. It looks like a grandfather rationing his insulin because the grocery budget

The Charlie E. & Minnie P. Hendrix Foundation reflects on the compounding hardships facing families in 2026 — SNAP cuts, blocked drug pricing relief, unaffordable housing, and surging gas prices — and why community support has never mattered more. Learn how to give back.

Detroit's affordable housing crisis is a public health emergency. Explore how housing instability drives chronic disease, mental health burdens, and racial health disparities — and what the Hendrix Foundation is doing about it.

A 2026 Health Affairs study found SSDI beneficiaries are nearly 5x more likely to die during the mandatory 24-month Medicare wait. Learn why — and how to help end it.