About Us
Heart to Hand is a 501 (c)(3), community-based public health organization located in Largo, Maryland. We provide support services to those living with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to provide support, education and resources that promote healthy lifestyles, decrease health disparities and increase access to quality health care.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to empower the disenfranchised by building self-esteem, self-worth and promoting responsible and healthy lifestyle choices, ultimately creating self-reliance.
Our VALUES
Advocacy
We constantly plead, support, and fight for the cause of the disenfranchised people living in our community.
Integrity
We treat our clients and partners with honesty, moral uprightness, and a strong sense of transparency.
Humanity
We strive to establish the highest standards of compassion, kindness, consideration, and sympathy for everyone we serve.
Leadership
We have established a vision of social influence and motivation to help our clients achieve the highest level of sustained health improvement.
Collaboration
We work with our clients, physicians, contract pharmacies, and partners to maximize access to health care services.
Mentoring
We strive to be the most powerful and recognized personal development and empowerment organization in the state of Maryland.
Our Story
Over 20 years ago, HIV was a crisis—both here in Prince George’s County and across the globe. In the early ‘90s, Dedra Spears Johnson and the late Sally Joseph, two passionate health professionals, saw firsthand how African Americans—especially women—were being overlooked in the fight against HIV. Despite growing public health efforts, many communities remained underserved, and the impact of HIV continued to rise.
Dedra and Sally knew something had to change. They envisioned a different kind of care—one rooted in culture, love, and community. Sitting at their kitchen table, they create a plan to provide compassionate, person-centered sexual health services- meeting people where they were. Heart to Hand was born—a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that Black communities, women, and all those at risk had access to education, testing, treatment, and support.
What started as a small community-driven effort has grown into a trusted leader in sexual health and HIV care, serving Prince George’s County and the greater DMV area. Today, Heart to Hand continues to empower, educate, and advocate, breaking down barriers to care and ensuring that every person has the support they need to live healthy, thriving lives.
In Memoriam
Sally Holloway Joseph (1956-2009) was the co-founder of Heart to Hand, Inc., which was established in 1999 to “make a difference by encouraging people to never give up and invest in themselves in order to have a better quality life.” Sally’s Mission was to serve the disenfranchised, underserved, and underinsured. Sally wanted to ensure that Heart to Hand, Inc. would continue to provide HIV/AIDS, Outreach, Tobacco, and other intervention/prevention programs.
Get in touch with us
Our Location
9701 Apollo Dr., Ste. 400, Largo, Maryland 20774
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Call us at
301-772-0103