I-HEAL
The I-HEAL program is a trauma-informed, intergenerational health intervention that brings health literacy education, free immunizations and health screenings, nutritious food distribution, and care navigation services into schools and community-accessible spaces. Workshops and health events empower participants to set SMART health goals, improve healthy practices, access referrals, and adopt lifestyle changes that reduce stress and risk of diabetes, hypertension, oral disease, and other chronic conditions. The long-term impact of the I-HEAL program is to strengthen community health and resilience in rural Mississippi. I-HEAL aims to shift long-term health trajectories for children, adults, and families—addressing not only individual health outcomes but also factors that contribute to poor health.
10th Annual
I-HEAL WELLNESS DAY
For the past 10 years, GFF has held its annual I-HEAL Community Wellness Day (formerly Community Health & Safety Tailgate) at Cleveland Central Middle School located in Cleveland, MS in the
Mississippi Delta. The Wellness Day event is structured as a drive-through health fair, free of cost and open to the public, with a wide array of services including comprehensive metabolic wellness panels to assess hypertension and kidney function and screenings for breast cancer, vision, diabetes, and other health related services. Attendees learn about and receive referrals for community wellness services and clinical/therapeutic services available to youth and adults in the area. This event has increased in scale, serving 400+ unique individuals annually, with attendees arriving solo or with groups of family and/or neighbors.
Highlights from I-HEAL
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Want to help support communities in the Mississippi Delta?
You can help support the I-HEAL Parent Network by contributing to the Glenn Family Foundation. With your help we can partner with more families in the Mississippi Delta to educate and empower communities, parents and students.