About Us
We are REACHing and empowering Black and Brown communities of Flint and Genesee County by providing culturally relevant community health resources in support of healthy lifestyle changes. Our primary focus is to ensure that at-risk families within Genesee County have increased access to healthier food, breastfeeding resources and chronic health community programs through clinical community linkages.
Increase Options for Good Nutrition Across the Lifespan
- Partner with food vendors, distributors, and producers to increase the number of healthy foods they buy and sell.
- Improve local nutrition programs and food systems. At GFHC, we are focusing our efforts in supporting food pantries in churches, health centers, and mobile markets that follow nutrition standards that increase the availability of healthy foods.
- Support breastfeeding moms by making it easier to breastfeed in more places. GFHC partners with YOLO (You Overcoming Lactation Obstacles) to establish breastfeeding rooms in workplaces, places of worship, and more to support Black and Brown mothers in their breastfeeding journey. We also will train health workers to give mothers the help and support they need to breastfeed.
Increase Access to Chronic Health Community Resources
- We help connect the dots between clinics and chronic health resources. We are creating a chronic health community linkage guide to connect Black and Brown families coming from clinics, health service providers, and agencies to chronic health services.
Increase Safe, Equitable Physical Activity Spaces
- We work with long-standing community partners to increase access to safe spaces, neighborhoods, and communities for exercise and physical activity. This includes creating community consensus on community transportation, neighborhood planning, and so much more.
