Live Well. Thrive Always.
Live Well
Live Well is Thrive’s community health empowerment initiative dedicated to improving health outcomes and advancing equity across the Deep South. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by communities in this region, Live Well focuses on reducing chronic disease, improving maternal and reproductive health outcomes, and promoting food justice as essential pathways to overall well-being.
The initiative integrates prevention, education, and advocacy to address the social and structural determinants of health that contribute to inequities such as limited access to care, healthy foods, and safe environments. Through community-based partnerships, mobile health services, and culturally responsive outreach, Live Well equips individuals and families with the tools, knowledge, and resources needed to take control of their health and thrive.
At its core, Live Well is more than a public health initiative. It’s a movement to transform the health of the Deep South by creating communities that are informed, empowered, and built for wellness.
Knowledge for Community Change
Training and Capacity-Building Services
Thrive offers dynamic, evidence-informed trainings designed to strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations. Our goal is to help partners design, implement, and evaluate impactful public health programs that advance equity and improve community outcomes.
Featured Trainings:
- Building Community Health Leadership
- Advancing Health Equity Through Cultural Competence
- Designing Evidence-Informed Public Health Programs
- Applied Research and Evaluation for Community Impact
- Strategic Grant Development and Resource Mobilization
- Public Health Marketing and Communication Strategies
- Maximizing Social Media for Community Engagement
Why Thrive?
Our services are designed to equip organizations with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate high-impact public health programs.
Bridging the Gap to Mental Wellness
ThriveCare
ThriveCare is our comprehensive mental health and wellness initiative designed to promote emotional well-being, reduce stigma, and expand access to culturally responsive care. Recognizing that mental health is essential to overall health, ThriveCare connects individuals and families with resources, counseling, and support tailored to their unique needs and lived experiences.
Through partnerships with licensed mental health professionals, community organizations, and faith-based institutions, ThriveCare offers workshops, group therapy sessions, and one-on-one support focused on stress management, trauma recovery, and resilience-building. Our approach integrates education, prevention, and early intervention to help individuals navigate life’s challenges and sustain long-term mental wellness.
ThriveCare ensures that communities disproportionately affected by systemic barriers have access to compassionate, affordable, and high-quality mental health services because everyone deserves the opportunity to heal, grow, and thrive by addressing mental health through an equity lens.
How We Make a Difference:
Civic Engagement
Our Civic Engagement portfolio is rooted in the belief that a healthy democracy is essential to achieving health equity. We recognize that civic participation through voting, advocacy, and leadership is a powerful tool for dismantling the systemic barriers that contribute to health disparities.
Through our civic engagement efforts, Thrive empowers communities, particularly those historically marginalized, to raise their voices, influence policy decisions, and drive transformative change. We provide voter education and registration initiatives, advocacy and leadership training, and nonpartisan forums that connect residents to key policy issues affecting their lives from healthcare access and housing to education and environmental justice.
Thrive also invests in developing the next generation of changemakers through programs like HER Voice, HER Vote, HER Victory, a policy and leadership institute designed to equip women with the knowledge, confidence, and tools to engage in the political process and pursue elected or appointed office.
Thrive ensures that every individual not just a select few has a voice in shaping the systems that determine their opportunities to live, work, and thrive by strengthening civic literacy, promoting equitable representation, and advancing community-driven policy solutions,
Your Voice. Your Power. Your Community.
Through civic engagement, Thrive empowers individuals and communities to move from awareness to action, building collective power that drives sustainable change. The initiative demonstrates that when communities are informed, organized, and represented, they can directly influence the conditions that shape their health, economic opportunity, and overall well-being.