Health Promotion Council Southeastern Pennsylvania

What Health Promotion Council Southeastern Pennsylvania does

Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania (HPC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded in 1981 and affiliated since 1999 with Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC). The organization's mission is to promote health and prevent and manage chronic disease—particularly asthma, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, nicotine addiction, and obesity—among vulnerable populations in Southeastern Pennsylvania. HPC operates through five core service departments (Nutrition and Active Living, Training and Capacity Building, Advocacy Institute, Tobacco Prevention Services, and Family Services) and delivers a portfolio of evidence-based programs including SafeCare home visiting, NEST patient navigation for breast and cervical cancer, the STAR tobacco-dependence treatment accreditation (with University of Pennsylvania), the National DPP Umbrella Hub Arrangement, SNAP-Ed nutrition education, CACFP administration for Philadelphia family shelters, the Technology-Assisted Children's Home Program (TACHP), Medical Home Community Team (MHCT), Focus on Fathers, and youth advocacy programs such as #RealTalkTobacco and the PA Opioid Prevention Project.

The underlying technology is operational rather than digital: codified community health intervention models, trained community health workers and patient navigators, home-visiting protocols, and a bilingual Health Referral Hub call center (1-855-344-2844). HPC generates revenue through a layered mix: multi-year government grants and contracts anchor the model (PA Department of Health as Regional Primary Contractor for tobacco across seven SEPA counties, CDC funding for rural DPP expansion, USDA SNAP-Ed), supplemented by transaction-based healthcare billing through the Umbrella Hub Arrangement (Medicare, Medicaid, MCO claims on behalf of community-based DPP providers), CACFP administrative reimbursements for shelter meal programs, and fee-for-service training and technical assistance delivered through the Training and Capacity Building (TCAP) department. Programs are delivered free to eligible participants and reach more than 36,000 people annually across Pennsylvania.

Name

Health Promotion Council Southeastern Pennsylvania

Legal name

Health Promotion Council

Website

https://hpcpa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1981 and affiliated with PHMC, that delivers community-based chronic disease prevention, tobacco cessation, family support, and nutrition programs to vulnerable populations across seven Southeastern Pennsylvania counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Public Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF), Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Departments (HLAJAAAN), Non-Communicable Disease Prevention & Chronic Disease Programs (BPAIAJAI), Community-Based Preventive & Health Promotion Clinics (HLAFAGAO)

Keywords

• Community health education
• Chronic disease prevention
• Tobacco cessation programs
• Nutrition education services
• Family home visiting

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Contracts: HPC operates primarily through government funding from federal, state, and local sources including PA Department of Health (tobacco prevention RPC contract), CDC grants, SNAP-Ed funding, and other public health contracts.
2. Healthcare Billing (Umbrella Hub Arrangement): HPC acts as Umbrella Hub Organization billing and processing claims from Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, Managed Care Organizations, and other payers on behalf of community-based organizations delivering National DPP Lifestyle Change Program.
3. Federal Food Program Administration: Administrative entity for CACFP, issuing monetary reimbursement and incentives to designated shelter providers compliant with the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program.
4. Training and Technical Assistance Services: Fee-for-service training, technical assistance, curriculum development, and consulting services to healthcare organizations, social service agencies, and government entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Health Promotion Council is a nonprofit public health organization that delivers community-based health promotion, chronic disease prevention and management, tobacco cessation, family/home visiting, nutrition education, and youth advocacy services to vulnerable populations across Southeastern Pennsylvania. Services are organized into five core departments (Nutrition and Active Living, Training and Capacity Building, Advocacy Institute, Tobacco Prevention Services, and Family Services) and delivered through direct community outreach, home visits, patient navigation, and capacity-building partnerships with healthcare and government entities.

