Community Connections
What is it?CarePartners gives eligible adults access to a volunteer network of primary care and specialty providers as well as care management, low-cost medications and other needed services like transportation and behavioral health care. CarePartners helps enrollees transition to public and…
What is it?The Medication Assistance Program helps uninsured and underinsured patients obtain long-term prescription medication through pharmaceutical companies. Catholic Medical Center staff assist patients in determining eligibility, as well as completing and submitting the necessary paperwork…
What is it?Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP2LWP) targets obesity and Type 2 diabetes by creating an environment that fosters physical activity and healthy eating. This program offers guidance, education and training to move toward policy adoption and environmental change.…
What is it?Lancaster General Health (LGH) has been building bridges to Lancaster County’s Amish settlement for nearly 25 years with outreach programs that respect that unique population’s traditions and beliefs. Programs include a free child immunization program; educational group meetings for…
What is it?Our Health – a nonprofit affiliated with Valley Health System – holds Healthy Living and Farmers’ Market Events on the first Wednesday of each month, in season. Local farmers bring fresh produce and baked goods to the Our Health campus, and nonprofit agencies set up booths with…
What is it?Valley Health System’s Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team is a form of peer support and emotional first aid that provides caregivers and other groups a jump-start back to resilience and balance after a critical incident. Debriefings are provided by three trained team members…
What is it?Crozer Wellness Center serves as an adolescent-focused primary care provider, which operates an array of community-based youth leadership programs, as well as city-wide initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for young people so they can become healthy, productive adults. Who is it…
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The camp, a collaboration with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, provides a hands-on experience of health care careers to participants. They are given the opportunity to use the same tools that physicians, nurses and…
What is it?In the Kids First program, a social worker coordinates with medical staff at Holy Cross’s Peñasco Health Clinic and Taos Clinic for Children and Youth to connect rural families to services including substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health counseling. The initiative provides…
What is it?Genesis Health System, the Scott County Family YMCA and Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities formed a partnership to provide a free camp experience called Camp Genesis for children dealing with a family member facing cancer. Children swim, ride horses and challenge themselves physically,…