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Supporting Health Leadership in the region
July 15, 2024
In 2023, the Health Foundation invested $3.20 million to support 23 grants under the Health Leadership priority area to support leadership development for executives, boards of directors, and nonprofit organizations, leverage resources through partnerships, invest in strategic initiatives and catalytic projects, and respond to immediate needs to benefit the region’s health.
2023 grantees included:
- Annunciation House and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger – Emergency Crisis Response Grant
- City of Las Cruces – Southwest Doña Ana Move Trail
- El Paso Center for Children, Inc. – Exploring…
Improving health through collaboration and data technology
June 13, 2024
Data is more than numbers on a chart. By using data, healthcare professionals and advocates can improve the health of their patients and our community.
PHIX is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 by El Paso health leaders to improve health through collaboration and data technology. Based in El Paso, PHIX serves healthcare providers and patients in west Texas and southern New Mexico.
Specifically, PHIX facilitates data sharing between hospitals, emergency departments, clinics, public health organizations, laboratories, imaging centers, other health providers, and social service…
Building a behavioral health system to promote a safer and healthier community in New Mexico
June 13, 2024
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is a proud partner of the Local Collaborative 3 (LC3) to improve the mental health and substance use systems of care in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, through action teams working on specific policy, programs, and practice improvements to achieve an ideal behavioral health system of care.
Recently, the LC3 invited New Mexico mental health providers, state and local officials, law enforcement, fire department, local schools and colleges, nonprofit organizations, and community…
Preparing for the 2030 Texas Census
June 13, 2024
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation awarded a small grant recently to support the Texas Census Institute (TxCI) in preparation for the 2030 Texas Census.
TxCI is an independent, nonpartisan, data-driven, and trusted nonprofit organization focused on census policy and program guidance encouraging census participation so all Texans can enjoy a greater quality of life. Utilizing research, TxCI aims to develop resources to increase public awareness of the most effective ways to ensure every Texan counts.
“We are supporting TxCI to help us prepare for a complete and accurate census count…
Creating a smoke-free environment in schools
June 13, 2024
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is proud to partner with Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), the Paso del Norte Tobacco Control Network, and the American Heart Association to recognize Tornillo Independent School District for adopting updated tobacco-free policies, making it the first district in El Paso County to meet best practices. School policies play a crucial role in curbing teen vape use and helping protect youth from tobacco addiction.
In New Mexico, the Doña Ana Vaping Awareness Subcommittee, in a display of community collaboration, partnered with the Village of Hatch…
Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in a community
June 13, 2024
Nonprofits are essential for addressing health, education, economic development, human services, and quality of life in our community. The Paso del Norte Health Foundation and Paso del Norte Community Foundation collaborated to develop a profile of nonprofit organizations serving the community and understanding the core elements that contribute to the sector’s resilience, strength, and challenges.
Click here to learn more.
Looking for Summer fun for kids in the region
June 13, 2024
Keep your kids busy this summer with quality programs and services in our community. Check out the interactive “Summer Program Guide” on the BOOST Network website (theboostnetwork.org). The guide includes a comprehensive list of summer programs in the Paso del Norte region (El Paso, southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juárez). Users can filter their search by age range and location, type of activity, registration deadlines, duration of camps, how to enroll, and more.
Click here to view all the fun activities your child can participate in this…
Health Foundation awards 10 grants under the Healthy Eating Initiative
June 13, 2024
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation recently awarded 10 grants totaling more than $2.3 million under the Healthy Living priority area. These grants will support nutritious meals, physical activity, home gardens, teacher training, and cooking education programs that help children and adults in the border region live healthier lives.
Arbol de Vida - $149,056.64
Children’s Home and Comedor
To provide nutritious meals and nutrition education to 100 children five days a week in Rancho Anapra and Lomas de Poleo in Ciudad Juarez, MX.
Border Partners - $161,084.00 …
Local Educator learns the daily work of improving health in the region
June 13, 2024
Ms. Helga Ericka Kihara, an instructional coach at Canutillo Elementary, shadowed staff from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation and the Paso del Norte Community Foundation for one week as part of the CREEED Educator Externship program.
The unique externship program partners with regional businesses and local school districts to provide current educators with a one-week paid externship at a business facility. The experience is a rare professional development opportunity that effectively bridges the gap between the classroom and the workplace.
“We were happy to welcome Ms. Kihara to…
Investing in Disease Prevention and Management
June 13, 2024
In 2023, the Health Foundation invested $3.02 million to support 42 grants under the Disease Prevention & Management priority area to advance efforts to prevent and manage diabetes and mental illness across the region.
2023 grantees included:
- Texas Tech Hunt School of Dental Medicine, providing patients who visit the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic with a routine dental exam and the opportunity to test their A1C;
- The University of Texas at El Paso with diabetes awareness training program for seniors Public Health students;
- El Paso Center for Diabetes creating new signs…
