Wellness for Life™ is Texas Health's mobile health program designed to bring culturally appropriate health care to where people live. A broad range of preventative care services are accessible in a comfortable setting right in the community. Available screenings include mammograms, adult wellness exams (including pap smears, breast exams, colon cancer screenings and blood analysis), for community residents aged 21 and above.

Health to Home is a pathway to healing adults experiencing homelessness through clinical support and housing solutions in the Dallas area. The program provides individualized holistic clinical care, behavioral health, and case management services in a safe environment to adults upon discharge from a hospital setting. The mission is to improve recovery and health outcomes and ultimately connect participants to housing beyond the streets.

When a sexual assault crisis strikes, it's important for victims to receive health care in a safe, respectful, and professional manner. The Texas Health SANE program supports victims of sexual assault through the healing and recovery process. With early intervention, improved health and investigative outcomes are possible and hospitals can play an important role in the collection of physical evidence to aid in the prosecution of sexual assault cases. Victims can be seen and treated at any time of the day or night in several Texas Health emergency departments. SANE-certified nurses are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Community education and prevention services are also offered across North Texas and include Human Trafficking, Child Abuse and Reporting, Safe Dating, Cyberbullying, and other topics.

Texas Health Community Impact (THCI) uses collaborative grants to address local community health needs in underserved areas. This outcome-focused approach addresses health disparities identified as social determinants of health in specific ZIP codes. THCI's aim is to help identify and innovatively address the root cause of health disparities before they develop into poor health outcomes.

To care for all aspects of health requires a commitment to providing a continuum of care, from prevention- and wellness-based services through specialist care. The community health focus for care continuity involves the education of available resources and helping navigation and connection to the health and social services that are most appropriate. The goal is to help find the medical home that most fits their health needs.

The Texas Health University Consortium is a comprehensive, collaborative effort between Texas Health and our academic partners to leverage resources, elevate educational opportunities, conduct shared research, seek grants, and drive innovative approaches focused on addressing health inequities.

Access to quality, long-term health care can be especially challenging for uninsured and underinsured individuals. Clinic Connect provides a link for the vulnerable populations served by Texas Health to community health centers, or patient centered medical homes. Clinic Connect collaborates with local nonprofit community clinics to provide grants and other resources to assist those in need and help address health disparities.

Blue Zones Project was first brought to Tarrant County in 2014 by Texas Health, the City of Fort Worth, and other community partners. Blue Zones Project worked with schools, businesses, neighborhoods, grocery stores, restaurants, faith-based organizations, non-profits, and individuals to make healthier choices easier and improve well-being across the community. As a result, in late 2018, Fort Worth became a certified Blue Zones Community®, the largest in the country. Texas Health continues to impact well-being across Tarrant County and beyond through Blue Zones Project best-practices and other well-being strategies that foster increased activity, stronger social connections, and positive behaviors.

To promote self-care and employee well-being, Texas Health provides employee assistance webinars, wellness ambassador training, installation of worksite wellness spaces, Mental Health First Aid training, and sharing of worksite best practices.

Literacy and education may be able to help lower incidence of depression, and help increase the likelihood of high school graduation, employment, preventive care, and longer life. To improve literacy outcomes, long-term health literacy, and overall health, Texas Health teams up with Scholastic Book Fairs, school districts, libraries, and local businesses to provide free books to children in underserved areas.

Texas Health works with area schools to start or rebuild onsite gardens that help teach children the benefits of growing their own food. Grants assist in funding these efforts and may support a full-time school garden educator who assists with garden planning, curriculum and lesson planning, goal setting, grant writing, and engaging families and the community to maintain the gardens. Community and corporate partners also help provide volunteer support, equipment, and planting resources. Texas Health supports over three dozen school learning gardens across North Texas.

Texas Health provides research-based training for worksite partners and the community at large through Mental Health First Aid training, developed by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Like first aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid provides assistance to someone experiencing a crisis until professional assistance is obtained or the crisis is resolved. Through full-day sessions, participants learn to recognize and offer support to anyone demonstrating mental health or substance-abuse symptoms, using a step-by-step action plan. Free courses are offered virtually each month, allowing individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and organizations to participate.

Double Up Food Bucks is a national incentive program aimed at closing the nutrition gap for low-income families by increasing purchasing power for fresh fruits and vegetables. The program allows people who qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to double their buying power for fresh produce at participating locations by matching or providing a 50% discount. Double Up is available at select grocery stores, farmers markets, and farm stands across Tarrant and Dallas counties. Access a list of current locations at DoubleupTexas.org.

Access to affordable, healthy food is a critical social determinant that can greatly impact health outcomes, especially in children. Texas Health supports efforts to get healthy food to our most vulnerable populations by working with schools and community organizations to provide nutrition education and healthy food staples. Traditional food pantries generally offer nonperishable, processed foods. The Good For You Pantry program is focused on supplementing those efforts with culturally relevant fruits and vegetables for the community each pantry serves.

