Healthier Morgan County Initiative

HMCI has three basic areas of program interest: healthy living promotion, reduction of chronic disease, and access to care. Activities have included: walking initiatives at all county elementary schools, quality of life and wellness events, screening programs for chronic diseases, adult exercise and weight loss programs, suicide prevention education, community gardening, minimizing smoking and tobacco use, reduction in the use and misuse of prescription drugs, and working with the free clinics in the county.