Health Happens Everywhere

Our Commitment:
Healthy Schools | Healthy Homes | Healthy Neighborhoods

Improving Health Outside Our Walls

Children’s health doesn’t only happen in a hospital — it happens where kids live, learn and play. That’s why we’ve partnered across Ohio to improve children’s health beyond traditional health care in cities and rural communities, in schools and neighborhoods. Because we want to help kids be healthier. And we want to help every child — and every family — succeed.

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Health Happens...

Our Commitment

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Children’s commitment to whole child health extends programming to 64 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

Making an Impact

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Meet Our Partners

The Appalachia Children’s Coalition and Nationwide Children’s are partnering to expand access to health care — school health services, behavioral health care, and support for families — for kids across Southeast Ohio.
The Ohio Children’s Trust Fund works with Nationwide Children’s to provide the Positive Parenting Program for free to parents in 13 counties, helping thousands of parents build skills to help their children grow.
Community of Caring Development Foundation and Nationwide Children’s partner on the Linden Fresh Market and Linden Leadership Academy to get fresh foods to families and build neighborhood leaders.
Community Development for All People and Nationwide Children’s Hospital together brought hundreds of affordable homes, home repair grants and neighborhood improvement initiatives to the neighborhoods around the hospital’s main campus.
The City of Columbus partners with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to improve access to affordable housing and improve kids' health.
Nationwide supports the creation of single-family affordable housing units in Linden through its Innovation Fund.
The Franklin County Commissioners committed funds to help expand affordable housing in Linden and support the Proud Linden Parent Program.
Since 2015, Nationwide Children’s and Columbus City Schools have partnered to offer school-based health centers – doctor's office – in more than a dozen Columbus City Schools, along with behavioral health providers providing individual and family therapy.