About Us

Solutions for Better Living (SBL) is a community based nonprofit organization whose mission is to galvanize individuals to take strategic action toward the improvement of the health, well-being, and quality of life of those living in communities in and around the city of Houston. SBL grew out of a Houston-based community development program started by the Dreyfus Health Foundation (DHF). (http://dhfglobal.org/) DHF is a New York based foundation affiliated with The Rogosin Institute, a leading medical care and research facility affiliated with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University.

SBL challenges individuals to accept responsibility for the development of solutions for community problems they identify as most urgent. Through the SBL initiative, Houston residents developed and implemented approximately 110 better life projects that have focused on problems including, but not limited to, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. To date, the lives of over 15,000 Houstonians have been positively impacted by the efforts of program participants.