Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc., Palm Beach County’s community foundation for health is expanding its community-driven, place-based funding approach, Healthier Together. The Healthier Glades initiative will receive a total of $1 million over the next five years from Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc. to focus on behavioral health.
Palm Healthcare Foundation uses this localized grantmaking strategy to solve Palm Beach County’s most complex healthcare issues, neighborhood by neighborhood. Currently, the Foundation funds five Healthier Together programs. Healthier Glades is the sixth community and the fourth to tackle behavioral health as its health focus.
Supporting the strong commitment of residents and leaders from Belle Glade, South Bay and Pahokee to work together, Palm Healthcare Foundation is proud to announce an infusion of $1 million dollars over five years to tackle the root causes of behavioral health issues facing the residents of all of the Glades communities. In addition to traditional health services and resources, they will address health issues, such as neighborhood safety and race equity. Community Partners, Inc. will serve as the fiscal agent for the initiative.
Inger Harvey has been named the project director of Healthier Glades. Harvey is a highly skilled professional who brings more than 25 years of success to creating shared visions; facilitating cooperation among diverse groups with conflicting agendas; and engaging nontraditional partners. Most recently, she was employed at the Office of Community Revitalization, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners.
