Live well.
Thrive sustainably.

For over a decade, PAHL has connected Georgia residents to tools and resources to cultivate healthy lives and thrive.

 

The Healthy Belvedere Initiative (HBI) was established in 2005 by Kaiser Permanente in partnership with The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Following a thorough environmental scan, Kaiser selected DeKalb County’s Belvedere Park community as the focus of a multi-year health initiative designed to bring about environmental and policy change to improve residents’ health. The initiative evolved over several years and created innovative approaches to community health issues while becoming deeply embedded in the community. Inspired by these successes, the HBI spun off in 2013 to become an independent 501c3 nonprofit, changed its name to Partners in Action for Healthy Living (PAHL), Inc., and expanded the target area to include all South DeKalb communities. 

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Today, PAHL works to address food access, nutrition, water quality, and energy burden reduction, particularly in urban, often underserved areas across Georgia. Through partnerships with municipal agencies and grassroots leaders, we are spearheading a new conversation around environmental, social, and economic sustainability.