Trenton Health Team is dedicated to improving the well-being of greater Trenton by partnering with the community to expand access to high-quality, coordinated, cost-effective healthcare and addressing housing quality, food security, neighborhood safety, education and social inequities inextricably linked to poor health outcomes.
About Us
THT is an innovative non-profit collaboration including the city of Trenton’s two hospitals, St. Francis Medical Center and Capital Health; its only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Henry J. Austin Health Center, and the City of Trenton Department of Health and Human Services. By forging partnerships, creating new educational pathways and engaging city residents in creative ways, THT is transforming healthcare for residents. We believe that by collaborating we can actually drive down costs while providing significantly better, more comprehensive and effective care.
THT is committed to including feedback from community members and patients in decisions about how we allocate resources and design programs. We work with community and healthcare partners on priorities identified by our community. THT is both in, and of, Trenton and fully accountable to the residents we serve.
Trenton Health Team is an innovative, multi-sector partnership dedicated to the health and well-being of the greater Trenton community. Our priority is bringing maximum impact and improvement to greater Trenton.
Trenton Health Team serves residents of the six zip codes of Trenton, NJ, with a particular emphasis on the vulnerable and under-resourced. We work to increase access to quality healthcare for all as we strive to build health literacy, including knowledge about prevention and opportunities for healthy lifestyle choices.
Trenton Health Team is a diverse group of individuals with a shared commitment to ensuring access to quality care for all community residents and addressing disparities linked to poor health outcomes.
Trenton Health Team is truly a team — of experts, advocates, community leaders and residents. We are proud of our progress and grateful to our community and healthcare partners for sharing expertise and perspectives. Collaboration locally, and across the state and country, is a key component of THT’s work.
Trenton Health Team has been serving Trenton since 2006, the answer to a health care crisis in Trenton, spurred by the closure of Mercer Medical Center. Competing healthcare providers partnered with city government to improve access to primary care services and reduce emergency department utilization. This consortium became THT.
Trenton Health Team originally formed as a membership corporation consisting of THT’s four founding institutions, incorporating as a nonprofit in 2010. THT now is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors, led by an Executive Committee.
You will find our offices at One West State Street, Fourth Floor, Trenton, NJ 08608, located at the corner of West State Street and South Warren Street – also known as “The Corner Historic.”