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Just in time for the holidays!! A Holiday Helpings Drive success…

Last month, we were contacted by a HealthNet physician who also works for the Regenstrief Institute. The staff at Regenstrief were in the planning stages of a Holiday Fund drive and wanted to direct the gifts to our patients in need this holiday season. This week we ventured over to collect dozens and dozens of [...]

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Ending 2011 on an Advocacy High-Note for ALL Community Health Centers!

At a time when health centers are seeing ever increasing demand for their services in rural and urban communities across the country, we are grateful that Congress has responded with this bipartisan bill which begins to address that need! – Tom Van Coverden, President & CEO of NACHC. Congress passed the 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Act! [...]

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Doors Opened Because You Gave A Care

Four HealthNet clients recently invited us into their homes and work places for a visit. Their stories were simply amazing! We’d like for you to meet them too:         Left to Right: Sammie, Tonya, Jason, Rachel Sammie was 14 years old and expecting her first child. Scared. Overwhelmed. She knew she had [...]

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“Giving a Care and Opening Doors” – HealthNet’s Holiday Wish List

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTZtb40z-fg?hd=1] “Giving a Care” and “Opening Doors” represent the mindset of HealthNet as an organization and our outreach programs in particular. In this video, Benita and Toscha talk about the impact of donation on our clients and patients. Becoming a support person for HealthNet, especially for our Better Indy Babies, Healthy Families, and Homeless [...]

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HealthNet Homeless Initiative Progam: Street Outreach Team

In this video, you get a chance to ride along with our Homeless Initiative Program’s Street Outreach team. They explain what they see day in and day out, the importance of community collaboration, and what can be done to help prevent and end homelessness in Indianapolis.   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDkbtI7SZ24?hd=1&w=480&h=360]

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Hunger + Homelessness Week: HealthNet Homeless Initiative Program – Employment & Training Workshop

Take an inside look at our week long employment and training workshop to help Indianapolis’ homeless begin to develop the tools to job search, interview, and acquire a job to gear them toward the goal of self-sufficiency. This video has insight from Employment & Training staff person, Dave Richardson, and even gives an inside look [...]

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The End of Fiscal Year 2011 is near… 3 things you can do to start FY2012 off right

We have been seeing the budget talks in Washington going on for basically the entirety of Fiscal Year 2011, which started off with multiple Continuing Resolutions.  FY2011 was full of debates on funding cuts, and it doesn’t stop now. The Senate agreed on a stop-gap funding bill yesterday, that if passed by the House will [...]

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Using Twitter to learn about child seat safety?

Yep! We are promoting it.  If you are a parent, getting ready to become one, or just generally interested in child seat safety, then you can follow along on Twitter tomorrow to find tips, tricks, and techniques. This week is National Child Passenger Safety Week, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is coming to [...]

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Give A Care about Indy’s Children and have a party at the same time!!

First weeks of college are starting – throwing a house party? Football season is starting – planning on tailgating with a group of friends? Summer seems like it is fading away – are you trying to host one last cookout? Adding the FUN to fundraising during one of these events is what Prevent Child Abuse [...]

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