ALL PROGRAMS

  • Farm Fresh Food Access

    U.P. Fresh Food Access

    What should we know about the services you provide? Better descriptions result in more sales.

  • Fresh Garden Tomatoes, UP Food as Medicine

    U.P. Food as Medicine

    Based on a prescription for health model, this program is designed to address and improve the food security of individuals at risk for or diagnosed with a chronic health condition.

  • Elderly Couple

    U.P. Caregiver Resource Center

    Providing information, resources, support and programs to caregivers throughout the U.P.

  • UP Energy Resources, Water

    U.P. Energy Resources

    The Michigan Energy Office (MEO) is committed to promoting healthy communities, economic growth, and environmental sustainability through energy waste reduction and renewable energy.

  • A woman with glasses and blonde hair sitting on a brown couch, talking on her cell phone, with a silver MacBook laptop on her lap, in a room with large windows and green plants.

    U.P. 211 Call Center

    Providing easy accessible, responsive, and professional information and assistance to Upper Peninsula citizens and families in need, 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week.

  • Person holding pink dumbbells with both hands, blurred background of a person at a table.

    Health & Wellness

    Offering classes across the Upper Peninsula for disease prevention, management, and wellness.

  • Two women, one elderly with white curly hair and the other middle-aged with brown wavy hair, smiling and embracing each other outdoors with green foliage in the background.

    Long-Term Care Programs

    Facilitating in home service options to avoid or delay nursing home placement to help individual’s live independently.

  • Multi-family and individual housing, prepping food in kitchen.

    Housing

    Providing affordable senior or multi-family housing options to qualified individuals or families. UPCAP manages and develops a number of multi-family and elderly apartment projects across the Upper Peninsula.

  • Medicare/Medicaid and You

    Michigan Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program

    MMAP (pronounced ‘map’) is a free counseling service for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and their caregivers to help them in making informed health benefit decisions.

  • Man and granddaughter gardening

    U.P. Area Agency on Aging (UPAAA)

    Assisting older persons in leading independent, meaningful and dignified lives in their own homes and communities for as long as possible.

  • Woman in Wheelchair

    Aging & Disability Resource Collaborative (ADRC)

    A joint effort with UPCAP and SAIL to empower individuals to make informed choices and to streamline access to long-term care supports across the Upper Peninsula.

  • Older woman with tea cup

    Upper Peninsula Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

    Addresses the quality of care and quality of life experienced by residents who reside in licensed long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, homes for the aged and adult foster care homes.

  • Medical syringes and a phillips screwdriver laid on a wooden floor.

    U.P. Diabetes Outreach Network (UPDON)

    Promoting innovative partnerships to strengthen the prevention, detection and management of diabetes across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) serves as the administrator for UPDON.

  • Meditation

    Mediation/Resolution Services

    A safe and affordable option for resolving a variety of disputes or disagreements.

    “Through mediation, we resolved more in two hours than we did in three years.”

  • The U.P. Association of County Commissioners (UPACC)

    The U.P. Association of County Commissioners (UPACC)

    The U.P. Association of County Commissioners represents all fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. UPACC supports the local units of government through its members and advocates on behalf of the counties on issues impacting their constituents and communities. UPCAP serves as the Secretary.

  • State Fair Rides

    U.P. State Fair Authority

    The Authority supports the U.P State Fair in its mission to provide a venue for displaying, encouraging and supporting agriculture and industrial pursuits in the UP of Michigan. The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) serves as the Administrative Agent for the Authority.

  • 911 Ambulance

    U.P. 9-1-1 Authority

    The Authority is responsible for coordinating and providing a variety of services with respect to 911 emergency call answering and service dispatching across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) serves as the secretary and Administrative Agent of the Authority.