Parkview Hospital, Inc.

Parkview Health, a Not-for-profit Community-based Health System Whose Mission Is to Create a Healthier Community, Will Lanch a 3-YEAR Gusnip Prescription Program Called Veggie RX to Heal. Building Upon Its Six-plus Year Effort to Increase Healthy Food Access in Allen County, Indiana, the Veggie RX to Heal Program Comes to the Aid of Our COMMUNITY'S Most Vulnerable Patients at Risk for Diet-related Disease and Food Insecurity.the Veggie RX Program Will Be Available to Residents of Allen County, Indiana, to Serve Adults Who Have a Diagnosis of Pre-diabetes or Diabetes, Cardiac Diseases and At-risk Pregnant Women. Allen County Is in Northeast Indiana and Has a Population of 375,351, Which Includes Fort Wayne - the STATE'S Second-largest City - With a Population of 267,633. Allen County Is INDIANA'S Third Most Populated County and the STATE'S Largest County in Square MILES.PARKVIEW'S Community Health Service Line Will Manage the Veggie RX Program, Which Will Engage 850PARTICIPANTS Throughout the Three-year Grant Cycle (250 Year One; 275 Year Two; 325 Year Three). Provider Organizations Will Refer Eligible Individuals to Participate in the Veggie RX Program by Screening for Food Insecurity Using the Two-question Hunger Vital Signs Tool, or by Referring Individuals With Medicaid or Are Uninsured With Prediabetes, Diabetes, Cardiac Diseases or Women With an At-risk Pregnancy. Participants Will Be Required to Attend Two Education Classes Plus Two Phone or Virtual Consults Over Their Six-month Active Program Enrollment to Receive Their Vouchers for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Clients Will Receive $50/MONTH in Produce Vouchers for Six Months of Their Respective Program Phase.recognizing the Growing Inequity in Healthy Food Access and Compromised Health Among the Medically Underserved, Parkview Will Partner With the Following Organizations for This Program:- Organizations That Will Accept Veggie RX Vouchers - Heal Farm Markets (two Locations), Johnnie Mae Farm, Fort Wayne Farmers Market, Save-a-lot Grocery Stores- Organizations That Will Make Referrals to the Veggie RX Program, Prescribe Vouchers - Parkview Physicians Group, Alliance Health Centers, Parkview Heart Institute, Parkview WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S, Parkview Endocrine/diabetes Strategy- Organizations That Will Connect Veggie RX Program to the Community - Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, Transcultural Nursing Society, Center for Nonviolence, Parkview Greenhouse, Healthvisions Midwest, Purdue Extension and ST. Joseph Community Health Foundation.