Health and Human Services
The Northern Indiana Links Health & Human Services Facet’s focus is on the physical and mental health of people in our service community.
Minority Health
In an effort to address cancer disparities and drive health equity in all of the communities we serve, through educational programming, the Health & Human Services Committee will organize a panel discussion on a number of minority health issues that affect both men and women.
Mental Health
In supporting and promoting the Links National Mental Health Initiative, the Health & Human Services facet seeks to promote positive mental health and awareness, and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness in the Black community by enhancing mental health literacy of students, educators and parents.
Children’s Oral Health
The Health & Human Services Facet for several years has aligned itself with the national organization’s Colgate Bright Smiles Initiative. The Bright Smiles initiative has provided opportunity for hundreds of students to receive dental education and screenings prior to the beginning of the school year.
*At the 2019 Central Area Conference, the Northern Indiana (IN) chapter won a Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Future Award for Most Children Screened.
Heart Health
Recognizing that heart disease is the number one killer of African American women, the HHS Facet has distributed heart health resources to various organizations in the community. Several members of the Northern Indiana Links provided educational programming to their respective church congregations, Red Dress Days and promoting on social media.
Community Activities
In cooperation with the entire membership of the Northern Indiana Links, the members took time to recognize the acute needs in the community resulting from the impact of the corona virus pandemic by making an effort to address the food insecurities of persons in the community.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) & The Black Community.
The Northern Indiana (IN) Chapter is a proud recipient of a 2021 Central Area (CA) Black K.A.R.E. Project grant.
Our goal is to mobilize and raise awareness in the black community about CKD and its risk factors, complications and treatment to reduce the risk of kidney failure and/or improve outcomes for people living with CKD.
Stay tuned for various programming throughout 2021-22.
Mask Up!
Check out our “Keep it 100” public service announcement that was created as part of the Health and Human Services Facet's Covid Care Initiative. The HHS Facet committee has partnered with multiple schools to provide this service announcement during virtual and in-person classes. #WashYourHands #Sanitize #MaskUP
Thanks to our partnership with Edgewater Health System, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Calumet Township Trustee Kimberly Robinson, Colgate-Palmolive Company, and Haywood & Fleming Associates, COVID Care Kits were developed and distributed to the entire student body at Calumet New Tech High School and Thea Bowman Leadership Academy.
