TC Community Health Services

Attention reproductive, primary care, and pediatric clinicians: learn more about Project TEACH mental health resources and how they can bring positive change to your patients’ lives.
www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/update/2023/no02_2023-01.htm

Let's play WIC 50th Anniversary Trivia! Back in 1974, the first WIC foods for infants were formula, cereal, and...?​

A) Fresh fruits and vegetables​
B) Baby purees​
C) Fruit juice​
D) Oatmeal​

Leave your guess below and continue scrolling to reveal the answer! 🤔 ​
The answer is... Fruit juice fortified with vitamin C!

To sign up today or reschedule a missed appointment please contact us at 607-274-6630 or apply online at WICStrong.com

Ticks are back! Well, they never really left. Reduce your risk of getting a tick-borne illness with these tips!

1. Avoid tick habitats such as tall grasses and leaf piles. Stay on trails and paths when possible.

2. Dress in light colored clothing so that it is easier to spot a tick crawling on you.

3. Tuck long pants into socks to make it harder to ticks to get to your skin,

4. Use an insect repellant. Use one registered by the US EPA to ensure effectiveness against ticks.

5. Finally, check your body for ticks once you have come inside.

Learn more about ticks here: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/health/vector/ticks

Community Visioning For Health: Let Your Voice Shape Our Vision For A Healthy Community

“Community Visioning for Health” is your opportunity to provide input to the Tompkins County Community Health Improvement process (CHI Tompkins).

Throughout the county, community visioning boards will be on display at local libraries, community centers, TCWH offices at 55 Brown Road (Ithaca) and 201 E. Green Street (downtown Ithaca), and community evets. The visioning boards will be cycling through these locations until mid-May.

In addition, TCWH will be hosting a virtual visioning session on Thursday, May 2nd, from 7pm-8pm. Please register to attend: http://tinyurl.com/visioningzoom
At this event, we will share a brief overview of the CHI Tompkins process and ask community members to describe their ideal vision for the health of our community and consider the overlapping identities that make up our community.

Feedback and ideas collected through visioning boards and at Community Visioning events will shape the vision statement to guide the CHI Tompkins process.

Learn more about CHI Tompkins and sign up to receive additional information online at: https://linktr.ee/TCWH_CHA.CHIP

Full press: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/health/community-visioning-health-let-your-voice-shape-our-vision-healthy-community

Tompkins Families - Stronger Together: Building Resilience
May 18th, 4 - 6pm at CCE Tompkins
Free, but registration is required:
https://ccetompkins.wufoo.com/forms/rno6ie1tgk91d/
Families are invited to come together for free dinner and family fun. With food, crafts, movement, fun activities for all ages, and an opportunity for connection and reflect on what makes our families more resilient, together we can make our families and community stronger. Each family will receive a FREE gift!

Try this healthy breakfast, your kids will love this recipe!

https://foodhero.org/recipes/breakfast-banana-split

This year National Infant Immunization week is April 22-29th. This week is dedicated to highlighting the importance of protecting children 2 yrs and younger from vaccine-preventable diseases. Talk to your health care provider today about staying on schedule and getting your little one protected!