Increasing access to nutritious food, at zero-cost to the individual, helps manage their health, eases financial stress, and supports overall well-being.
FoodRx Spotlight
Margaret spent years as a nurse educating others on how to prevent and manage diabetes. Not long ago she found out she herself was in danger of developing the disease. She knew she needed to make a change to her diet and exercise habits so she turned to a collaboration between the YMCA, University of Houston, and Houston Food Bank for help. Through the FoodRx Program, the Houston Food Bank provided Margaret with free healthy food from partners like East End Social Services along with nutrition education to teach her things like what foods to look for in the grocery store and what to avoid so that she could continue managing her condition after the study ended. Margaret credits the healthy habits she learned and food she was given easy access to in the program for her feeling much better and being much healthier these days.
Healthcare Partnerships
The FoodRx program partners with healthcare and community-based organizations that provide health programming to community members. FoodRx is most impactful for populations who are at-risk and with chronic diseases or are participating in a health and wellness program. Interested in becoming a health partner? Complete this Health Partnership Interest Form to participate in our upcoming prospective health partnership meeting.
Our FoodRx partners include:
If you are interested in participating in the FoodRx program, you must be a patient or client at their organization. Please contact them to learn more about the organization and eligibility requirements.
Examples of Partnerships
Community Health Program
Clients of these partnerships receive the Food Rx when they commit to programs that can improve their health and lives. By lowering the financial stress of household grocery costs and receiving healthy foods, individuals are in a better position to get the health training, education or knowledge they need to achieve program outcomes. Community Health Program partnerships include chronic disease management classes, exercise classes, nutrition classes, that have targeted and tracked health outcomes.
Healthcare Partner
Just as a doctor’s office writes prescriptions for medication, healthcare providers participating in the Food Rx initiative write prescriptions for healthy food for targeted populations among individuals screened for food insecurity.
For questions regarding FoodRx, please contact: