HEALTH, WELLNESS & FAMILY STRENGTHENING ACTION ITEMS
Below are the action items identified for each priority outlined in the Health, Wellness & Family Strengthening section of the Near Eastside Quality of Life Plan.
| 1.1: Increase access to mental health services and substance abuse treatment.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 1.2: Provide mental health and substance abuse wraparound services at supportive housing sites.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 1.3: Provide education on coping skills and Wellness Recovery Action Plans.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 1.4: Launch a community-based initiative to address trauma and promote resiliency.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.5: Train community service providers in trauma-informed care.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.6: Train educators, police officers, first responders, and others to identify and respond to mental health and substance abuse issues.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.7: Provide public education about Adverse Childhood Experiences and related public health issues.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 1.8: Create a mental health taskforce and expand behavioral health teams.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
| 2.1: Reduce the incidence and severity of infant and maternal mortality, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 2.2: Launch a near Eastside pilot of the Ornish Reversal Program alongside SNAP-ed and Purdue Extension training programs to reverse heart disease in near Eastside residents.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 2.3: Increase opportunities for physical activity by assisting with enrollment at local gyms, forming neighborhood walking groups and providing open air fitness programming for all ages in parks and public spaces.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 2.4: Host a neighborhood contest to log walking miles in connection with the Eastside Games.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 2.5: Provide public education on healthy diets, cooking on a budget, gardening and related topics.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
| 3.1: Support families in achieving housing stability and provide homelessness prevention and intervention services.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.2: Provide prevention and intervention services to address child abuse and neglect, including training on attachment-based parenting.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.3: Provide prevention and intervention services to address domestic violence.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 3.4: Create a safe, familiar place for families to come for guidance on tough issues and obtain counseling-like services from a familiar neighbor or community member.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 3.5: Establish an employer/employee mutual assistance fund for addressing emergency expenses.
Implementation Partner: Englewood CDC |
| 4.1: Provide public education on healthy family dynamics, healthy relationships and personal empowerment.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 4.2: Provide opportunities for families to build social relationships and connect with others through support groups, learning circles, parent/ladies/youth cafes, “Let’s Talk” groups, recreational clubs and volunteer and civic participation opportunities.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 4.3: Offer classes to engage families in health activities together (e.g. cooking, arts and crafts, games and fitness.).
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 4.4: Create intergenerational programming in public spaces and in partnership with service providers such as PACE and Horizon House in order to promote intergenerational interaction among older adults who are marginalized or vulnerable.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 4.5: Provide a healthy family mentoring program and/or provide community health workers for families at risk.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 4.6: Increase access to resources, home visiting services, supportive networks, and other supports for seniors and caregivers to address specific needs throughout the lifespan.
Implementation Partner: Englewood CDC |
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| 4.7: Increase opportunities for near Eastside youth to participate in local recreational activities through near Eastside sport leagues.
Implementation Partner: Englewood CDC |
| 5.1: Open an affordable grocery store or co-op.
Implementation Partners: Healthy Harvest Market |
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| 5.2: Develop a comprehensive 10-year food strategy for the near Eastside.
Implementation Partners: Health and Wellness Community Action Team |
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| 5.3: Create incentives for locally-owned food businesses to locate in the near Eastside.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.4: Create a food incubator and curriculum that promotes youth empowerment and entrepreneurism.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.5: Collaborate with the Indy Food Council and others to address food access issues.
Implementation Partners: Healthy Harvest Market |
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| 5.6: Overcome transportation barriers to food access by providing transit to markets, creating a mobile market, and/or creating a food ordering platform.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.7: Collaborate with existing organizations and their outreach efforts to cohesively market and promote food resources in the community.
Implementation Partners: Healthy Harvest Market |
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| 5.8: Invest in local food production.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.9: Encourage farmers markets to donate food surplus to food pantries.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.10: Create a food desert box.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.11: Host community meals.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.12: Create employer-sponsored incentives rewarding healthy food choices or subsidies for healthy food such as Wholesome Wave.
Implementation Partners: NEAR |
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| 5.13: Provide support for urban farms, community gardens, and container gardens and connect them to IUPUI free-lead testing and Spades Park Library’s seed library.
Implementation Partners: Growing Places Indy |
| 6.1: Complete a feasibility study for a wellness hub that would comprehensively and holistically address needs in a welcoming and accessible location and provide one-on-one support for high-need individuals and families.
Implementation Partners: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 6.2: Attract development to the near Eastside that supports neighbors’ access to healthy food, financial support, childcare, fitness, rehabilitation, counseling, and related products and services in their neighborhoods.
Implementation Partners: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 6.3: Publish a living resource guide, calendar, and brochure of health tips and distribute these widely in print and online in formats that incorporate various methods of learning.
Implementation Partners: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 6.4: Regularly complete a community health needs assessment in conjunction with Marion County health assessment.
Implementation Partners: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 6.5: Provide health services, information and outreach through schools and workplaces.
Implementation Partners: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
| 7.1: Provide targeted, accessible and culturally-specific health outreach, navigation and advocacy by placing Promotoras, health navigators, social workers, and related workers in positions throughout the community.
Implementation Partner: John Boner Neighborhood Centers |
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| 7.2: Build health access and health literacy by providing comprehensive health and mental health education and screenings and inviting health and wellness organizations to participate in community events.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 7.3: Raise awareness of health inequities by organizing an annual health fair and related health and wellness events at schools, libraries, parks, and other public places while utilizing a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
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| 7.4: Identify and address the public health impacts of climate change and environmental justice for our Near Eastside community.
Implementation Partner: Englewood CDC |
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| 7.5: Ensure underrepresented groups have access to primary care by providing gap coverage or free or grant-based coverage and assisting in enrollment.
Implementation Partner: Westminster Neighborhood Services |
Interested in getting involved in the Health, Wellness & Family Strengthening implementation?
There are many ways to get involved with the Quality of Life Plan for the near Eastside. You can attend a monthly Community Action Team meeting or the quarterly Plan Summit.
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