Product overview

Health Promotion Council is a nonprofit public health organization offering a portfolio of community-based health programs through five core service departments: Nutrition and Active Living (NAL), Training and Capacity Building (TCAP), Advocacy Institute (AI), Tobacco Prevention Services, and Family Services. These departments deliver evidence-based programs targeting chronic disease prevention and management, including diabetes prevention, tobacco cessation, maternal/child health, and nutrition education. The organization also operates specialized sub-programs such as SNAP-Ed, SafeCare home visiting, TACHP for children with special healthcare needs, the Health Referral Hub, and Umbrella Hub Arrangement for National DPP billing. Programs serve vulnerable populations across Southeastern Pennsylvania through direct service, capacity building, and policy/systems change initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nutrition and Active Living (NAL) Core service department operating health promotion programs focused on improving individuals' behavior through educational activities and policy/systems change initiatives to ensure communities have access to healthy food and safe places to be active. Includes SNAP-Ed, CACFP, and Farm to School programs.
• Training and Capacity Building (TCAP) Core service department offering in-person and virtual trainings, technical assistance, curriculum development, referral pathways, and other services that strengthen organizations' and communities' ability to address public health concerns. Includes Health Referral Network and Umbrella Hub Arrangement for National DPP.
• Advocacy Institute (AI) Youth training program designed to empower Philadelphia youth to leverage media, policy, and community advocacy to create sustainable change. Includes #RealTalkTobacco youth tobacco prevention program and Alumni Network.
• Tobacco Prevention Services Comprehensive tobacco prevention and control efforts across seven counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Includes SEPA TCP, Tobacco Compliance Checks, and STAR accreditation program.
• Family Services Department improving maternal, child, and family health through targeted case management, home visiting, parenting education, and community-based patient navigation services.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) Evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention program supporting persons eligible for SNAP benefits to make healthy food choices and choose physically active lifestyles.
• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Program providing nutritious meals to children and adults in emergency housing, childcare, adult care, and other settings, with specialized training and technical assistance for Philadelphia family emergency housing shelters.
• SafeCare (SAFE) Behavioral parenting program promoting healthy child development through positive parent-child interactions, informed caregiver response to illness and injury, and safe home environment creation. Delivered in 18-20 weeks of sessions.
• Technology Assisted Children's Home Program (TACHP) Non-medical home visiting services to children ages 0-22 with special healthcare needs involving medical technology equipment, serving families across Eastern Pennsylvania.
• Medical Home Community Team (MHCT) Home-visiting services to vulnerable black and brown Philadelphia children and families centered on social determinants of health risks, offering care coordination, health education, and referrals.
• Focus on Fathers (FOF) Community-based fatherhood support program offering parenting education, case management, and job readiness training to fathers and male caregivers in Philadelphia.
• Relationship Education in the Mix (REMix) Healthy relationship and co-parenting education program offering structured group education to couples and co-parents in Philadelphia.
• Navigating, Educating, and Supporting Together (NEST) Community-based patient navigation program designed to improve breast and cervical health outcomes among Philadelphia's Latina population through education and navigation services.
• Health Referral Hub Free health service connecting Pennsylvanians to chronic disease prevention and management programs through bilingual call agents, operating Monday-Friday.
• Umbrella Hub Arrangement (UHA) System for billing and processing claims from Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care Organizations, and other payers on behalf of community-based organizations delivering the National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Change Program.
• SEPA TCP (Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project) Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project delivering tobacco cessation, prevention, and enforcement services across seven counties, funded by Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 36,000 people reached annually across Pennsylvania
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHPC is an affiliate of PHMC, a leading public health institute in the region. HPC is part of the Health Promotion Services (HPS) Division of PHMC, which also includes Philadelphia Area Sexual Health Initiative (PASHI) and Workforce Development programs.
• AccessMatterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEST (Navigating, Educating, and Supporting Together) program is supported by AccessMatters, a key partner in coordinating breast and cervical health services.
• Philadelphia Department of Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SNAP-Ed implementation, breastfeeding initiatives, and Eat Right Philly school nutrition education program.
• Philadelphia Public School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with the Advocacy Institute for youth tobacco prevention programming and youth advocacy training.
• University of PennsylvaniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with HPC for STAR (Smoking Treatment Accreditation & Recognition) tobacco dependence treatment accreditation program.
• The Food TrustsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the Pennsylvania Healthy Food Pantry Toolkit to guide nutrition educators in supporting pantry staff.
