Priority Areas
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s board of directors identified five priority areas to focus the Foundation’s work throughout the region.
Healthy Eating and Active Living
To make healthy eating and active living the easy choice for all people in the Paso del Norte region.
Initiative or Program:
Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL)
Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention
To eliminate tobacco use and reduce binge drinking particularly among youth.
Initiative or Program:
Mental Health and Emotional Well-being
To reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, increase training for mental health providers and explore structural changes in the region’s behavioral health treatment system.
Initiative or Program:
El Paso Behavioral Health Consortium
Healthy Kids
To work with families, community organizations, and schools to increase protective factors for youth.
Initiative or Program:
Health Leadership
To develop regional health leaders and respond to community requests to provide leadership for health-related initiatives.
Initiative or Program:
News
New trail segment under construction along the Franklin Canal
February 14, 2019
Soon, individuals will have access to a new trail segment that will connect safe routes to neighborhood destinations and provide greater opportunities for increased physical activity.
This new trail segment will run along the Franklin Canal from Presa Place to Loop 375 in the Lower Valley and is part of the over…
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