The temperatures may be dropping a bit in Indy.. but your car could still be heating up

Indianapolis weather has been BRUTAL lately.  Record temperatures, no rain, a burn ban, and tomorrow the water ban goes into effect. This dry heat and lack of humidity keep temperatures up, and we unfortunately have heard of a couple cases where the heat has caused major harm and even death to children. Just this past [...]

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Do you value the kids around you?

post written by Bhumi.  To meet our entire staff blog team, click here. Kids are just the most adorable and naive little people!!  We as adults  see them as just that and tend to forget that they are also so in tune to what is going on around them.  So, lets all take a minute [...]

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Give a Care about Kids – A Behavioral Health’s Investment in Indianapolis’ Children

post by Laura Jay- Ballinger.  Click here to meet our entire staff blog team! The behavioral health department is invested in our community kiddos!  The therapists in each facility provide services for children as well as adults.  We are very fortunate to have Dr. Jim Jones, child psychologist, at PACC and the department is in [...]

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WE CARE ABOUT KIDS – The Mantra of our BIBs/Healthy Families Program

post written by Denise Kaspar, Director of BIBs/Healthy Families.  You can check out the rest of our blogging team here. The Better Indy Babies and Healthy Families’ mantra should be We Care About Kids. Over 1500 kids, both born and unborn,  hold a place in the hearts of the more than 50 home visitors and [...]

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Our CEO Transition: Jimmy Brown & Booker Thomas Conversation

As HealthNet faces a transition period, our current President & CEO – Booker Thomas – and our incoming President & CEO – Jimmy Brown – sat down together to talk about the past, present, and future of the organization. Listen in to hear what Jimmy’s vision is for the future, what words of advice Booker [...]

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Ride Your Bike to Work Day.. And then some!

written by Stacey Chappell.  To meet the rest of our blogging crew, click here! Laura Czajkowski, an interpreter at Southeast Health and Dental Center, decided to join thousands of others in Indianapolis on May 18, 2012 and ride her bike to work! Only she didn’t stop there.  She had such a positive experience that she [...]

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A Lot Going On and Not Enough Space to Write!

post by Willie Matis. Click here to find out more about ALL of our bloggers! It will be two years at HealthNet for me on July 6th! My how time flies. Since working here, I have seen 4 health center openings, a National Health Center Week, a couple Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families graduations, and been [...]

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OUR HEALTHNET: In the words of our Homeless Initiative Program’s Case Worker

post written by Toscha Wilkins.  Meet the rest of our blog team here. “Our HealthNet” starts with the staff that come in every day prepared to assist our clients with getting their needs met and helping them to become self- sufficient. Debra Marshall comes in daily before our doors even open to make a fresh [...]

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OUR HEALTHNET.

post written by Benita Mullins.  Meet the rest of our staff blog team by clicking here! “Our” HealthNet is right! They have become such a big part of our lives, our families, and our community. HealthNet is growing and changing (for the better) in the most conventional ways but keeping with the same timeless values. [...]

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We're in this Together.

We’re in this Together. The feeling you get when walking through our doors!

post written by Laura Jay-Ballinger.  To meet the rest of our blog team, click here! As eluded to in my bio, I started as a student interning at HealthNet in 2009.  It was a brief stint- roughly two months- in which I jumped head first into the work and community of caregivers. I was terrified! [...]

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