Collaboration between a San Antonio nonprofit and the Metropolitan Health District is bringing fresh produce to convenience stores in "food desert" neighborhoods. The challenges of public health ...

A Chicago-based program that works with high risk youth might be coming to the Quad Cities. “Youth Advocate programs” focuses on community-based care to keep young people from going in and out of jail ...

Policymakers around the world are increasingly interested in place-based programs that use tax incentives, zoning regulations, and other measures to promote investment, economic growth, and positive ...

A recently launched website details the many efforts of the city's largest anchor institution to support Baltimore and ...

Medicare’s value-based programs are penalizing inpatient hospitals for community-level health equity factors that impact outcomes but are largely out of hospitals’ control, according to a recent ...

The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act’s Medicaid reforms will not affect community-based programs for people with disabilities; instead, they address ineligible recipients, administrative fraud and ...

Local and national advocates call on state leaders to prioritize community-based violence intervention, as critical funding ...

A few years ago, while trying to help a sexual assault victim in St. Paul, Alaska, Kristie Traver, 46, found herself in an awful position. The victim needed a forensic exam — all the intrusive, ...

For many aging Americans, the dream of maintaining an active, independent lifestyle while living at home comes crashing down with a fall. Falls are the leading cause of injury, accidental death and ...

If we learned one lesson from the past year’s events, it is that life is indeed fragile, even more so for those suffering from mental illness. The confluence of events in 2020 -- the pandemic, the ...

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