Are you ready to make a lifestyle change? Do you want to learn healthy habits that last a lifetime? The Rapides Foundation’s Healthy Lifestyle Program offers free one-on-one nutrition and physical activity counseling from a registered dietitian and exercise specialist.

The counseling includes personalized meal planning and an exercise program that fits the individual’s needs. By the end of the six-month program, clients come away with realistic behavior changes for staying active and eating healthy.

The Rapides Foundation’s Cenla Medication Access Program wants to make sure residents are able to afford potentially life-saving medications. Through its partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, CMAP provides free or reduced-cost prescriptions for eligible patients who enroll in the CMAP program or who visit Rapides Regional Medical Center’s HP Long Outpatient Clinic.

To be eligible for the free CMAP service, clients must be over 18, reside in Louisiana and not have Medicaid or prescription coverage through private insurance. The resident’s household income must be at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. CMAP also covers Medicare patients who do not have prescription coverage or need prescriptions not covered under their current plans.

The Rapides Foundation recognizes the importance of early detection for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers. Our Cancer Screening Project offers free screenings for Central Louisiana residents who do not have health insurance.

In partnership with the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Partners in Wellness Program at LSU Health Shreveport and CMAP, the Foundation supports a mobile cancer screening van that travels throughout Central Louisiana parishes to offer free screens to uninsured and Medicaid patients. People with appointments can get digital mammograms and cervical cancer screenings inside the mobile unit, which travels to communities twice a month. In addition, residents can pick up take-home colorectal cancer screening tests.

Are you ready to kick the habit in 2022? CMAP, through a partnership with the Smoking Cessation Trust, offers free personalized smoking cessation counseling.

 

This program offers direct cessation services to Louisiana residents who started smoking before September 1, 1988. If you are ready to quit and fall into this category, follow the link below to sign up. If you register as a Central Louisiana resident, a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist will be in contact with you and help you start your tobacco-free journey. Click HERE to sign up now.

 

The Rapides Foundation wants to make it easy for you to stay healthy. Our YouTube Channel offers dozens of videos to help you achieve your goals.

Our videos include healthy recipe demonstrations, exercises you can do at home, tips on getting the most out of walking and ideas for healthy snacking and lunches for working parents. Bookmark the playlist now!