Believing that personal and public health is a fundamental aspect of family prosperity, Lowry Family Center (LFC) provides community health services for our families.
Health advocacy services include health coverage, nutrition and cooking classes, STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) prevention services and developmental screening services.
LFC staff work within the northeast Denver and Aurora communities to provide these health services and increase positive public health outcomes for our clients.
LFC's health advocates works with families to help obtain health coverage and identify a medical home.
Advocates walk families through enrollment in programs such as CHP+, Medicaid and Kaiser STEPS while also connecting them with other health and medical resources.
Since Montbello has one of the highest rates of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in the State, LFC works with a leadership coalition of local residents to provide comprehensive STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) prevention services, and our STI Prevention advocate conducts community outreach to increase awareness of sexual health issues.
The advocate also holds special community testing events to increase awareness of STI issues, especially within youth. Finally, the STI Prevention advocate chairs the Montbello Green Valley Ranch Leadership Coalition, a group which works to address health issues in the greater Montbello/Green Valley Ranch community.
As proper nutrition is key to a healthy lifestyle, LFC offers nutritional cooking classes in conjunction with Cooking Matters, CSU Extension and other organizations. Participants learn how to cook diverse and healthy dishes for themselves and their family.
LFC also provides exercise programs, including free Zumba dance classes. Zumba provides a total body workout, which has been proven to effectively burn calories, work multiple muscles and also provide cardio exercise. As well, the exercise benefits its participants by relieving stress, improving both physical and mental health.
LFC assists parents with monitoring their physical, mental and emotional development through the Ages and Stages child development program.
Ages and Stages helps identify weak areas or problems children may have, helping parents address them early on in the child's life. It also identifies developmental milestones and helps parents understand their child's current developmental level.
Lowry Family Center 4605 Paris St. Suite D20 Denver, CO 80239 Phone: 303-307-0718 Fax: 303-307-0719