Collaborative Programs

Open Hand/Atlanta Regional Commission/Visiting Nurse Health System
A collaboration to provide E.S.R.D. (end stage renal disease) patients with the resources to live in an independent setting as an alternative to nursing home care.

Open Hand/Atlanta Regional Commission
A collaboration to create a working model for in-home support service using Stanford University’s “Train the Trainer” model for sustainable, local in-home care through chronic disease self-management.

Open Hand/Visiting Nurse Health System/Senior Citizen Services (SCS)
FCSC (Fulton County Senior Collaborative)
A collaboration to manage all senior centers in central Fulton County.  SCS handles facility management. Open Hand handles distribution of home-delivered meals, health and wellness, and volunteer recruitment. VNHS handles case management.

Open Hand/United Way/Atlanta Union Mission
24/7 Gateway Center
Open Hand manages the kitchen and food services, providing nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner to the residents of the Gateway Center.

Open Hand/GSU (Georgia State University)
This collaboration utilizes graduate nutrition students as part of their curriculum to gain a better understanding of Open Hand nutrition program and overall non-profit organizational operation and structure.

Open Hand/Emory University Medical School
Open Hand currently collaborates with Emory in the following:

  1. Diabetes research study
  2. Bariatric Center/Dunwoody nutrition education program
  3. Provide nutrition services, including MNT (Medical Nutrition Therapy) and Counseling Education, to Crawford Long Hospital financed by Ryan White Care Act.
  4. Provide graduate students internship opportunities.

Open Hand/St. Joseph’s Hospital
A collaboration to provide nutrition services, including MNT (Medical Nutrition Therapy) and Counseling Education, to Crawford Long Hospital financed by Ryan White Care Act.