The Foundation for a Healthy High Point is proud to support these transformative organizations and their efforts to create a healthier community.
Nurse-Family Partnership Program
Funding supports the organization’s Nurse-Family Partnership program that provides home visitation services for first-time, low-income mothers in High Point. The program aims to improve pregnancy outcomes, child health and development, and parental life courses by helping parents plan future pregnancies, complete their education, and find work. Funding supports the salary and benefits of one Registered Nurse and a Licensed Professional Counselor.
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Peer Crisis Mentoring Program
Funding supports a peer crisis mentoring program that teaches participants skills for self-regulation and how to manage stress due to personal or community-level trauma, such as violence, poverty, and racism. The organization will deploy certified instructors, a licensed psychologist, and a case manager to train 40 youth mentors and 40 mentees across two middle schools and two high schools using the Community Resilience Model and will expand the reach to include parents and caretakers.
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Capacity-Building Expansion Effort
Funding provides capacity-building support for significant expansion in the Washington Street neighborhood, including two new staff positions enabling the organization to focus on community development and strategic initiatives. D-UP provides various wraparound services and programs to support youth's health, education, and life readiness.
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Healthy Guilford Coalition Planning Efforts
Greater High Point Food Alliance plans to increase its administrative capacity and position itself for growth and potential expansion. Funding supports a portion of costs for an administrative position and will enable the organization to lead planning efforts in The Duke Endowment’s Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas initiative.
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Guilford Family Connects Program
Funding provides continued support of the Guilford Family Connects program to fund personnel costs for the full-time Registered Nurse (RN) assigned to High Point. The RN conducts virtual visits with mothers of newborns within the first one to three weeks after birth. The visit includes a comprehensive and visual assessment of mother and baby. In-home visitations will resume as soon as national guidelines confirm that it is safe to do so.
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Health and Behavioral Health Enrichment Activities
Funding expands and reestablishes health and behavioral health enrichment activities through afterschool and summer programming in High Point. Funding supports costs the state does not cover, providing enrichment activities, student transportation, program supplies, and computer software.
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Expansion to High Point
The Children's Law Center intends to expand its reach in High Point, and will work to raise awareness about its services among newly appointed judges. Funding supports the mental health of vulnerable children, helps address/prevent the outcomes of ACEs (adverse childhood events), and decreases the incidence of further violence. It will support staff salaries and program expenses.
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Project Resilience
Funding supports a pilot of an 8-week resilience and youth violence prevention program called Project Resilience. Youth participants and their college mentors will attend weekly workshops to develop resiliency and advocacy skills and engage in mentoring activities. Key elements of the program include the development of a citizens advisory committee, youth mentorship, and a youth photovoice and advocacy showcase. Partners in the collaboration include Resilience High Point and Communities in Schools.
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Social Emotional Learning Out of School Program Expansion
YMCA of High Point, Inc. seeks to expand its Social Emotional Learning Out of School Time Program. Goals include the selection of a research-based SEL curriculum for implementation in their 2023 programs and strengthening SEL skills and resilience among youth. Funding supports staff time, the upfront cost of the SEL curriculum, supplies, and equipment.
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