Your healthcare provider asks you to join a PRx program.
Attend regular check-ins with your program manager.
Each month you will check in with your healthcare provider and receive prescriptions for produce.
Redeem your prescriptions for fruits and vegetables at participating markets and grocery stores.
Food is a critical part of a patient’s healthcare! A healthy diet is impactful in the treatment and management of chronic illness, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular.
The PRx Program connects eligible patients to providers who write prescriptions for free fruits and vegetables.
Patients are screened for food insecurity and providers issue monthly 'prescriptions' to meet the entire family’s recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
Produce Prescription (PRx) programs provide a medical intervention or prevention service for eligible patients that are nutrition insecure and have diet-related health risks.
"My family has consumed more produce since this program began since we can afford more, especially since cost is higher off-season. Fresh fruits and veggies offer so many more benefits than canned or frozen. This is an amazing program."
EBT shopper
Youngstown, OH
COLUMBUS
The Nurse Family Partnership in Franklin County is focused on providing care for pregnant patients and their newborns. The programs’ goals aim to improve health outcomes for patients and their family members. Patients receive deliveries of produce or monthly prescriptions to shop for fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets, neighborhood grocery stores, and other community-based food access points.
🏥 Health Partner: Nationwide Children’s, Delivery Partner Local Matters
📍 Redemption Locations: Columbus Area Locations
DAyTON
Two programs in Montgomery County are focused on providing care for pregnant patients and their newborns. The programs’ goals aim to improve health outcomes for patients and their family members. Patients receive monthly produce prescriptions to shop for fruits and vegetable at farmers’ markets, neighborhood grocery stores, and other community-based food access points.
🏥 Health Partner: Five Rivers Health Center, the Sunrise Center
📍 Redemption Locations: Dayton Area Locations
🎓 Education Partner: La Soupe
LORAIN
At the Cleveland Clinic in Lorain, one program is focused on providing care for pregnant patients and their newborns. The programs’ goals aim to improve health outcomes for patients and their family members. Patients receive monthly produce prescriptions to shop for fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets, neighborhood grocery stores, and other community-based food access points.
TOLEDO
Two programs in Lucas County are focused on providing care for pregnant patients and their newborns. The programs’ goals aim to improve health outcomes for patients and their family members. Patients receive monthly produce prescriptions to shop for fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets, neighborhood grocery stores, and other community-based food access points.
🏥 Health Partner: Toledo Mercy Health Pathways Program, Health Partners of Western Ohio
📍 Redemption Locations: Toledo Area Locations
Five clinics in Dayton, Cleveland, and Cincinnati are focused on providing care for patients with diabetes/pre-diabetes. The programs aim to improve health outcomes for patients and their family members. Patients receive monthly produce prescriptions to shop for fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets, neighborhood grocery stores, and other community-based food access points.
🏥 Health Partners: Mercy Health Forest Park Cincinnati, Five Rivers Health Centers Dayton, Cleveland Clinic
📍 Redemption Locations: Dayton Area Locations, Cleveland Area Locations
