Tapestry Health Systems

Health services: Tapestry Health has provided state and federally-funded reproductive Health services for more than 40 years in the western region of Massachusetts. The agency provides comprehensive reproductive Health care to more than 10,000 people each year. The majority of these people are female (73%); most are young with 72% of the people served being aged 29 or less; and nearly all are economically disadvantaged with 92% of the people served living below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.

Hiv/aids services: Tapestry Health's hiv/aids services division includes harm reduction services, a prevention and education program that has served injection drug users since 1992; the mobile Health initiative; and the hiv counseling, testing and referral program, provided at multiple sites throughout hampden, franklin and hampshire counties since 1990.

Women, infants & children (wic): more than 5,000 residents are served by Tapestry Health's springfield north wic program, a majority of whom are members of the regions sizeable latina/latino community. The services offered include outreach, nutrition education, nutrition assessments, nutritional supplements, and access to healthy foods available at community grocery stores and farmers' markets.