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Improving the health and well-being of vulnerable low-income citizens and seniors

Only 33% of pregnant teens graduate high school. However, 94% of teen mothers in UWMN-funded programs will earn a degree and be better prepared to care for their children.

Out of every 1,000 teens aged 15-19, 76 will become pregnant.  UWMN-funded programs reach 200 of these teens every year and 188 of them will graduate high school and be better prepared to care for their children.

By focusing on two areas, Assisting Seniors and Promoting Health and Wellness, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville works with programs that help seniors stay at home longer and increases the health and well-being of at-risk populations. 

Health Focus Areas

Assisting Seniors

Helps over 1,200 low-income seniors remain in their homes with preventative health screenings, social activities, home visits, and other types of support.

Promoting Health and Wellness

Helps nearly 3,800 of Nashville’s most vulnerable citizens experience improved health and wellbeing through education prevention and treatment.  This includes programs that prevent or manage conditions that most commonly affect low-income individuals: premature births, asthma, cancer, heart disease, mental illness, poor oral health and stroke.

Health Program Partners

Assisting Seniors Programs:

  • Adult Day Services (FiftyForward)
  • Alive Hospice Support Services (Alive Hospice)
  • Community Case Management Program (Guardianship and Trusts Corporation of Tennessee)
  • Foster Grandparent Program (FiftyForward)
  • Living at Home Coalition (LAHC) (FiftyForward)
  • Reaching Out (FiftyForward)
  • Refugee Elders Program (Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc)
  • Senior Citizens Club of BCN(Bethlehem Centers of Nashville)
  • St. Luke’s Senior FRIENDS (St. Luke’s Community House)
  • Student Health Coalition – Coalition for Healthy Aging (Vanderbilt Center for Health Services)
  • The Adult Day Program (Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc)

Promoting Health and Wellness:

  • Affordable Dentistry for the Working Poor (Interfaith Dental Clinic)
  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Services for People with HIV/AIDS (Nashville CARES)
  • Alive Grief Support Services (Alive Hospice)
  • Case Management for People with HIV/AIDS (Nashville CARES)
  • CASTLES (Vanderbilt Center for Health Services)
  • Child Sexual Abuse Services (Sexual Assault Center)
  • Children of Sexual Abuse Trauma (Nashville Children’s Alliance)
  • Counseling – Family Crisis Centers (Oasis Center, Inc.)
  • Counseling Practice (Family & Children’s Service)
  • Deaf Wellness Program (Hearing Bridges)
  • Diabetes Control Initiative (United Neighborhood Health Services)
  • Diversion Services (Mental Health Cooperative)
  • High-Risk Pregnancy Program (Nurses for Newborns of TN)
  • Individual and Family Counseling:  Hispanic Division (Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc)
  • Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) (Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc)
  • Midas Dual Diagnosis Program (Samaritan Recovery Community Inc)
  • Rape Crisis Services (Sexual Assault Center)
  • S.R.C. Alcohol and Drug Residential Treatment Program (Samaritan Recovery Community Inc)
  • Survivor Club (Nashville CARES)
  • Survivors of Suicide (Family & Children’s Service)
  • Taking Charge (United Neighborhood Health Services)
  • Women’s Outpatient Program (Renewal House)
  • YW Domestic Violence Center Children’s Program (YWCA)
  • YW Domestic Violence Center Therapeutic Services (YWCA)

 

Norma’s Story

Norma’s Story

Norma Mineo had been a hairdresser until rheumatoid arthritis forced her to retire.
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