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A New Vision for America's Healthcare

For low-income youth and families, traditional medical care is not sufficient to improve health outcomes. A prescription for antibiotics is not enough when there is no food at home. Poor health further entrenches families in poverty by jeopardizing educational attainment, economic stability, and life opportunities.

Founded in the Boston Medical Center Pediatrics Department in 1996, Project HEALTH works to break this link between poverty and poor health.

Our model is simple and effective: in clinics where we provide services, physicians can "prescribe" food or housing for their patients and their families. Our undergraduate volunteers then connect those families to local resources to meet these needs, enabling them to achieve the stability and opportunity that lead to better health for their children.

Our vision is to mobilize the nation's first corps of student volunteers to connect low-income patients with the resources they need to be healthy and, in doing so, create the next generation of leaders committed to tackling this country's greatest health challenges.

We invite you to join us in this movement.

Newsflash: Project HEALTH was honored to be featured in Michelle Obama's remarks at the Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala on May 5, 2009. Please see the White House website for the full text of the First Lady's speech and a description of Project HEALTH's work in the overview of plans for the Obama Administration's Social Innovation Fund. More coverage of Project HEALTH in the news is available on our Press and Recognition page.

New Board Position: To ensure our Board has strong, consistent leadership by those with first-hand experience of Project HEALTH's model, we have created a new Board seat to be held by a current Project HEALTH volunteer or alum for a 3-year year term. This new board position, along with the rest of our Board, will play a critical role in making strategic choices about how Project HEALTH can realize our vision. Download the application today!