Community and Partnership Resources

Education and outreach programs

At Children’s Health℠, our primary concern every hour of every day is with the health and well-being of all children. Children’s Health provides a number of education and outreach programs to keep your kids healthy and safe.

• Our programs

  • Children’s Health Speakers Bureau - An avenue by which parents, civic groups and area businesses can request expert speakers
  • Coaches Clinics - Each year, Children’s provides dozens of coaches clinics to educate coaches on the importance of sports injury prevention. During the clinics, we provide sports-specific injury-prevention cards and clipboards to thousands of coaches.
  • Dallas-Area Safe Kids Coalition - More than a decade ago, Children’s Health formed the Dallas-Area Safe Kids Coalition—the local chapter of Safe Kids Worldwide—to prevent childhood injuries, the leading cause of death in Texas in children ages 1 to 14. Campaign efforts target the use of car seats, bicycle safety, drowning prevention and public policies advocating child safety.
  • Dean Foods LEAN (Lifestyle Exercise and Nutrition) Families Program - A program that is designed to teach parents and their children a healthy lifestyle through proper nutrition and overall behavior modification
  • Dental outreach - In 2006, the dental service at Children’s Health started an outreach program at three community prenatal clinics in Dallas. Every other week, hygienists from Children’s Health go to the clinics and provide oral health education and dental health promotion materials to all interested expecting mothers.
  • Disease management programs - Programs that offer access to evidence-based care and multidisciplinary support for the management of chronic conditions
  • Get A Move On - Children’s Health is a sponsor of Get A Move On, a city-wide fitness initiative and awareness campaign that is organized by a coalition of community partners. As a member of this coalition, our staff members provide fitness presentations to more than 10,000 students in 157 elementary schools across Dallas. 
  • Know Before You Go - A program that spreads the message that every drowning is preventable when parents take appropriate precautions
  • Affordable Health Insurance for Children - Children’s is a sponsor of the Dallas CHIP coalition, which seeks to help families with uninsured children apply for affordable health insurance.
  • Childhood Obesity - Children’s also is a sponsor of the Dallas Area Coalition to Prevent Childhood Obesity, which promotes healthy lifestyles in Dallas area children through physical activity and nutrition.
  • Immunizations - Children’s collaborates with the Immunize Kids! Dallas Area Partnership to improve immunization rates of area children.

Partnerships Partners

Children’s Medical Center partners with more than 60 local, state and national organizations dedicated to measurably improving the health and well-being of children. Members of the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children cross all sectors, including health, education, government, nonprofits and the faith community and partner to address critical pediatric health issues.

• Local organizations

  • American Heart Association
    A non-profit that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
  • AVANCE A nonprofit that supports Latino families with programs that focus on parent education, early childhood development, brain development, literacy and more.
  • Building Community Workshop – Nonprofit design center working to improve communities’ livability and viability.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield –Health insurance partner.
  • Bryan’s House - Nonprofit that offers medically-managed child care, adolescent programs and family support services to children, teens and their families.
  • Child Care Group – Nonprofit providing child care, early childhood care and education services outside the home for low-income Dallas families.
  • City of Mesquite – An eastern suburb of Dallas.
  • City Square Community Health Services – Changing the trajectory of peoples’ lives by fighting the causes and effects of poverty through service, advocacy and friendship.
  • Community Council of Greater Dallas - The Community Council of Greater Dallas is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Greater Dallas, enabling individuals to achieve their full potential.
  • Cook Children’s Medical Center
  • Cynthia Mickens Ministries – A community servant for children, the elderly and women.
  • Dallas Area Coalition to Prevent Childhood Obesity - The Coalition promotes healthy lifestyles in Dallas area children through physical activity and nutrition.
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit
  • Dallas County Health and Human Services – Protecting the health of the community through disease prevention and intervention, and promoting a health community end environment.
  • Dallas Housing Authority – Provides qualified families with safe, affordable housing.
  • Dallas Independent School District – Second largest school district in Texas and 12th largest in the United States.
  • EPA Children’s Environmental Health – Dedicated to the environmental health of children where they live, learn and play.
  • H.I.S. Bridgebuilders – Christian movement to restore urban communities though education, health, economic development and spiritual development.
  • Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc. – Serves more than 4,400 low-income, preschool-age children and their families at 46 center locations throughout Dallas County.
  • Jubilee Park and Community Center – Employs a comprehensive strategy intended to strengthen elements that create prosperity in any neighborhood – community ownership, education, public health, public safety and housing.
  • Junior League of Dallas – Organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
  • Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic – A federally funded community health center in Dallas County designed to provide comprehensive primary care services that prevent illness and promote health.
  • Medical City Children’s Hospital
  • Methodist Charlton Health System
  • North Texas Council of Governments – Voluntary association of, by and for local governments established to assist local governments in planning for common needs, cooperating for mutual benefit, and coordinating for sound regional development.
  • Parkland Community Health Plan – Dallas-based regional managed care organization created to serve as a bridge connecting the community’s uninsured population to programs and services.
  • Parkland Health & Hospital System
  • Parkland Youth and Family Centers – partnership between Parkland Health & Hospital System and Dallas Independent School District to create health care facilities on school campuses.
  • Path-Way to Life Center of Hope Church – Hutchins, Texas, ministry of Dr. Cynthia Mickens.
  • PediPlace – Not-for-profit pediatric clinic providing a broad scope of health services in North Texas.
  • Regional Hispanic Contractors Association –Promotes and supports the advancement and economic growth of the Hispanic Contractors in Texas.
  • Ronald McDonald House of Dallas – offers temporary overnight lodging, three meals a day, and transportation to and from the hospital for families living for than 40 miles from Children’s.
  • Samuelson Health and Wellness Solutions – Healthcare and disease prevention analyst.
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Flagship medical school of the University of Texas system.
  • United Way of Metropolitan Dallas - Its focus is preparing kids to graduate and succeed, helping families leave poverty permanently and enabling people to live healthy, responsible lives.
  • Walgreens Company
  • YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas – Offers youth development and healthy living programs, as well as social programs, in the Dallas metro area.

• Statewide organizations

  • Children's Health Coverage Coalition - The Children's Health Coverage Coalition, formerly Texas CHIP Coalition, brings together state and local organizations to support adequate state funding and program improvements for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Children’s Medicaid.
  • Cover Texas Now - Cover Texas Now is seeking a sustainable health care system and to provide quality, affordable health coverage.
  • Every Texan, formerly The Center for Public Policy Priorities - Every Texan offers knowledge, solutions, and tools to help you more easily and thoroughly understand, discuss, and make decisions about public policy.
  • Prevent Child Abuse Texas - PCATX is a statewide non-profit organization working to prevent child abuse and neglect in all its forms throughout Texas.
  • Texans Care for Children - Their mission is to help ensure that every child can start life healthy with good nutrition, the chance to see a doctor, and opportunities to be active and play.
  • Texas Council on Family Violence - This organization promotes safe and healthy relationships by supporting service providers, facilitating strategic prevention efforts, and creating opportunities for freedom from domestic violence.
  • Texas Health Institute (THI) - THI is dedicated to improving the health of Texans and their communities.
  • TexProtects: Champions for Safe Children - TexProtects protects Texas children from the trauma of abuse and neglect and empowers families to thrive through education, research, and advocacy.
  • Texas Well and Healthy - This statewide, a grassroots organization is devoted to working with fellow Texans to deliver its vision of health care for every child, family, and patient who needs it.

• National organizations

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Child Statistics from the U.S. Government
  • Child Welfare League of America
  • Covering Kids and Families
  • Future of Children
  • March of Dimes
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation