Community Benefit Programs and Partnerships

The AdventHealth Food is Health® program (a regional initiative of multiple Community Health Plans) is provided at no cost for community members who do not have the means or transportation to include fresh vegetables and fruits in their diet.

With sites located near our hospitals and in underserved communities, AdventHealth Food is Health® offers health education classes and screenings, in addition to fresh produce, to help improve the overall wellness of adults living in food deserts or low-income/low-access areas.

Through this food security program and others, we’re committed to working together with local community organizations and stakeholders to implement effective strategies to address obesity and access to healthy food.

We aim to establish new community partnerships with local organizations, leaders and stakeholders to implement strategies that will reduce the stigma associated with mental health by increasing public awareness with mental health education and training opportunities.

Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to help someone who may be experiencing a mental health or substance-use-related crisis. The class helps you identify, understand and respond to signs of behavioral health crises to offer comfort and assistance to someone when necessary.

We recognize the importance of partnering with local community organizations and stakeholders to strengthen efforts to link community members to substance misuse help and prevention, including tobacco prevention and treatment resources to quit smoking.

We work with local community organizations and stakeholders to strengthen community access to tobacco prevention and treatment resources to quit smoking and reduce the prevalence of tobacco use among adults.

We’re partnering with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to help individuals quit tobacco with free smoking cessation classes. Anyone who signs up to attend a class will receive free smoking-cessation aids, like nicotine patches, gum or lozenges (when available and medically appropriate).

AdventHealth recognizes the importance of partnering with local community organizations and stakeholders to strengthen efforts to support local community organizations providing services and resources for community members affected by alcoholism.

The Pasco County Substance Misuse Taskforce helps increase awareness of substance misuse in our community. The Taskforce engages community members, public schools, community organizations and other stakeholders to host an annual community forum. The community forum offers youth and their families a chance to speak openly about substance misuse and its effects on themselves, their loved ones and the larger community.

We work with local community organizations and stakeholders to increase access to life-saving skills like hands-only CPR.

We’re partnering with the American Heart Association to offer free, hands-only CPR classes for the community. This train-the-trainer class allows community members to learn how to teach hands-only CPR to their family and friends. Attendees receive a free CPR kit complete with a manikin (an educational, anatomical model of the body), reminder cards and an instructional DVD.