Texas Health Community Impact uses cross-sector collaborative grants to address local community needs in resourceful and innovative ways. This data-driven, outcomes-focused approach pinpoints North Texas ZIP codes most in need of our help and drives how we engage with leaders, influencers and existing resources within those underserved areas. Together, we’re responding to health disparities, eliminating root causes of chronic disease and providing tools that instill life-long health and well-being.

For the Texas Health Community Impact 2025-2026 grant cycle, a total of $5 million has been awarded as follows:

Collin County

• Farmersville Healthcare Initiative – Lead grantee: Farmersville ISD. Collaborators: Carevide and CommonGood Medical. Goal: Target food insecurity and healthcare access for residents of Farmersville (75442) by developing a school garden, adding nutritious, locally sourced foods into school cafeteria menus, contributing food to local food banks and collaborating with clinics such as Carevide and CommonGood Medical for referral and screening programs. Amount awarded: $199,800.

Dallas/Kaufman Region

• The Produce Prescription for Healthy Blood Pressure – Lead grantee: Brother Bill’s Helping Hand. Collaborators: Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture and Feonix – Mobility Rising. Goal: Manage hypertension through healthy eating and lifestyle changes. This bilingual (Spanish and English) program will integrate evidence-based approaches in nutrition education with wellness services to improve health outcomes for residents in West Dallas, South Dallas, Pleasant Grove and Oak Cliff (75211, 75212, 75227 and 75217). Amount awarded: $229,630.
• Caregiver Support and Respite Pilot Collaboration – Lead grantee: Senior Connect. Collaborators: First Baptist Church Kaufman Wellness, Bee Happy Day Program and River of Life Church in Kemp. Goal: Mitigate isolation and alleviate stress among caregivers for individuals with dementia and children and adults with special needs living in the rural ZIP codes of Terrell, Elmo, Kaufman, Kemp and Mabank (75160, 75161, 75142, 75143 and 75147). Amount awarded: $238,299.
• Nurture and Nourish for the Future – Lead grantee: Sharing Life Community Outreach. Collaborator: Foremost Family Health Centers. Goal: Reduce food insecurity and improve health for low-income families across Dallas and Kaufman counties (Dallas County: 75211, 75212, 75217, 75227, 75231 and 75243; Kaufman County: 75160, 75161, 75142 and 75143) by providing clients blood pressure screenings, access to health services and the ability to order healthy foods online through electronic food pantry services. Amount awarded: $356,700.
• Equity and Wellbeing: Culturally Tailored Mental Health Services for Hispanic Women – Lead grantee: ROSAesROJO. Collaborator: Cannenta Foundation. Goal: Foster social connectedness with culturally tailored content in an AI-powered wellness app for underserved Hispanic women. No-cost resources for community members in Dallas and Kaufman counties will include live classes, expert sessions, podcasts, mental health services and support groups. Amount awarded: $258,119.  

Denton/Wise/Parker Region

• Veteran Impact – Lead grantee: Denton County MHMR. Collaborator: Military Veteran Peer Network. Goal: Increase access to mental health care, peer support and long-term recovery for veterans living in Lewisville (75057) and Sanger (76266) by hosting peer events, providing mobile counseling services and offering transportation. Amount awarded: $300,000.
• Giving Grace – Lead grantee: Giving Grace. Collaborators: Cloud 9 Charities, Ignite U1 and Denton County Transportation Authority. Goal: Expand outreach efforts into Lewisville (75057) and Sanger (76266) by connecting the unhoused to diversion intervention, mental health, recovery support services, community relationships and transportation. Amount awarded: $300,000. 
• Hands Up for Mental Health – Lead grantee: Safe Harbor Counseling Center. Collaborators: Joyful Ranch Counseling and First United Methodist Church in Springtown. Goal: Reduce mental health issues and associated health risks for residents living in Springtown’s 76082 ZIP code area through access to counseling services and community collaboration. Amount awarded: $300,000.

Southern Region

Erath County

• Community Connection Cohorts – Lead grantee: CASA for the Cross Timbers Area. Collaborators: Choices Clinic, Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council and Kate Jones, Tarleton State University College of Education instructor. Goal: By June 1, develop an innovative plan to address mental health and the social drivers of health for a target population in Dublin, Lingleville, Huckabay, Morgan Mill and Stephenville (76401, 76402 and 76446). Amount awarded: $50,000.
• High Risk Domestic Violence Collaborative – Lead grantee: Cross Timbers Family Services. Collaborators: Dublin Police Department, Erath County Attorney’s Office, Erath County District Attorney’s Office, Erath County Emergency Medical Services, Erath County Sheriff’s Office, Stephenville Fire Department, Stephenville Police Department and Tarleton State University Police Department. Goal: By June 1, develop an innovative plan to address mental health and the social drivers of health for a target population in Dublin, Lingleville, Huckabay, Morgan Mill and Stephenville (76401, 76402 and 76446). Amount awarded: $50,000.

Johnson County

• Johnson County Wellness Initiative – Nourishing Communities Together – Lead grantee: Harvesting in Mansfield Food Bank. Collaborators: Rio Vista Cares and Keene Church. Goal: By June 1, develop an innovative plan to address mental health and the social drivers of health for a target population in Cleburne, Keene and Rio Vista (76031, 76033, 76059 and 76093). Amount awarded: $33,333.
• Virtual Senior Center – Lead grantee: Meals on Wheels of North Central Texas. Collaborators: City of Cleburne Parks and Recreation and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Johnson County. Goal: By June 1, develop an innovative plan to address mental health and the social drivers of health for a target population in Cleburne, Keene and Rio Vista (76031, 76033, 76059 and 76093). Amount awarded: $33,333.
• Together We Grow – Lead grantee: REACH Council. Collaborators: CASA of Johnson County, East Cleburne Community Center, Johnson County Juvenile Services and Southwestern Adventist University. Goal: By June 1, develop an innovative plan to address mental health and the social drivers of health for a target population in Cleburne, Keene and Rio Vista (76031, 76033, 76059 and 76093). Amount awarded: $33,333.

In addition, a $95,000 grant has been allocated for Elite Research, LLC, to assess the quality of the Johnson and Erath community collaboratives.

Post planning grants, an additional $500,000 in grants will be awarded in the Southern Region.

Tarrant Region

• Wellness on Wheels: Mobile Health and Nutrition for Tarrant County – Lead grantee: HIM Food Bank. Collaborators: Central Storehouse and Under the Bridge Ministries. Goal: Reduce chronic disease risk factors via mobile units that will provide blood pressure and diabetes checks and distribute healthy food to low-income adults in the 76104, 76105, 76119, 76010 and 76011 ZIP codes. Amount awarded: $434,330.
• Health + Healing Hubs – Lead grantee: It’s Time Texas (d/b/a Healthier Texas). Collaborators: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Christ Temple, Greater True Light Missionary Baptist Church and New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church and the Ministers Justice Coalition. Goal: Recruit parishioners from black and Hispanic churches in the 76104 and 76105 ZIP codes for paid training and full-time employment as certified community health workers to foster a culture of health, peer support, on-site physical activity and nutrition (including meal-prep classes) while engaging the community with campaigns and activities to improve health literacy. Amount awarded: $430,000.
• MATRIX: Medical Assessments and Tools for Resources and Inclusive Xperiences – Lead grantee: Tarrant County Academy of Medicine. Collaborators: Cornerstone Assistance Network (CAN) and Mission Arlington. Goal: Improving health outcomes for low-income, uninsured residents with high blood pressure and/or diabetes in the 76010, 76011, 76104, 76105 and 76119 ZIP codes. Amount awarded: $385,662.