Center For Change

In September 2022, Center for Change, Inc. was selected to be a partner with Orlando Health for the Severe Maternal Morbidity Telehealth (SMMT) Pilot program funded by the Florida Department of Health. This program was designed to provide resources through telehealth services to women who are at risk-both high risk medical and financial barriers. The Pilot SMMT program which was initially funded through June 30, 2023; was enhanced and received further funding from the State of Florida for an additional three-year period. Orlando Health selected Center for Change as its partner through July 2024 for subsequent funding. As a partner for the Maternal Telehealth Program, Center for Change provided health counseling and case management services to over 250 clients during this extended period. As case managers, Center for Changes staff worked with clients to address their health issues such as high blood pressure, diabetes, stress, depression or other social determinants that affect their health on a daily basis. Case managers completed their interactions with clients via phone, video or in-person conversations assessing the clients needs and making referrals to the appropriate partners or other community resources. Center for Change also offered virtual and in person 2.5 hour weekly Chronic Disease Self-Management workshops.

Center for Change community partners are an essential part of its most relevant grants with offering a blood pressure monitoring program. One partnership ranking as the third most relevant (as measured by the revenue and expense during the year) is the Winter Park Health Foundation. As a result of the funding from the Winter Park Health Foundation, Center for Change was able to implement its Heart Health Blood Pressure Program focused on increasing participants compliance with self-monitoring of their blood pressure on a daily basis. This program both and one-on-one health coaching to over 75 clients during the first quarter of the programs implementation. This included a health education event in the Historic Town of Eatonville, Florida which resulted in 15 new referrals into the program for the one-on-one health coaching. Client success from this program included approximately 72% of the clients showing improvements in their blood pressure readings.

These amounts of program expenses and revenue of $14229 and $29432, respectively, represent several additional programs designed to provide support to clients in our targeted population. These programs include (1)a partnership with the HCA Healthcare where 50 community members participated in a diabetes education awareness event where staff completed blood pressure readings and A1C testings. This event showcased the power of collaborative outreach. (2) A partnership with Sunshine Health where Center for Change provided ageny services to Sunshine Health members through a close the loop process. Throughout the year, our agency served a minimum of 50 members.