Community Resource Guide
Well-Ahead Louisiana Community Resource Guide
Populated by Louisiana residents, the Community Resource Guide provides local resources for topics such as breastfeeding, diabetes prevention and management, health screenings, healthy eating, heart disease, physical activity, stress management, and tobacco cessation.
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Inglewood Farm: Community Supported Agriculture
6233 Old Baton Rouge Highway, Alexandria, LA 71302
Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention (IDRP)
6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Healthy Lunches for Seniors
The East Feliciana Council on Aging provides free nutritional lunches for seniors age 60 and older Monday through Friday at noon. A reservation is required to be made by 1:00 p.m. the day prior to visit in order to have sufficient meals available. To order a meal, please call the number provided under “For more information” …
11102 Bank Street, Clinton, LA 70722
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Healthy Me
Healthy Me is an adult diabetes prevention program. The Prevent T2 Lifestyle Change Program reduces your risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Prevent T2 is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program led by the CDC. It features an approach that is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. By improving food choices and increasing …
4630 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Building A, Suite 100, Lafayette, LA 70508
Cost: $35 monthly
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Heirloom Farms
Heirloom Farms offers fresh organically grown produce, and has a great variety of healthy options for your family! Summer hours are Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Fall hours are Tuesday and Wednesday from Noon until 2:00 p.m. Heirloom takes advance orders for easy pick up during stand hours.
895 Allen Town Road, Haughton, LA 71037
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Hessmer Playground and Fitness Station
The Villages of Hessmer offers a playground and walking trail with a fitness station. The fitness station includes exercise equipment located along the walking trail with instructions for users. The area is open to the community daily during daylight hours only.
4142 Bordelon Street, Hessmer, LA 71341
Holy Family Catholic School
Community-based blood pressure monitoring screening site providing onsite blood pressure screenings, health education resources and referrals to clinical support to ensure follow-up care. This program aims to increase the number of community-clinical linkages within communities and throughout our state in order to improve chronic disease prevention, care and management for individuals with uncontrolled hypertension and …
200 St John St. Lafayette, LA 70501
Homedica House Calls GUIDE Program
Homedica House Calls has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in its GUIDE Model (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience), a new, alternative case management, care coordination, and medical care model designed to support patients living with dementia and their caregivers. Services:
8923 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810
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Hub City Farmers Market
Visit Lafayette’s Hub City Farmers Market every Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. until noon on South College at Pinhook Road for local produce, vegetable plant starters, herbs, flowering plants, seeds and more! This market is located at the oil center, across the street from Champagne’s grocery store in the medical center parking lot. Come celebrate …
427 Heymann Boulevard, Lafayette, LA 70503
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Hynson Dog Park and Walking Trail
The Hynson Dog Park and Walking Trail is located on Gilbert St. in the City Park area of Alexandria. This park has two fenced-in areas for residents to bring their dogs. One area is for smaller dogs under 25 pounds, and the other area is for dogs 25 pounds and over. Both areas have paved walking trails shaded …
Gilbert Street, Alexandria LA 71301
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Iberia Parish Recreation Wellness Program
Iberia Parish Recreation Department offers a wellness program designed around a healthy mind, body and spirit. The program is designed to enrich individuals and their families by providing wellness activities, healthy lifestyle choices, and self improvement education. Mind-body classes are held at three facilities throughout the parish, each with different class schedules. The program also offers monthly educational …
113 Willow Wood Drive, New Iberia, LA 70563
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ICAN of Northwest Louisiana
The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). ICAN of Northwest Louisiana serves Shreveport, Bossier City, and the surrounding areas. ICAN provides a safe environment where you can …
Bossier City, LA 71112
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Immaculate Cuts
Community-based blood pressure monitoring program screening site that provides healthcare referrals and healthcare education.
1210 Jane Street, New Iberia, LA 70560
Inglewood Farm: Community Supported Agriculture
Inglewood Farm is located in Alexandria, Louisiana and is a Community Supported Agriculture farm. People are able to buy a share of the farm for $20-30 a week! Purchasing a share in a CSA gives you weekly orders from fresh, organic, local farms. A share can be purchases online at www.inglewoodfarm.com/csa or over the phone …
6233 Old Baton Rouge Highway, Alexandria, LA 71302
Cost: $30
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Inglewood Harvest Barn Market
Inglewood Farm offers organic fruits and vegetables, pastured pork, free-range chicken, duck eggs, pecans, and pecan oil. They have many delicious and nutritious options for you and your family, grown in Alexandria at Inglewood. Open the first and third Saturday of the month from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
6223 Old Baton Rouge Highway, Alexandria, LA 71302
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Innis Community Health Center Walking Trail
The Innis Community Health Center has a brand new paved walking trail. The walking trail is located directly behind the clinic. Four laps around the trail is the equivalent of 1 mile.
6450 LA Highway 1, Batchelor, LA 70715
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Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention (IDRP)
The mission of the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention (IDRP) is to improve the quality of life for individuals in Louisiana by generating world class research programs focused on dementia prevention, providing local access to the latest clinical trials for the treatment of dementia, and providing educational opportunities for individuals/families affected by dementia.
6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
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Iota Farmers Market
Iota Farmers market offers a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables in season. Fresh produce help you to prepare healthy meals for you and your family! Open every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, year-round from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Main Street, Iota, LA 70543
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Jena Walking Trail
This walking trail is open to the community and offers swings, picnic tables, and a nature trail that is handicap accessible with an observation deck.
204 Edwards Drive, Jena, LA 71342
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Jennings Main Street Farmers Market
A seasonal open air market featuring locally grown produce, eggs, honey and much more! Fresh produce helps you prepare healthy meals for you and your family. Open May through November on Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
341 North Main Street, Jennings, LA 70546
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Jonesboro-Hodge Farmers Market
The Jonesboro-Hodge Farmers Market is a seasonal open air market offering fresh, locally grown produce. The farmer market is the perfect opportunity to purchase fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables for your family! The market is located in the Hodge Town Hall parking lot and is open on Saturdays from 7:00 until 11:00 a.m.
4693 Quitman Highway, Hodge, LA 71247
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Kendalwood Road Park
Kendalwood Road Park is a Satellite Conservation Area which protects and highlights historic native habitats within East Baton Rouge Parish. It is one of few parks that has Bayou Manchac frontage and is in the process of being more developed to allow recreational use of this unique natural area. Currently there is 1.2-mile primitive hiking …
26501 Kendalwood Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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