As part of its Healthy Behaviors Initiative, The Rapides Foundation hosts the Youth Summit on Healthy Behaviors each year as a way for Central Louisiana students to learn how to become advocates for healthy choices and policy change in their schools and...

Six nonprofit leaders graduated from the Cenla ExecBuilders Program.

The Healthy Behaviors Program Grant is available from the Foundation. 

October Challenge Calendar provides healthy eating and physical activity tips. 

Under the guidance of its Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer, The Rapides Foundation has spent a quarter of a century fulfilling its mission of improving the health status of Central Louisiana in its dual role as part owner of Rapides...

The Rapides Foundation's 2018 Annual Report is now available.

A grant opportunity created by The Rapides Foundation is providing children and adults living in some of the most rural communities of Central Louisiana better access to healthcare services.

The Rapides Foundation announces the release of the 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment, a comprehensive data-driven report that studies the health, behaviors and needs of people living in the Foundation’s nine-parish service area.

U.S. Dept. of Education grant will increase the number of math and science teachers in rural Cenla parishes.

The Read to Soar early literacy program is preparing young children for school success by cultivating a love for reading long before they set foot in a classroom. 

An initiative of The Rapides Foundation provides eligible residents with free prescription medications and cancer screens.

An investment to strengthen manufacturing training at CLTCC is the result of planning started in 2008 when the Foundation began a discussion around the future workforce of Central Louisiana.

Healthy Lifestyle Program provides nutrition and physical activity counseling to patients referred by their doctors.

CMAP offers CMAP Extra, a prescription drug benefit card program available to everyone, regardless of age, income or residency.

Eat smart. Cook right. Get moving. Sleep well. Find joy.

Are you looking for opportunities to improve your health? The Rapides Foundation’s new interactive map can point you in the right direction.

5+30 is a campaign to encourage everyone to make better food choices and increase their physical activity.