Health Center Healthy Lifestyle Commitment

Join us in putting nutrition, prevention, and healthy living at the center of health.

See participating health centers.

The commitment

As a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-supported health center, we are committed to improving patient outcomes by advancing evidence-based, high-quality, patient-centered comprehensive primary care.

We commit to the extent possible to advance best practices that will:

Prioritize prevention and lifestyle

Help patients understand that many chronic diseases can be prevented, delayed, better managed, and reversed through healthier everyday choices and appropriate preventive care. Encourage lifestyle interventions—including a healthy diet, increased physical activity, adequate sleep, limited screen time, and other healthy behaviors—as first lines of intervention in building and maintaining health.

Promote healthy eating

Promote healthy eating and help patients and families understand how to apply the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 in everyday life. Emphasize the importance of whole, nutrient-dense foods including fresh fruits and vegetables; protein from both animal and plant sources; healthy fats, including full-fat dairy; and 100% whole grains. Educate patients and families about the significant harms associated with highly processed foods, added sugars, and refined grains and carbohydrates.

Empower every patient and family

Use the trusted relationship between patients and their health care teams to provide clear, practical, and actionable information about nutrition, physical activity, sleep, preventive screenings, limited alcohol consumption, and other healthy behaviors. Recognize that healthy habits begin at home and equip parents and caregivers with information they can use to improve the health of their children and families.

Connect patients to community health activities

As available, connect patients to community health activities such as community gardens, fresh produce prescriptions, teaching kitchens and food education classes, community exercise activities, and other programs that promote healthy lifestyle interventions.

Strengthen the prevention workforce

Equip physicians, nurses, community health workers, nutrition professionals, and other health center staff with the tools, training, and resources needed to make prevention, nutrition, and healthy living part of everyday patient engagement.

Build a culture of health

Promote an environment where healthy choices are encouraged, prevention is celebrated, and patients leave with greater knowledge, confidence, and practical tools to take control of their health.

This voluntary commitment is not a minimum standard of care, federal mandate, or replacement for clinical judgment. It is a shared commitment to advancing patient outcomes through evidence-based, high-quality, patient-centered care. A health center’s decision to sign or not sign the commitment will not be considered in connection with any pending or future application for HRSA funding and will not affect its eligibility for or receipt of HRSA funding. The activities described in this commitment do not establish requirements or preferences for HRSA funding opportunities.

Participating health centers

On October 14, 2026, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and HRSA Administrator Tom Engels announced an initiative for HRSA-supported health centers to encourage healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic disease. Following a launch event at Piedmont Access to Health Services (PATHS) in Chatham, VA, HRSA invited HRSA-supported health centers to sign the Healthy Lifestyle Commitment.

The following health centers have signed the Healthy Lifestyle Commitment. Additional participating health centers will be added on an ongoing basis. 

