Policy & Innovation

Community Health

“People travel from around the world to receive care in our Texas Medical Center—yet too many residents struggle to access basic healthcare. We are changing that by bringing healthcare, nutrition, and prevention services to the residents we serve.”

Delivering holistic, community‑centered care.

  • Serves more than 116,000 area residents.
  • Provides immunizations, multilingual social‑work support, and food access through La Tiendita and Common Market.

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Expanding free health services for young people.
  • Provides free primary care, vaccines, mental‑health services, and contraception.
  • Serves Harris County adolescents and young adults ages 13–24.

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Investing in high‑quality, accessible health services for all residents.

  • $2.79B for Harris Health
  • $59.6M for Harris County Public Health
  • $24.07M for The Harris Center

  • Delivering wellness exams; maternal and infant health visits; dental and vision screenings; and HIV/STI testing.
  • Strengthening care through partnerships with Christus Health, Harris Health, Memorial Hermann, Baylor College of Medicine, and UH Optometry.
  • Connecting seniors to telemedicine services at the Fonteno Senior Education Center.

  • Focused on chronic disease prevention.
  • Supporting diabetes, heart‑disease, and stroke risk reduction.

Forty percent of Harris County is food insecure — we are responding with bi‑weekly distributions.

  • Delivering healthy food to hundreds of families at Precinct 4 centers every week.
  • Partnerships include Common Market, La Tiendita, Second Servings, and Feed the Fridge.