Recent projects

What We Do

Our programs and services address health
disparities that adversely affect the community

THE LCHC FACTOR

OUR APPROACH TO WELLNESS

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WELLNESS THROUGH CLINICAL CARE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT

Reducing Stigma

Community Engagement

Care Coordination

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Resource Referral

Health Ministry Network

Evidence Based Information

LCHC In the Community

Leadership Council for Healthy Communities (LCHC) is an organization dedicated to promoting healthy communities, addressing the challenges facing underserved families, and making lasting impacts in communities in the District of Columbia and beyond.

Starting in faith institutions, LCHC gives access to tools, resources, and services to remove health inequities and encourage healthy behavior.

Our education and referral services include:

  • Management of chronic diseases (Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, etc)
  • Health Insurance Enrollment
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Management of Substance/Opioid Use Disorders
  • COVID-19 Testing and Vaccinations
  • Tobacco-Free Living
  • Clinical and Community Linkages

Our goal is to connect the multi-disciplinary team members together to make entering the health care system seamless and easy for individuals.

Edwin Chapman, MD

Internist, Leadership Council for Healthy Communities Board Member

LCHC and Health Insurance Enrollment

LCHC partners with DC HealthLink providing trained expert Assisters to enroll uninsured and under-insured District residents with health insurance. Assisters conduct enrollment events at venues throughout the city and in places of worship for persons to have easy access to information and/or to enroll when necessary.

Healthy Ties That Bind (REACH)

The Healthy Ties that Bind program increased the opportunities for access to, and use of clinical providers and prevention services through health literacy and linking to existing health resources and faith-based organizations.

Influencing the Influencers

Empower and Transform the Community

LCHC is a pioneer and catalyst of change for the faith community to implement programs and services that reduce barriers and stigma.  We influence the influencers; changing their attitudes to empower and transform the community.  Our interventions address the challenges facing the African American community and everyone in your family, at all ages.