Health Leads' Rebecca Onie Awarded 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
March 31, 2011 | Story
Founder Named One Of Four Recipients
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Ohio Volunteers Provide Health Care for Low-Income Patients
January 16, 2004 | Program Result
Reach Out of Montgomery Country, a non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, provided free care for medically underserved low-income individuals, after hours, at two existing community health centers in Dayton.
Physicians' Outreach Project Expands Access to Specialty Care for Low-Income Patients in Tallahassee
January 31, 2004 | Program Result
The Capital Medical Society created the Physicians' Outreach Project, a collaborative, volunteer effort to extend the services of the society's We Care Network to three adjacent rural counties: Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties.
HEALTH LEADS Receives Grant from RWJF and Recognition from First Lady Michelle Obama
May 18, 2009 | Story
"The Foundation's investment will enable HEALTH LEADS to grow our simple, effective model for expanding the scope of clinical care and, in doing so, inspire a generation of young people to tackle the most pressing health issues in their communities."
A Network of Medical Volunteers Expands in South Carolina
January 16, 2004 | Program Result
Starting in August 1994, a managed network of volunteer medical providers called Commun-I-Care continued ongoing efforts to provide non-emergency health care to the uninsured poor in South Carolina.
Volunteer Physicians Linked to Needy Patients in Asheville, N.C.
July 11, 2008 | Program Result
Project Access, which provides access to specialty and chronic health care for low-income uninsured people of Buncombe County, N.C., expanded its services from August 1994 through July 1998.
Fast Company Names Health Leads (Massachusetts) one of its "United States of Innovation"
May 10, 2011 | Story
For the past 15 years, the not-for-profit Health Leads has been redefining medical care.
An Innovative Prescription for Better Health
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
Health Leads relies on volunteer college students to "fill" prescriptions by connecting patients with vital resources.
Playworks/Sports4Kids
January 1, 2011 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Carolyn Newbergh tells the story of a promising program that emerged from a conversation between an activist trying to raise money for a children's art museum and an Oakland elementary school principal who, concerned about making recess less unruly, asked why nobody was doing anything about bringing play back onto the playground.
Building a New Generation of Health Leaders
December 29, 2010 | Story
Volunteers help to remove social barriers that prevent people from taking the actions they need to be healthy.