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No-Cost Community Health Programs and Resources
No-Cost Community Health Programs and Resources
Action for Happiness
Description: Action for Happiness brings people together and provides practical resources for evidence-based skills for happier living, feeling a sense of belonging and committing to personal action to create more happiness for ourselves and others. Daily action calendars are provided, as well as online coaching, group support, webinars, volunteer opportunities, podcasts, articles, videos, corporate resources, etc. An app is also available.
Service Reach: Worldwide
Website: https://actionforhappiness.org/
Action for Healthy Kids
Description: This program provides resources to promote the health of communities, schools, and students. Additionally, they offer The National School District Wellness Coalition as a resource for district leaders to engage in a community of practice to learn best practices, and share successes and challenges. District partnership grants and support are available. A School Health Index is available to help understand which school health policies and best practices your school or district has/does not have in place that support healthy students (and staff).
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/national-school-district-wellness-coalition/
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Description: Provides access to tools and guidance to create healthier environments that support students’ physical, social, and emotional well-being. School communities can use the Action Center to: Assess the health and wellness of their school, district, or out-of-school time site, identify opportunities to improve policies and practices that promote well-being for kids, teachers, and staff using the Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment, increase resilience of students and staff using the RISE Index, presented in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, find resources that help families prioritize healthy living and create home environments where everyone can thrive, learn about The Walking Classroom, our standards-aligned educational podcast program and access trainings on physical education and activity, employee wellness, nutrition, social-emotional health and learning, policy, and more!
Service Reach: National
Website: Alliance for a Healthier Generation
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Alliance for Eating Disorders
Description: The leading national organization providing eating disorder help, support, and education.
Service Reach: National
Alzheimer’s Association- Brain Bus
Description: This is a statewide outreach initiative that raises awareness about Alzheimer's and related dementias. It addresses the benefits of early detection, early diagnosis, brain health, and risk reduction. With two mobile units, the Brain Bus travels throughout Florida with a focus on underserved communities
Service Reach: Statewide
Website: https://www.alz.org/flgulfcoast/helping_you/alzheimer-s-association-brain-bus
American Heart Association
Description: Provides lifestyle education and tools to promote heart-healthy behaviors. The Workforce Resource Center includes programs and resources for worksite wellness: Well-being Works Better program, Workforce Well-being Scorecard, leadership tools and resources, and well-being resources for employees.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.heart.org/
American Lung Association
Description: Provides lifestyle education and tools to promote lung health, as well as online and in person courses and programs. Expert help is available through the free Lung HelpLine, Tobacco QuitLine, and live chat (or e-mail). Additional help and support is offered through financial assistance program information, online support communities, Better Breathers Club, lung cancer mentor program, education programs, and corporate wellness information.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.lung.org/
Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872)
American Red Cross
Description: Volunteers and staff work to deliver vital services – from providing relief and support to those in crisis, to helping you be prepared to respond in emergencies (disaster relief, international services, lifesaving blood, military families, training and certification). Training includes First Aid, CPR, AED, babysitting and child care, skills sessions, lifeguarding, swimming and water safety, workplace safety, etc.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.redcross.org/
Arthritis@Work
Description: Offers turnkey tools and resources to support employees with arthritis, including: a co-branded webpage (custom URL) to share tools and resources with employees, communications toolkit, how-to guide for managers, a pain reduction goal-setting app, virtual and in-person support groups, quarterly webinars, etc.
Service Reach: National
Baptist Health South Florida Community Health Program
Description: Offers a variety of community and workplace wellbeing programming: smoking Cessation, cooking demos, fitness classes, health seminars, behavioral Health, diabetes management/prevention, etc.
