Health care Health Care Edition
BY COLBY FARR
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health Care Edition! It’s that time of year again where we here at Community Impact dig into the health care stories in your backyard. Make sure to check out our front page story about Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano’s upcoming $343 million expansion that aims to support North Texas’ growing population. The edition also features updates on other area hospitals, including Medical City Plano and both Baylor Scott & White campuses in the city. All stories were written and curated by our local team of reporters, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission. Enjoy!
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NTFB launches new strategic plan as food insecurity increases Feeding America and unveiled the nonpro t’s new ve-year strategic plan called “Ful lling Futures” during a May 16 press conference. The new plan Number of Collin County children who experienced food insecurity in 2023
Food insecurity in the Dallas-Fort Worth area increased nearly 12% between 2022 and 2023, according to new data released by the national nonpro t Feeding America. In the 25 counties served by Plano-based North Texas Food Bank and Fort Worth-based Tarrant Area Food Bank, more than 1.3 million people were food insecure in 2023. That number has increased by 140,360 since 2022, NTFB o cials said. Trisha Cunningham, NTFB president and CEO, said DFW led Texas in food insecurity during 2023 and was ranked third compared to other metro areas across the country. Texas also led the nation in food insecurity for the second year in a row. “I said this last year, and I’ll say it again: this is not a badge of honor for us,” Cunningham said. “This is not something that we want to have bigger in Texas.” The setup Cunningham broke down the latest data from
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aims to build o the NTFB’s “Nourish North Texas” campaign, according to a news release. The plan is made up of ve strategic priorities with the ultimate goal of meeting at least 80% of food needs in every ZIP code served by NTFB at the end of ve years. Priorities include: • Increase agility and e ciency in providing food access • Optimize the NTFB Partner Network • Expand holistic approach to ghting hunger • Improve and leverage data to meet the need • Ensure nancial sustainability “This plan calls for more than just lling pantries,” Cunningham said. “This plan is going to help us to ful ll potential—fueling self-su ciency, dignity and hope with every meal.”
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Cunningham said o cials want to serve people in the long term by giving them access to what they need to thrive. “We think this is really important because it’s not only those neighbors’ basic needs that are being met but they can also pursue those holistic supports that they’re going to need,” she said.
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