Health And Human Resource Education Center

HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE EDUCATION CENTER (THE ORGANIZATION) WAS ESTABLISHED AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 1984. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE BAY AREA, PARTICULARLY ALAMEDA COUNTY. THE ORGANIZATION CREATES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE INTERGENERATIONAL APPROACHES TO WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS, TRAUMA AND ELIMINATING RACISM AND VIOLENCE OF ALL KINDS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS BLENDED HEALTH, ART, MEDIA AND THE PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO CREATE COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION AND EARLY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES THAT COLLECTIVELY ADDRESSES PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING. MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS MESSAGES AND ACTIVITIES ARE PROMOTED IN ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS.

THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES SIX MAIN PROGRAMS: THE BLACK WOMEN'S MEDIA PROGRAM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN,COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING(CBL,HEALTH THROUGH ART (HTA), THE 10 X 10 ALAMEDA COUNTY WELLNESS CAMPAIGN AND THE DOWNTOWN TAY (TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH)PROGRAM.IN 2020 HEALTH THROUGH ART (HTA) INSTALLED 28 ART ENTRIES AS PART OF THE ROVING ART SHOW; TWO OUTDOOR CAMPAIGNS USING BILLBOARDS AND PRINT MEDIA HAD A REACH OF 88K COMBINED AND HTA COLLABORATED WITH 9 COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HOST 17 HEALING ART GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS.THE BLACK WOMEN'S MEDIA AND WELLNESS PROJECT (BWMWP) OFFERED EIGHT BE STILL RETREATS WITH 420 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS. DOWNTOWN TAY (DT) SERVED 150 UNIQUE YOUTH WITH A TOTAL OF 700 CENTER CONTACTS THAT INCLUDED PEER SUPPORT GROUPS,SUMMER INTERNSHIPS, JOB READINESS TRAINING, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, VIRTUAL FORUMS, YOUTH HEALTH EQUITY CONFERENCES, HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS, AND INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. DT PROVIDED 6,525 OUTREACH CONTACTS DURING THE YEAR. THE 10X10 WELLNESS CAMPAIGN WORKED WITH 30 COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PLAN AND HOLD THE ANNUAL MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH WE MOVE FOR HEALTH EVENT. OVER 122 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THE EVENT HELD VIRTUALLY. 10X10 OFFERED TWO CYCLES OF THE GET FIT PROGRAM SERVING OVER 48 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTICIPANTS. THE INNOVATIONS PROGRAM COORDINATED MENTAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY 80 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, SOCIAL SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. THE CBL PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 17 TRAININGS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ALAMEDA COUNTY CBOS. THE MHSA EDUCATION CAMPAIGN PROVIDED 9 COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS AND A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE MHSA 3 YEAR PLAN. HHREC PROVIDED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THROUGH ITS PODCAST REACHING OVER 6,000 ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS.HHREC ACTED AS THE FISCAL PARTNER AND COMMUNITY PARTNER TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS STEERING COMMITTEE, AFRICAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE, AND THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.