Community Wellness
Communities full of happy, healthy people is our ultimate goal. And we’re inviting you to join us in making it happen.
From addressing local health challenges to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health, you can make a difference in your community.
Community Initiatives
Let’s foster wellness together through these community initiatives.
Activate Youth for Mental Health
Offering trainings within Omaha Public Schools to reduce crisis situations and increase mental health literacy in students, staff, and families.
Head to Heart
Encouraging Black-owned barbershops and salons to use their businesses as wellbeing hubs to connect clients to mental health resources.
Health & Housing Coalition
Gathers to address the medical and care needs of those experiencing homelessness and ensures medical respite for the Greater Omaha area.
Parent & Family Cohort
Eight-week class for parents with children ages 3-10 years old to learn and practice developmentally informed strategies for positive behavior.
Regional Health Council
A group that addresses the most pressing health needs by creating a unified and strategic response across counties in Nebraska and Iowa.
Safe Routes to Healthy Places
Fosters wellness by working to ensure all people are safe and supported when walking, rolling, and biking to nearby destinations.
Trek Up the Tower
The race is on to support community and workplace wellness! This fun fundraiser features a race to the top of the First National Tower.
WhatMakesUs
Working to change the conversation around mental health in Omaha, Council Bluffs, and surrounding counties through this stigma-reduction campaign.
Health & Housing Coalition
April 30, @ 8:30 am @ Zoom
Coalition Vision: Address the challenges medically complex homeless individuals in the Omaha Council Bluffs Metro face through the design of a continuum of services that identifies frequent users of healthcare systems and emergency shelters and connect them into the appropriate level of care. We hope that you will: engage in shared learning around health and housing, serve as a thought partner and give input during the medical respite pilot, and recruit additional partners when applicable.