The city was one of six communities selected nationwide for the Transforming Communities Initiative
TRENTON -- The Trenton Health Team was awarded a $2.5 million, five-year grant that will allow it to continue finding ways to improve the health and wellbeing of Trenton residents.
The city was one of six communities selected nationwide for Trinity Health's Transforming Communities Initiative, which is aimed at reducing rates of smoking and childhood obesity, improving access to nutrition and physical activity opportunities, reducing health disparities and enhancing community wellness and resiliency.
The grant would build on efforts the team has made over the past several years.
"We are proud to partner with Trenton Health Team in bringing this initiative to the Trenton community, where we have a commitment to investing in population health," said Vince Costantino, chief administrative officer of St. Francis Medical Center, an affiliate of Trinity Health.
"We view this as an important part of our health ministry -- bringing preventative and educational services beyond our hospital walls through vital partnerships with the Trenton Health Team and like-minded organizations."
The Trenton Health Team, a coalition of local hospitals and the city's health department, will develop a detailed action and evaluation plan for the initiative.
Among its key partners are Capital Health, Henry J. Austin Health Center, Isles, Inc., the Trenton YMCA and the New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids-Trenton, Millhill Child and Family Development, Catholic Charities' El Centro, Children's Home Society of New Jersey and Children's Future.
"These types of partnerships help break down the unintended community silos that can stand in the way of good health," said Quentin Moore, director of population health and disparities prevention for Trinity Health. "It gives partners a chance to address shared concerns and make the most of beneficial opportunities to transform people's lives."
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