• Einstein Medical CentersecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the Pennsylvania Healthy Food Pantry Toolkit with HPC and The Food Trust.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Homeless Health InitiativesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Breastfeeding Friendly Shelters Initiative, providing training and technical assistance to family shelters.
• Philadelphia Office of Homeless ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for CACFP services; partner in Breastfeeding Friendly Shelter Initiative and shelter nutrition programs.
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to increase access to and utilization of National DPP in rural areas through CDC funding.
• Drexel UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership providing degree programs and professional development opportunities for HPC employees.
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership providing degree programs and professional development opportunities for HPC employees.
• PHMC Health CenterssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner sites for adult direct nutrition education services.
• Kirkbride CentersecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCACFP partner shelter for Families Forward program.
• Lutheran Settlement House (Jane Addams Place)secondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCACFP partner shelter.
• Episcopal Community Services (St. Barnabas Mission)secondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCACFP partner shelter.
• Resources for Human Development (Woodstock Family Center)secondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCACFP partner shelter.
• Stenton Family ManorsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCACFP partner shelter.
• Research and Evaluation Group at PHMCsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFocus on Fathers program affiliation for research and evaluation support.
• Families and Communities on the MovesecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.
• CourdeasecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.
• Achieving Reunification CentersecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.
• Forensic Services at PHMCsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.
• Workforce Development at PHMCsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.
• Kirkbride CentersecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFocus on Fathers program partner organization.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• MANNA: Philadelphia-based nonprofit providing medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling to people with chronic illness. Comparable to HPC on nutrition-as-chronic-disease-prevention thesis, but with a more clinical/dietitian-led delivery model and reliance on healthcare billing.
• Maternity Care Coalition: Philadelphia-based maternal and child health nonprofit offering home visiting, doula support, and family services — directly comparable to HPC's Family Services department (SafeCare, TACHP, MHCT, Focus on Fathers) on target population and home-visiting service model.
• AccessMatters: Philadelphia-based nonprofit delivering sexual and reproductive health, family planning, and community health navigation — a direct HPC partner on NEST. Operates similar model: Title X/CDC funding, community health worker deployment, and patient navigation for vulnerable populations.
• Public Health Management Corporation: Parent nonprofit organization of HPC operating a much broader portfolio of public health programs, behavioral health, and social services across SEPA; directly comparable business model (government grants + fee-for-service), target populations (vulnerable populations in Philadelphia), and service categories (community-based health delivery).
• The Food Trust: Philadelphia-based nutrition and food access nonprofit; co-developed the PA Healthy Food Pantry Toolkit with HPC. Directly comparable on SNAP-Ed, nutrition education, and policy/systems change work targeting food insecurity and chronic disease prevention.
• Health Promotion Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Separate but similarly named nonprofit based in Pittsburgh delivering chronic disease prevention, tobacco cessation, and community health programs. Same functional mission and revenue model (PA DOH contracts, CDC grants) but geographically distinct — useful as a programmatic peer rather than competitor.

Broad incumbents

• American Lung Association: National nonprofit running tobacco cessation, vaping prevention, and chronic lung disease programs including state-level contracts and youth prevention (similar to HPC's SEPA TCP and #RealTalkTobacco). Larger scale and broader portfolio; comparable on tobacco mission but not a direct competitor in SEPA delivery.
• American Heart Association: National nonprofit focused on cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and chronic disease prevention — overlapping significantly with HPC's hypertension origin story (founded as the Southeastern PA Blood Pressure Control Project in 1981). Operates research, advocacy, and community programs at national scale.

Others

• Trust for America's Health: National nonprofit policy and advocacy organization focused on public health prevention, chronic disease, and health equity — thematically aligned with HPC's mission and policy/systems change work, but operating at federal policy level rather than direct community service.
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors: National nonprofit association of state chronic disease directors; HPC's CDC-funded National DPP rural access work is done in partnership with NACDD. Not a direct competitor but a key ecosystem actor in the same funding and policy environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HPCPhilly
• Facebookfacebook.com/healthpromotioncouncil
• Instagraminstagram.com/hpcphilly/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-promotion-council-se-pa

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

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