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The Health & Wellness Alliance for Children (the Alliance), is a collaborative initiative of community leaders to collectively improve the health and wellness outcomes of children in Dallas, Texas. The Alliance focuses on improving community health by influencing factors outside of hospital care, including the social determinants of health and preventative care. The Alliance uses a “collective impact” approach that facilitates the alignment of many players within the community to form a common agenda for change around children’s health. The initial focus has been on children’s asthma. While Children’s Health Sytem of Texas (formerly Children's Medical Center) has served as the catalyst for this effort, the Alliance is comprised of and led by a cross­-section of Dallas community stakeholders committed to children’s health.

Reduce ED utilization and 30-day readmissions through the Chronic Care Model to include self-management, group visits, and home visits.

Promotes continuum of health provider access with asthma advocate on-site while promoting clear communication with licensed clinicians. Conduct needs assessments by identifying medication adherence structure and barriers with medical literacy during doctor's visits. Educating parents on policies and practices that are available within compliance needs of asthmatics.

The School Asthma Initiative offers programs and resources to Early Learning Centers and K-12th grade to educate school personnel, students, parents and nurses about proper asthma management. We also provide free management tools and patient assistance for respiratory patients in need of medicaton, oxygen or an air-conditioned environment. We also sponsor Camp Huff-and-Puff for children with asthma ages 8-13.

We provide asthma education classes in English and Spanish to the parents and child with asthma.

We are a Federally funded program in Baltimore County, Maryland with 9 locations. Two of our 9 locations have Early Head Starts too. We service children from birth to 5 years of age and Pregnant Moms.