Health & Wellness
LifeStyles’ Health and Wellness Program takes a holistic approach while fostering services and programs to encourage staff and clients to lead a healthy lifestyle.
LifeStyles partners with multiple service providers to assist with an array of health information and activities that meet the needs of our diverse community. We strongly encourage families to choose healthy behaviors for the betterment of themselves and the surrounding
Community.
Minority Outreach & Technical Assistance (MOTA)
The Minority Outreach and Technical Assistance (MOTA) program began in 2001 under the auspices of the Cigarette Restitution Fund Program (CRFP). MOTA was established to implement the Cigarette Restitution Fund Act’s provision requiring outreach and technical assistance to minority communities to ensure their participation in the tobacco and cancer community health coalitions. Minority communities include African Americans, Pacific Islanders, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians. Today, MOTA’s expanded focus now includes major health disparities that affect racial and ethnic minority communities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infant mortality, obesity, and asthma.
Additional Health & Wellness services include:
- Pre-diabetes outreach and education
- Hosting and attending health screenings
- Increasing participation in preventive health activities
- Coordinating flu and other needed vaccinations
- Supporting COVID-19 testing
- Promoting the “Healthy Business” program
- Providing clients access to behavioral health services
- Engaging a diverse community in health-related issues
For more information, email Resources@lifestylesofmd.org.