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Empowering the community through the use of vaccines is not an easy feat, especially during a global pandemic. The Center for Family and Child Enrichment (CFCE) delved deep into this issue to ensure that the community stays safe. Through a partnership with the City of Miami Gardens and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CFCE executes measures to safeguard Miami Gardens’ residents to ensure individuals are armed with the relevant information to care for, and protect themselves. Thus far, the agency has provided free flu shots and hand sanitizers, conducted kid-friendly informational sessions as well as distributed pertinent flu and COVID-19 educational flyers at frequently visited businesses throughout the City. Additionally, CFCE implemented drive-thru vaccines as a safe option for its patients to obtain their free flu shots. Patients do not need to leave their cars. Now more than ever, it is important for providers to rise to the occasion and tackle the challenge of supporting the community in the best and safest ways possible.
If you are interested in receiving a free flu shot, please do not hesitate to call CFCE at (305) 474-1803.
Community Clinical Linkages Program- Bridging the Gap
Trinity Church works in synergy with Live Healthy Miami Gardens to ensure Miami Gardens residents have access to the health services they need through the Community Clinical Linkages Program (CCL). The Clinical Linkages Coordinator works with three (3) local health clinics to provide program participants with a free health screening, followed by a referral to the best preventative health programs to assist with improving their overall health. Following the health screening, the Clinical Linkages Coordinator designs a Goal Attainment Plan to assist the patient develop and meet their health goals.
Available Services
Medical Home Referral – Providing Access to Care
Residents who utilize the CCL program will receive a free health screening whether or not they are insured or uninsured. Residents have the option of choosing one (1) of the three (3) following partner clinics as their new medical home.
• The Center for Family and Child Enrichment (CFCE)
• Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS)
• UHI Community Health Clinic
Florida Health Network – Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Through the CCL Program, participants have access to a Virtual six (6) week self-management program for pre-diabetics and diabetics to learn techniques such as medicine management, goal attainment, emotional coping and stress management.
University of Florida – Nutrition Education Program (NEP)
Program participants also have access to a Virtual nine (9) week program focused on food-related practices to help participants achieve health and wellness goals by eating healthier.
To learn more about the Clinical Linkages Program or to enroll in DPP or NEP, please contact: Daphenie Y. Joseph, CHES, Clinical Linkages Coordinator at DapJoseph@peacemakers.com
Get Moving Miami Gardens
Increasing Access, Safety and Mobility in Miami Gardens
The Get Moving Miami Gardens project is asking residents to think creatively and critically about how to make Miami Gardens a better place to walk, bike and live. A series of demonstration projects are in place, or in the works that showcase potential changes to sidewalks, streets and open spaces that can make it safer, easier and more fun to walk or bike to everyday destinations.
Decorated crosswalks at key intersections around City Hall are being painted by local artist Chivas Davis to help highlight pedestrian zones and remind drivers to slow down.
Construction will soon start on a mini-park in front of Miami Gardens City Hall, showcasing flowering plants and trees that are well-suited to the urban environment and provide shade and color to make walking in the neighborhood more enjoyable. Residents in some neighborhoods will see sidewalk decals, designed by local designer KeTia Harris, showing how long it would take to walk or bike to nearby places of interest, or follow along on a scavenger hunt to find Sunny the bird as he visits neighborhood destinations.
Like many neighborhoods in South Florida, the streets of Miami Gardens were predominantly designed for cars rather than people. In Smart Growth America’s 2021 ‘Dangerous by Design’ report, the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area ranked 13th most dangerous metro area for pedestrians in the country, with 1,675 pedestrian deaths reported from 2010 to 2019. Recent planning initiatives in Miami Gardens have sought to make walking and biking an easier choice, especially when accessing parks, schools, healthy food options, and other everyday destinations. The Get Moving Miami Gardens demonstration projects are designed to support these initiatives, and inspire community members to feel empowered to advocate for positive changes in their neighborhood infrastructure.
Get Moving Miami Gardens is a project of Urban Health Partnerships (UHP) and Live Healthy Miami Gardens that was inspired by conversations with residents and co-designed with Community Liaisons. Community Liaisons are continuing to connect with residents to gather feedback, spark conversations about neighborhood infrastructure, and help empower the community to advocate for positive changes.
Subscribe to the UHP mailing list at www.urbanhp.org, and follow along on social media to stay up to date on project activities, and learn about opportunities to increase safe opportunities to walk and bike around town.
Do you have any questions or comments? Please feel free to reach out to Teara, Community Resident/Liaison at teara@urbanhp.org, or 305-680-1007. If you need assistance in Spanish, please contact Arely at arely@urbanhp.org. Si necesita ayuda en español, comuníquese con Arely a arely@urbanhp.org.
Project webpage: urbanhp.org/live-healthy-miami-gardens
Instagram: @urbanhp
facebook : /UHPartnerships
