Healthy Environments for our Children and Seniors

A Healthy Start for Children

Our children are a message we send to a future we will never see. What message are we sending? What future are we shaping?

To prepare for tomorrow we must begin with healthy infants and trained parents. Our children must build their future on a foundation of health care that begins in pregnancy, nurturing love in infancy, intellectual stimulation starting in the earliest years, and quality child care, preschool and kindergarten.

We all have a stake in these programs. In an economy that runs on brainpower, workforce development begins with a pregnant mother.

An Active Future for Seniors

At the same time we need to provide healthy, safe environments for our seniors. In Cleveland, we can come together to help older people live independently, deal with chronic disease, overcome loneliness and remain secure, active, contributing members of our community. With strong neighborhood networks, our older citizens will maintain their economic, physical and social well-being longer. That benefits all of us: neighbors, community groups, and families.