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The Pinellas County Medical-Legal Partnership Project will integrate legal professionals as specialists in Community Health Centers of Pinellas‘ health care setting. This partnership will allow care teams to detect and help address health-harming civil legal needs that affect a family’s ability to live a healthy life. CHCP’s collaborative partners — Bay Area Legal Services, Gulfcoast Legal Services and Stetson University […]

In 2018, Equality Florida Institute’s Safe and Healthy Schools Program partnered with Pinellas County Schools to implement nationally recognized best practices in support of LGBTQ students countywide. Although LGBTQ youth are currently the most targeted demographic for harassment in our schools, all students who experience bullying, and even the bullies themselves, face heightened negative health outcomes. […]

In 2018, the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County received a Transformative Grant to bring health and equity considerations into the development of policies, programs, and services of local governmental agencies. Planners trained in public health have been added to the staffs of the City of St. Petersburg, City of Pinellas Park and Pinellas County government to encourage the consideration […]

The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg has named Carol Martin Brown as Controller. Pinellas County nonprofit executive Marcus A. Brooks has been selected to serve in a newly-formed position of Community Impact Manager.

Pinellas County has a wealth of nonprofit organizations that are poised to take their work to the next level but need a bit of a boost to fuel their efforts. This week, eight small-to-mid-sized nonprofits received Empowerment Grants from the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg for their community enhancing programs.

Economic studies show that the region needs more well-trained adults to meet our workforce demands and build a stronger, more vital community. LEAP Tampa Bay is at the forefront of this effort, and has set a goal to bring the number of working-age adults in our region who have a college degree or quality industry certification from the current figure of 48 percent to 60 percent by the year 2025.

This month the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg awarded 21 nonprofit organizations grants ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 to support much-needed organizational improvements in areas such as technology, infrastructure, marketing, communications, training and planning. The grants are part of the Foundation’s investment in nonprofits in Pinellas County that are working to address social issues and problems that lead to health disparities and poor health outcomes.

On July 11, 2018, nearly 200 people attended the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County’s joint event to launch Health in All Policies in Pinellas County, a new, multi-sector initiative to ensure policy leaders consider health consequences when creating policies and plans that affect the community.

The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg has leased a property at 2333 34th Street South, an approximately 23,250 square-foot vacant retail space on the south end of the Lakeview Shopping Center in St. Petersburg. The location will serve as a Social Change Center for at least a 10-year period until 2028.

Nationwide, leading health centers and HIV organizations are encouraging people to get tested on June 27, National HIV Testing Day.