Neighborhood Wellness Foundation

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About Us

Co-founded in 2015 by Gina Warren, Pharm.D., and Marilyn Woods, Neighborhood Wellness Foundation (NW) is a community-based organization with a mission to navigate and disrupt intergenerational trauma and poverty in Del Paso Heights (DPH) and surrounding neighborhoods. NW operates at the granular level with a multigenerational, interdisciplinary team from executive to grassroots to address the patterns of disparities which include poor health outcomes, substance use disorders, illiteracies, socioeconomic immobility, violence and incarceration.  Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their correlation to these patterns of disparities is the cornerstone of our work and our need to disrupt the intergenerational transfer of adversity. NW integrates academic, clinical, business and lived experiences to guide strategic planning and implementation of pathways.  These pathways address the challenges that remain palpable in our community. NW’s authentic connectedness and four impact programs: Healing Circles, Restore Legacies, Higher Heights and Pacers Take Space empower our community with ACEs awareness, mental and physical wellness, educational attainment and economic stability.

Our Promise

NW is not providing charity. We have a commitment to invest all of our resources necessary to help empower and implement a belief of Neighbors lifting Neighbors that results in self-efficacy, healthier families, neighborhoods, schools and the city of Sacramento. 16 of our 19 paid staff have connection to DPH and 14 have either been formerly incarcerated, gang-involved, substance use disorder, or never been employed before NW. We are building from the inside out and bottom up. As we disrupt the transfer of intergenerational adversity, we empower our community with productive citizens, a normalization for mental wellness, academic achievements, long-term employment and stability. NW with resources and authentic collaborative partnerships, have the capacity to empower and uplift our own Del Paso Heights community with depth and sustainability. 

Mission

Our mission is to navigate and disrupt intergenerational poverty and trauma in Del Paso Heights (DPH) and surrounding Sacramento neighborhoods. NW operates with a multigenerational, interdisciplinary team approach to build self-efficacy, promote mental and physical wellness, improve educational/vocational attainment, economic stability and restore a culture of excellence.

Needs

NW needs resources to support three of our four impact programs: Restore Legacies, Healing Circles and Pacers Take Space. All programs intersect at Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the correlation to patterns of disparities of poor health outcomes, substance use disorders, illiteracies, socioeconomic immobility, violence and incarceration.

$7,500

Restore Legacies have been designed to disrupt the cradle to prison pipeline and the transfer of adversity for both youth, adults and families with legacies of incarceration. The program provided support for unhoused residents disproportionally impacted by ACEs.

• Substance Use Disorder Program support

• Emergency rental and utility assistance

• Essential household items for families in transition

• Crisis intervention support for urgent needs

$7,500

Healing Circles are safe spaces founded on shared life experiences, community connections, and a deep desire to help build healthy neighborhoods for our residents. In these trusted spaces, we release repressed emotions from childhood and adult trauma, initiating the process towards healthy thinking. We introduce new pathways, guided by encouragement and optimism, aimed at fostering educational and economic achievement, resourcefulness, and stability. Support needed include:

• Mental Health & Therapeutic Regulation Support

• Individual Counseling Services

• Program Materials

$7.500

Pacers Take Space is a School-Based Health Center on the campus of Grant High School. Our objective is to minimize learning loss by offering the support and resources that would otherwise prevent students from attending school. Resources needed include:

• College and vocational school Expenses

• Youth support for Group Therapeutic Support (Healing) Circles

• Healthy snacks for after-school and mentorship programs

• Transportation Support

Equity Statement

Neighborhood Wellness Foundation (NW) operates with an interdisciplinary team of nineteen. Sixteen of our paid staff are generationally rooted in Del Paso Heights and thirteen of whom are unemployable given history of illiteracy, substance use disorders, gang validation and incarceration. We built our team as we value their insight and perspective, and we stand on our mission to disrupt intergenerational poverty and trauma.

Our grassroots work focuses specifically on Del Paso Heights neighbors who have been impacted generationally and disproportionately by the inequities in education, healthcare, housing, law enforcement, criminal justice, financial institutions and employment. Focusing on these social determinants of health, NW has partnerships with all of these systems.

We are committed to relevant capacity building for our staff, Del Paso Heights neighbors and partners. The intended impact is to change the lens through which these systems see our community and how we see ourselves because how you see us determines how you treat us. Educational awareness helps improve the communication and interactions. Equity building must include optimal delivery of service that will maximize the opportunities for achievement. Our neighbors deserve to become educated, healthy, employed, stable and build wealth for the next generation.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Neighborhood Wellness Foundation

Year Established

2015

Tax id (EIN)

47-4874487

Mission Category

Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Operating Budget

$1,000,001-$5 million

Organization Need

Funding: Program, Funding: Other, Funding: Unrestricted, In-Kind Donations, Volunteers

Demographics Served

Youth & Children, Low-income individuals/families, Black/African American

BIPOC Leadership

Both the Executive Director & Board Chair

Local Counties Served

Sacramento

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

3805 Clay Street
Sacramento, CA 95838

Service areas

Sacramento, CA, US, 95838

Sacramento, CA, US, 95815

Phone

916-335-8818

Email

contact@neighborhoodwellness.org

Website

https://neighborhoodwellness.org

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