NUTRITION EDUCATION

RESOURCES

HEALTHY EATING AND FOOD RESOURCES

• General Nutrition Guidelines

• Nutrition Guidelines for Youth Athletes

• SNAP Ed Videos

• WIC Virtual Grocery Store Tour: Vegetables

• Food Pantries

  • Gleaners Community Food ​Bank

  • Forgotten Harvest

  • Senior Market FRESH

    • ​For more information about Senior Market FRESH in Oakland County, contact Robin Danto at 248-215-6307 or dantor@oakgov.com.

  • Pandemic EBT

  • SNAP Assistance

  • Community and Faith-Based Organizations

  • Special Grocery Store Hours

• My COVID Response

• Micah 6 Community Gardens

• Growing Pontiac

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY RESOURCES/OPPORTUNITIES

• Adult Fitness Stations

  • ​Adult fitness stations can be found at Oakland Park and Beaudette Park. Watch the videos below to find out how to use the equipment. 

• Clinton River Trail​​

• Oakland County Trails

• Pontiac Parks

• Downtown Walking Guide

• Sheriff PAL

BIKING RESOURCES

• What Drivers Should Know About Bicycle lanes (Spanish): Tri-Fold Brochure

• What Drivers Should Know About Bicycle ​Lanes: Tri-Fold Brochure

• Walk, Bike, and Drive Safe Presentation by Elizabeth Gray from Oakland County Health Division

• Bike Safety for Adults

• Biking for Beginners

• SEMCOG Walk Bike Drive Safe

• What Every Michigan Bicyclist Must Know 

• What Every Michigan Bicyclist Must Know - A Guide for Youth 

• Bicycle Safety Activity Kit

DATA RESOURCES

• Energizing Connections for Healthier Oakland 

• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - Vital statistics

• American Community Survey

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 

• Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth

• Oakland County Data and Statistics 

HEALTH RESOURCES

• Live Healthy Oakland

• MDHHS Wise WOMAN Program

• MDHHS Cervical Cancer Program

• WIC

• Access to Care

  • ​Free and Low Cost Medical Services

  • Free and Low Cost Dental Services

  • Free and Low Cost Services for Moms and Babies

  • Free and Low Cost Hearing & Vision Services

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

• Mental Health Series

  • Healthy Pontiac, We Can! Community Health Champions Tashena Gonzales & Malkia Newman co-host a mental health video-series to help residents amid COVID-19 pandemic. ​​​

    • Episode 1: Introductions to our Hosts and Their Journeys Surviving Grief & Loss 

    • Episode 2: Discussing Grief & Loss 

    • Episode 3: Managing Grief & Loss 

    • Episode 4: Supporting Others Experiencing Grief & Loss 

    • Episode 5: Discover the Hero in You 

• Suicide Prevention​

  • Call

    • 1-800-231-1127: Common Ground Resource & Crisis Helpline​

    • 1-800-273-8255: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

    • 1-855-565-2729: OK2SAY

  • Text

    • 1-800-231-1127: Common Ground Text Line​

    • "Hello" to 741741: Crisis Text Line

    • 652729: OK2SAY

  • Chat

    • Common Ground's Online Chat Line​

    • Ok2SAY Confidential Tip Line

• CNS Healthcare

CHRONIC CONDITIONS

• Black Hearts Matter

• African Americans and Heart Disease

• MI Healthy Program

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Centro Multicultural La Familia

• Baldwin Center

  • ​ The Baldwin Center
     212 Baldwin Avenue
     Pontiac, MI 48342

• MiBridges

• OUPI Parent University