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Helping Families in the Mississippi Delta – Delta Health Alliance

At Delta Health Alliance, we are dedicated to helping families in the Mississippi Delta. By strengthening families with the programs we offer that improve health and education outcomes in the Mississippi Delta. We also offer community-oriented programs such as workforce training to ensure parents have jobs with good pay that allow them to feed their families and contribute positively to the economic prosperity of Delta communities. From women’s health to quality neonatal services and more, our programs are aimed to ensure healthier babies, increase family resilience, provide parent resources, and improve school readiness. 

This is how Delta Health Alliance is Helping Families in the Mississippi Delta


Helping Families in the Mississippi Delta with the following programs:

1. Delta Home Visiting Initiative – Trained staff members provide visitations to help improve prenatal care and the health and development of children.


2. Mobile Medical Clinic – Our full-service mobile health facility allows our team to bring quality and convenient health services to virtually any location in the MS Delta.


3. Promise Communities – Our programs cover everything from prenatal care to graduation and post-secondary education and create pathways for students to launch successful careers.


4. Early Head Start Programs – We promote school readiness by fostering the social and cognitive development of children through high-quality education, healthcare, nutrition, and essential social services.


5. College and Career Readiness – Prepare for college and your career with programs and courses dedicated to your preparedness. 

6. TORCH (Training our Rural Community Health) – This Workforce Project provides cross-training to individuals interested in becoming certified community health workers and/or acquiring other medical support skills.

7. Delta WORC (Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities) – This innovative program supports workforce development activities by preparing displaced workers, new entrants into the workforce, and incumbent workers for jobs in high-demand industries.

8. LEADS (Leadership, Education, Action, Development, and Sustainability) – This initiative takes a comprehensive pipeline approach to overcoming employment barriers by providing one-on-one career coaching, enrollment assistance, financial literacy course, and other family support services. 

That’s how Delta Health Alliance is Helping Families in the Mississippi Delta, if you would like to help or learn more please click on any of the following links.

If you are interested in Volunteering find out more here: https://deltahealthalliance.org/volunteer/

Or if you would like to donate you can do that here: https://deltahealthalliance.org/donate/

You can also find out more about our featured health programs here: https://lelandmedicalclinic.org/


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