Inova in the Community
As Northern Virginia's leading not-for-profit health care provider, Inova Health System is dedicated to providing quality care and improving the health of the diverse communities it serves. To achieve this goal, Inova works in partnership with other organizations, spearheading numerous community health improvement projects.
The major initiatives, all under the direction of Inova's Community Health and Cultural Competence Division, include:
Community Access Program
Funded by a grant from Health Resources and Services Administration, the Community Access Program works to coordinate health services for about 45,000 uninsured area residents. Log in to the CAP Access Portal (available only from outside the Inova network).
Congregational Health Partnership (CHP)
CHP helps faith communities organize health ministries for their congregations and provide health promotion and prevention activities for their members.
The Cultural Competence
Initiative striving to improve Inova's ability to provide culturally competent health care.
InovaCares Clinics for Women and Children
As part of its commitment to the community, Inova Health System collaborates with Fairfax County Health Department to provide outpatient medical care to women and children with incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty line (FPL) and who live in Fairfax County.
Learn more about InovaCares Clinic for Women
Learn more about InovaCares Clinic for Children
OB/GYN Hospitalists of Loudoun
This Inova Loudoun Hospital program provides OB/GYN services for women with limited resources in cooperation with the Loudoun County Department of Health. Certain eligibility information required. For more information, call 703-858-8100.
Inova HealthSource
HealthSource provides programs, classes, services and educational materials through its community-based programs, ranging from birth and parenting classes to its Fight the Flu campaign. Inova HealthSource provides services to approximately 121,000 people annually.
Inova Kellar Center
The Inova Kellar Center is the only not-for-profit comprehensive mental health center in Northern Virginia. As a member of the Community Health Division of Inova Health System, Inova Kellar Center shares a strong commitment to service excellence and care to the community, providing structured and individualized mental health, substance abuse and special education programs and services to children, adolescents and families.
Life with Cancer®
Life with Cancer® has been an integral part of the healthcare community since 1986, working to help people face the challenges of living with cancer by providing information, education and support. Funded primarily by community contributions, our programs and services are offered free of charge to people with cancer, their relatives and friends, regardless of where treatment is received.
Operation Stroke
Operation Stroke is a a partnership between Inova and the American Heart Association, fights stroke by educating people about stroke, improving emergency response time, and assuring the proper diagnosis and treatment of stroke.
Care Connection for Children
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children's Care Connection for Children is part of a state-wide network that helps families coordinate community and education resources with medical expertise, to ensure that children with special health care needs can reach their maximum potential.
Partnership for Healthier Kids
Partnership for Healthier Kids is an outreach program with 100 school partners and 12 business and government-based partners, strives to link medically underserved children with affordable medical homes, and provide children and their families with the skills needed to make positive health and wellness choices.
Northern Virginia Perinatal Coordinating Council
Composed of every hospital and health department in Northern Virginia and led by Inova Fairfax Hospital, works to improve perinatal outcomes in Northern Virginia.
Year of the Child
Initiated in 2000 with 11 community partners, Year of the Child promotes the building blocks of a healthy childhood.
Inova Health System Foundation
The Inova Health System Foundation touches the lives of thousands of area residents by supporting the goals of the community-based, not-for-profit Inova Health System.
Other Community Partnerships
Other partnerships include the Health Information Partnership (HIP), a collaboration between Inova and Fairfax County Public Library to improve community access to health information. Through joint programs and initiatives geared toward health consumers, HIP helps bring reliable health information and services to a wider audience of Fairfax County residents.
