Healthy Here

Healthy Communities Start Here

Healthy Here brings together community leaders, clinics, and organizations to expand access to healthy food, safe places to live and move, and trusted health resources.

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About Healthy Here

Healthy Here is a community coalition working to improve the conditions that shape health across Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Through partnerships with local organizations, healthcare providers, and community leaders, the coalition supports initiatives that expand access to healthy food, active living, and trusted health resources.

The coalition was launched through a partnership between the Bernalillo County Health Equity Council (HEC) and Presbyterian Healthcare Services-Presbyterian Community Health (PCH), with support from the CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) initiative.

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Healthy Change in Action

Healthy Eating

Partnerships with food banks, food pantries, and community-based organizations support Food Service Guidelines (FSG) through Healthy Eating Research (HER) education, implementation, and policy adoption. This strategy helps to improve the quality of food available in the charitable food system and expand access to nutritious options across the community.

Active Living

Community conversations, mobility audits, neighborhood events, engagement with policymakers and other initiatives help create environments where people can move safely, stay active, and build healthier communities.

Healthy Food Access

Fruit and vegetable produce programs like FreshRx, farmers’ markets, and culturally relevant food guidelines—supported by partners like Roadrunner Food Bank, MoGro, and NM Farmers’ Marketing Association—help expand access to fresh, nutritious food.

Family Healthy Weight

Using this evidence-based program, Smart Moves supports families in building healthy habits through nutrition education, cooking classes, physical activity, parent/caregiver classes, and behavior modification support to help reduce childhood obesity and improve long-term health.

Find Food Resources Near You

Looking for fresh food, produce prescriptions, WIC resources, or a nearby pantry? These trusted statewide tools can help you find programs close to home.

Food Pantry Locator

Find food pantries across New Mexico using Roadrunner Food Bank's Interactive Map, NM Association of Food Banks, or by calling RRFB's food assistance line at (505) 349-5340

FIND FOOD

FreshRx

FreshRx (Produce Prescription Program) connects you with fresh fruits and vegetables through participating healthcare providers.

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GoodFoodNM

Get text alerts about local food resources, events, and ways to buy and enjoy healthy food in New Mexico.

WIC & Senior Farmer's Market

Find WIC and Senior Farmer's market programs and participating locations across the state.

EXPLORE PROGRAMS

"Community leadership

drives healthy change."

How We Work Together

Healthy Here brings together community organizations, public health partners, and local leaders to create lasting improvements in community health. Supported in part by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through award #1NU58DP007597, Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH).

These are our strategies:

Community-Centered Solutions

Healthy Here prioritizes community voices and leadership in identifying challenges and shaping solutions.

Policy & Systems Change

Partners work together to address the systems and policies that influence community health.

Collaborative Programming

Partnering across food, health, education, and community groups to expand community resources.

Community in Action

Vaccine Equity

Community-centered outreach helps increase vaccine confidence and access in underserved and historically excluded communities, reducing disparities for vaccine-preventable illnesses.

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Our Story

Healthy Here began in 2014 as a partnership between community organizations, public health leaders, and local institutions working to improve the conditions that shape health in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Over time, the coalition has grown through collaboration, community leadership, and initiatives that expand access to healthy food, active living, and trusted health resources.

2014

The Early Years: Building a Foundation

Healthy Here formed partnerships with community organizations, schools, and healthcare providers, launching early initiatives such as FreshRx and gathering community input through listening sessions.

2014

2016

Growth and Impact: Expanding REACH

Healthy Here promoted active living through initiatives like CiQlovía while strengthening food access through partnerships with the Agri-Cultura Network and the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association.

2016

2020 - 2022

COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Rising to the Challenge

Healthy Here partners continued supporting food access and active living while expanding outreach efforts around vaccine equity, helping ensure communities had trusted information and access to health resources.

2020 - 2022

Partners in Health Equity

Healthy Here is built on collaboration. Community organizations, healthcare providers, and public institutions work together to improve health across Bernalillo County.