Fresh Access program supports numerous area community centers by providing fresh fruits and vegetables to seniors and youth who attend activities and receive services. Produce is also available to residents in surrounding neighborhoods. The Fresh Access program introduces families to a wide variety of nutritious foods and offers nutrition education resources and cooking demonstrations to help them take advantage of those resources.

Creating sustainable solutions means reducing food waste. The Culled Produce Recovery Program diverts thousands of pounds of produce each week from landfills to local farmers and families in need. A local company dedicated to transporting recyclable food products delivers the past-prime fruits and vegetables from a regional grocery chain to participating urban farms, which is then used as compost for future productions. Perfectly edible produce that might normally have been discarded to make room for new products is delivered to area organizations and Good For You Pantry locations.

With a goal of enhancing access to fresh produce and healthy foods in underserved areas, Texas Health supports urban farms and farmers markets, promotes collaborative partnerships between growers, distributors, and retailers, and encourages policies that remove barriers to nutritious food.

The goal of THRIVE is to improve the mental and physical health of at-risk students and their families. THRIVE works with school districts, churches, and other community-based partners to identify at-risk youth, ages 11-19, and provide them with support services such as resiliency skill building, counseling, and low-cost/free medical and mental health care. Access to a local food pantry and community market also promote a more productive and healthy life for our area students through improved resiliency and food security.

Faith Community Nursing is a nursing specialty that reaches outside the health care setting to combine traditional nursing practice with a focus on spiritual care. In the congregational setting, the faith community nurse can provide resources and education to assist members in improving their whole health and well-being. The Faith Community Nursing program works with registered nurses within a congregation to provide health-related programs tailored to member needs and/or the neighborhood served.

As a faith-based health system, Texas Health recognizes the impact a connection with local organizations can have on improving health and well-being of individuals and their communities. The goal of Community Health Ministry is to support the work and share in the mission of faith communities to address unmet needs stemming from social determinants of health.

In times of health crisis, Texas Health Chaplains provide a compassionate, supportive presence to patients, family members and caregivers. The Pastoral Care staff members are dedicated to faithfully supporting you and your loved ones through healing, health and hope during a hospital experience. Our Chaplains also support hospital staff through direct spiritual care, collaboration with patient/family care and critical incident debriefing.

Texas Health offers Clinical Pastoral Education as a natural extension of our mission to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve. Clinical Pastoral Education is a pastoral care and chaplain education program accredited through the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education where the goal is to equip clergy and lay leaders to offer competent and compassionate spiritual care to hospitalized patients and their loved ones.

As a faith-based organization, Texas Health values congregations and clergy as partners in nurturing the health and well-being of North Texas communities. CHAMPS is a network of North Texas faith communities working with Texas Health to improve wellness in their congregations and communities by addressing unmet needs. Many of these needs are social determinants of health and include food security, social connection, transportation, language facilitation and safe living conditions.

The Texas Health Resources Foundation strives to enhance quality patient care to improve health in the communities we serve. Our community support efforts are greatly enriched by the generosity of donors. There are many ways to support the Foundation and give to North Texans in need. From a grateful patient gift or online contribution to our annual fund to planning a fund raiser or participating in corporate giving, your donation matters.

As a community servant, Texas Health builds strong relationships with key business, industry, and community stakeholders with the mission of improving health and well-being for all. We value every opportunity to engage with the community through volunteerism that furthers Community Hope programs and initiatives, including vital service by our hospital volunteers, board volunteers and employee volunteers.

Advocating for the enactment of sound public policy is Texas Health's social responsibility. Government Affairs and Advocacy provides a unified voice for Texas Health at the federal, state, and local levels of government so we may continue to inspire change in how people think about their health and well-being. Our active support for bipartisan, collaborative approaches to addressing health care issues helps build a foundation for improved health outcomes and lessens health disparities in the communities we serve.

Texas Health works with key stakeholders to facilitate and advance priorities that support safe streets and infrastructure to improve mobility for all. Efforts focus on the built environment, equitable food systems, active transportation, and sound policies that help to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Texas Health employees are actively involved in the communities we serve by helping them contribute their time, talents and expertise to nonprofit organizations that align with our Mission, Vision, and Values. Through our Community Time Off program, eligible employees receive a day of paid service each year to support local nonprofits across our 16-county service area. Our employees serve in diverse and generous ways, from offering free health screenings and vaccinations to transforming underserved neighborhoods by building homes and planting trees.

Texas Health employees are called by faith, values, and civic duty to meet pressing health needs in our communities. Texas Health Together fosters workplace philanthropy by giving our employees a path to annually support the greatest needs of Texas Health in our efforts to improve the health of the communities we serve. Employee acts of kindness and generosity not only help Texas Health give back to the community but also support the work of our nonprofit partners in the community.