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How will the Maryland wellness hub provide free services to residents
Henson , are partnering on a $30 million Healing Arts Integrative Wellness Hub in Temple Hills, Maryland. The council says the funding has been moved from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s budget, with construction expected to begin in 2026. The release also says Prince George’s County has moved $30 million from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s budget for the initiative.
The county will renovate the Temple Hills Community Centre into a facility combining creative arts, wellness practices and evidence-based mental health services, according to the Prince George’s County Council. The council says the Boris L. She said families sometimes need a mental health professional to help them process life’s challenges, stress and anxiety, and that the facility can give residents a place and the confidence to seek help and healing, according to the release. In the release, Council Chair Edward Burroughs III says the council must act against rising stress, trauma and hopelessness in communities. He says the council feels a responsibility and a duty to respond.
Prince George’s County and the Boris L. Henson Foundation, founded by actress and mental health advocate Taraji P. The foundation will oversee programming, including hip hop therapy, arts and yoga, and residents will be able to use the centre free of charge. Henson Foundation will oversee programming at the centre. Many of the offerings will match those featured at the Can We Talk? Wellness Summit held the previous weekend and the Can We Talk? Youth Symposium held in May. The release lists hip hop therapy, arts and yoga among them. Residents will be able to use the centre free of charge. He links this to the effects of federal-level decisions on the economy and on residents.