Service Reach: South Florida
Website: https://events.baptisthealth.net/?_ga=2.263920905.407521187.1655845494-1605050225.1655845494
Phone: (305) 308-2602 (Amanda Redruello- Program Coordinator)
CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program/Diabetes at Work
Description: Diabetes at Work is specifically designed to address the management of diabetes in the workplace, offering free, easy-to-use tools and strategies that help companies plan, build, implement and evaluate diabetes intervention activities.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/diabetesatwork/index.html
Phone: 850-245-4330
CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard
Description: This tool is designed to help employers assess whether they have implemented evidence-based health promotion interventions or strategies in their worksites to prevent chronic disease. It provides guidance on key evidence-based strategies that employers can put in place to promote a healthy workforce, increase productivity, and reduce the risk and associated cost of poor employee health.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/initiatives/healthscorecard/index.html
CVS Mental Health Awareness Guides
Description: Guides provided for mental health awareness for young adults, parents, and caregivers, as well as guides for decreasing the stigma and talking with friends and family about mental health.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.cvshealth.com/ourservices/health-and-wellnessservices/mental-health-and-well-being
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen
Description: A nutrition improvement tool available through an interactive checklist app. A printable infographic is provided to promote the app and lists the top 12 foods to include in the diet along with serving sizes. The Daily Dozen Digest is an e-mail series, offering 11 weeks of support e-mails to help implement the Daily Dozen. It includes tips, tricks, facts, and tasty recipes to incorporate the food.
Service Reach: Worldwide
Florida Department of Health: Get Into Fitness Today (GIFT)
Description: Get Into Fitness Today (GIFT) is a weight loss and wellness program led by registered dieticians. GIFT focuses on small gradual changes in lifestyle habits, which research shows leads to sustainable health improvements.
Service Reach: Statewide
Website: http://www.getintofitnesstoday.net/
Phone: 813-307-8071
Drug Free World
Description: FREE booklets on most substances. I placed an order to have them delivered to me to send in our quit kits for this month's promotion of Substance Abuse Awareness month. These are great. They will be delivered in two weeks.
Service Reach: Worldwide
Website: https://www.drugfreeworld.org/
Florida Department of Health: Diabetes Management Program
Description: DEEP is a licensed Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) program developed by the University of Illinois, Chicago. Studies show that people who learn more about diabetes, have improved blood glucose levels, and improve. their quality of life.
Service Reach: Statewide
Website: https://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-andconditions/diabetes/CurrentProjects.html
Phone: 850-245-4330
Florida Department of Health
Description: Each county has a page for their own local health department specific to county data, local resources, local events, and data. This information is available to assist in strategic planning through Community Health Need Assessments (CHNA) and Community Health Improvement Plans (located under Programs and Statistics).
Service Reach: Targeted to Florida population
Find Help
Description: This resource is available to help search and connect to support (financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost in your area)
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.findhelp.org/
First Coast Worksite Wellness Council
Description: The First Coast Worksite Wellness Council, Inc. is an initiative of Healthy Jacksonville 2020. The mission of the Council is to improve the health of the First Coast community by sharing resources and providing guidance through our member businesses.
Service Reach: Northeast Florida
Website: https://fcwwc.wildapricot.org/
Full Plate Living Program
Description: This is a virtual nutrition program offered through the Ardmore Institute of Health. It focuses on making healthy living more doable by increasing fiber in the diet. This program includes a self-guided membership to virtual video programs (weight loss, blood sugar, and meal planning), educational webinars, cooking videos, fiber guides, recipes, and more. Digital kits are also available for facilitating small group programs.
Service Reach: Worldwide
Website: https://www.fullplateliving.org/
Headspace for Educators
Description: A free subscription to the Headspace app is available for all K-12 educators and school staff. Access guided mindfulness sessions, stress-relief exercises, and mental wellness content designed to support your overall well-being—anytime, anywhere.
Service Reach: U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia
Website: https://www.headspace.com/educators
Healthy Wage
Description: HealthyWage provides cash-based weight-loss challenges designed to help end procrastination, encourage perseverance, and harness the power of your desire to avoid losing your wager.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.healthywage.com/
Joseph P Cory Foundation
Description: Empowers people and communities to achieve wellness and wellbeing through expertise, education and guidance. This includes the Gardens of Hope program which provides grants for gardens to promote nutrition education, movement, leadership, healthy cooking, food literacy, etc. The Healthy Lifestyle Symposium program (HELIS) showcases the best holistic professionals, products and services from South Florida and beyond, to educate and uplift the community. Jointly Organized Professionals Collaborating Optimally (JOPCO) is community alliance of well-being practitioners to promote free education. Online lecture, information, video, and educational (OLIVE) is also available with additional well-being education content.