  • Christ Health Center
    Alabama

    Eastern Aleutian Tribes 
    Alaska

    Mainline Health Systems, Inc. 
    Arkansas

    Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc.  
    California

    Celebrating Life Community Health Center 
    California

    County of Santa Barbara Health Department 
    California

    Hurtt Family Health Clinic, Inc. 
    California

    KCS, Inc. 
    California

    Livingstone Community Health Clinic 
    California

    Petaluma Health Center 
    California

    San Ysidro Health 
    California

    Serenity Care Health Group 
    California

    PrimeHealth Plus 
    Colorado

    Community Health Center, Inc. 
    Connecticut

    Pohnpei Community Health Center 
    Federated States of Micronesia

    Broward Community & Family Health Centers, Inc. 
    Florida

    Central Florida Family Health Center, Inc. (dba True Health) 
    Florida

    Collier Health Services (dba Healthcare Network) 
    Florida

    Community Health of South Florida, Inc. 
    Florida

    Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. 
    Florida

    FoundCare, Inc.  
    Florida

    Genesis Community Health Inc. 
    Florida

    Miami  Beach Community Health Center 
    Florida

    Premier Community HealthCare Group, Inc. 
    Florida

    Rural Health Network of Monroe County, Florida, Inc. 
    Florida

    Georgia Mountains Health Services 
    Georgia

    Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc. 
    Georgia

    Guam Community Health Centers 
    Guam

    Todu Guam Foundation, Ltd.
    Guam

    KKV
    Hawaii

    Adams County Health Center
    Idaho

    Grand Peaks 
    Idaho

    Marimn Health 
    Idaho

    Valley Family Health Care 
    Idaho

    Chestnut Health Systems, Inc. 
    Illinois

    Community Health Improvement Center
    Illinois

    Eagle View Community Health System
    Illinois

    PrimeCare Health Community Health Centers
    Illinois

    SIHF Healthcare
    Illinois

    Whiteside County Health Department and Community Health Clinic
    Illinois

  • River Hills Community Health Center, Inc. 
    Iowa

    Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas
    Kansas

    Salina Health Education Foundation
    Kansas

    Audubon Area Community Care Clinic 
    Kentucky

    Bluegrass Community Health Center 
    Kentucky

    HealthPoint Family Care
    Kentucky

    Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
    Kentucky

    Baptist Community Health
    Louisiana

    City of New Orleans Heath Care for the Homeless 
    Louisiana

    Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc. (d/b/a CommuniHealth Services) 
    Louisiana

    Outpatient Medical Center Incorporated
    Louisiana

    Primary Care Providers for a Healthy Feliciana, Inc.
    Louisiana

    Southeast Community Health Systems 
    Louisiana

    St. Thomas Community Health Center
    Louisiana

    DFD Russell Medical Centers
    Maine

    Fish River Rural Health
    Maine

    Detroit Community Health Connection
    Michigan

    Packard Health
    Michigan

    Traverse Health Clinic
    Michigan

    Wayne County Healthy Communities 
    Michigan

    East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. 
    Mississippi

    Compass Health Network 
    Missouri

    SEMO Health Network 
    Missouri

    South Central Mo CHC (dba Four Rivers Community Health Center)
    Missouri

    Glacier Community Health Center, Inc. 
    Montana

    Sapphire Community Health 
    Montana

    Amoskeag Health
    New Hampshire

    Coos County Family Health Services 
    New Hampshire

    AtlantiCare Health Services
    New Jersey

    El Centro Family Health 
    New Mexico

    Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center
    New York

    Care For the Homeless
    New York

    Open Door Care Network 
    New York

    Regional Health Reach, Inc. 
    New York

    The Chautauqua Center
    New York

    Amity Medical Group
    North Carolina

    Engelhard Medical Center
    North Carolina

    Manteo Community Health Center
    North Carolina

    NeighborHealth Centere, Inc.
    North Carolina

    Ocracoke Health Center 
    North Carolina

  • Family Health Services of Darke County
    Ohio

    Five Rivers Health Centers
    Ohio

    Health Partners of Western Ohio
    Ohio

    Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers 
    Ohio

    Highland Health Providers
    Ohio

    Knox County Community Health Center 
    Ohio

    Rocking Horse Community Health Center
    Ohio

    Signature Health
    Ohio

    East Central Oklahoma Family Health Center 
    Oklahoma

    Great Salt Plains Health Center, Inc. 
    Oklahoma

    Northeastern Oklahoma Community Health Centers, Inc.
    Oklahoma

    Pushmataha Family Medical Center
    Oklahoma

    Community Health Net
    Pennsylvania

    Glendale Area Medical Association
    Pennsylvania

    Keystone Rural Health Consortia, Inc.
    Pennsylvania

    Mazzoni Center
    Pennsylvania

    Multicultural Health Education Delivery System
    Pennsylvania

    Sharon Community Health Center
    Pennsylvania

    The Wright Center for Community Health
    Pennsylvania

    Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers
    Pennsylvania

    Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud, Inc.
    Puerto Rico

    Little River Medical Center
    South Carolina

    Mercy Community Healthcare 
    Tennessee

    United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
    Tennessee

    Bee Busy Wellness Center 
    Texas

    El Centro del Barrio (dba CentroMed) 
    Texas

    Fort Bend Family Health Center, Inc. (dba AccessHealth)
    Texas

    Health Services of North Texas, Inc.
    Texas

    North Texas Area Community Health Center 
    Texas

    Wellness Pointe
    Texas

    Bland County Medical Clinic 
    Virginia

    Piedmont Access to Health Care Services, Inc. 
    Virginia

    NEW Health 
    Washington

    Camden on Gualey Medical Center, Inc. 
    West Virginia

    Lincoln County Primary Care Center, Inc. (dba Southern West Virginia Health System)
    West Virginia

    Monroe Health Center
    West Virginia

    Ritchie County Primary Care Assoc., Inc.
    West Virginia

    Shenandoah Valley Medical System Inc. (dba Shenandoah Community Health)
    West Virginia

    Tug River Health Association, Inc.
    West Virginia

    Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers 
    Wisconsin

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