Highland Community Builders

In 2017, HCB worked to greatly expand the impact of the Healthy Home program, which is a model program providing services to seniors in their homes based on the Support & Services at Home (SASH) model from Vermont. The Healthy Home program was awarded Benedum Foundation and Pallottine Foundation funding in 2016 which enabled the program to hire a manager and additional staff and expand from 3 housing sites to 7 sites serving 300 residents. The program works with residents who enroll to set health goals and connect them to resources they need to be successful, in addition to providing wellness visits at home from a nurse and program coordinator. Exercise and chronic disease self-management classes are provided in the housing setting as well. Early evaluation results showed a 46% drop in Emergency Room visits for Healthy Home participants, compared to a similar local population not receiving services. We are now preparing to work with new groups in nearby counties to replicate the program. See Service page for a description of this program service