Service Reach: Florida
Website: https://josephpcoryfoundation.org/
Lee Health Community Outreach
Description: Lee Health offers a variety of workplace wellbeing programming: asthma management, behavioral health, cardiac rehab, community care outreach, child advocacy program, chronic pain self-management, Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP), COPD Management Program, diabetes care, chronic disease management, weight management, teaching kitchens, health seminars, etc.
Service Reach: Lee County, FL and surrounding areas
Website: https://www.leehealth.org/our-services/occupational-medicine/corporate-health-and-wellness
Moove
Description: Moove is a virtual fitness and wellness platform currently available at no cost for school districts. It combines movement, mindfulness, and friendly competition to keep participants engaged and motivated. Users can compete individually or team up to compete against others in league-organized matchups, working their way towards being the ultimate champion.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://moovetogether.com/educators/
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Description: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI works to educate, support, advocate, listen and lead to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their loved ones.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://nami.org/Home
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Description: Provides education and support for breast cancer, by offering educational guides on a variety of breast health related topics, National Mammography Program (screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasounds, clinical breast exams, etc.), Patient Navigator Program, HOPE Kits, and financial assistance information. Additionally, they provide workplace education and support through in-person, live virtual, and on-demand presentations.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/
National Diabetes Prevention Program
Description: This program provides a framework for type 2 diabetes prevention efforts through evidence-based lifestyle change programming. Participants learn new skills, set goals, and receive group support for weight loss, healthy eating, coping with challenges, and increased physical activity. The program must follow an approved curriculum, be facilitated by a trained lifestyle coach, and submit data every 6 months.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/path-to-adoption.htm
National Kidney Foundation
Description: Provides support to those affected by kidney disease through a helpline, peer mentoring program, lifestyle education, promotional materials, recipes, etc. The Patient Information Center (toll free helpline) offers support for people affected by kidney disease, organ donation, or transplantation. The peer mentoring program connects kidney patients via phone with trained mentors who have been there themselves.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.kidney.org/
Phone: 855.NKF.CARES (855.653.2273)
Barbara Chatman, Regional Development Director
T: 954-947-4033 | F: 407-895-0051
5756 S. Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822
bchatman@kidneyfla.org | www.kidneyfla.org
Ramp Health
Description: Ramp Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Our range of services and nationwide network allow us to effectively meet the needs of a diverse customer base, from individuals to government organizations. Our focus on high-quality care and measurable outcomes, combined with our innovative solutions, position us as a leader in the healthcare industry. With a commitment to providing exceptional services, we are dedicated to helping our customers achieve better health and wellbeing.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.flipsnack.com/BED786CC5A8/ramp-health-brochure-8_7_2023/full-view.html
Sharecare
Description: The home of the Blue Zones Project, a community well-being improvement initiative designed to create healthier environments to live and work. Sharecare also provides assessments for nutrition education, Professional Quality of Life Scale, and compassion fatigue. Education on a wide variety of health topics is available. An app is also available to encourage healthy habits to improve health and well-being.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.sharecare.com/bluezones-project
TerryBerry
Terryberry is making a conscious effort to connect with HR leaders across our key accounts to learn more about your 2024 strategic goals and identify any gaps we may be able to help bridge with our enhanced product suite.
Employee Engagement Platform - Recognition, Wellness, Surveys (terryberry.com)
Tobacco Free Florida
Description: Offers tools and resources to support those on a journey of quitting tobacco. Support is provided through a designated Quit Coach (24/7 access), group programs (available locally or virtually), or self-guided tools and resources. This includes a free 2 week starter kit, Text2Quit, email tips, a quit guide, and more.
Service Reach: Statewide
Website: https://tobaccofreeflorida.com/
Phone: 1-877-U-CAN-NOW (1-877-822-6669)
United Way 2-1-1
Description: This is a free and confidential service that helps people across North America find the local resources they need 24/7 (available through call, text, or web chat. People can get help accessing information on nutrition needs, shelter, housing, emergencies, disasters, employment and education opportunities, veteran services, health, etc.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://www.211.org/
Walking Spree
Description: Engaging and connecting people to live a healthy and active lifestyle.
Service Reach: National
Website: https://walkingspree.com/
Nathan Pickle- Walkingspree
nathan@walkingspree.com
First Coast Worksite Wellness Council Newsletter
June is National Men's Mental Health Awareness Month! (mailchi.mp)
Wellness Council of Tampa Bay
Wellness Council of Tampa Bay
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