"[1] The organization runs community-based programs and learning initiatives across the U.S. that focus on addressing social, racial, and economic factors impacting health.

[6] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Leads launched its "Respond & Rebuild" effort in March 2020 with initiatives designed to engage the communities hardest hit by COVID-19.

[13] In an April 2013 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Leads was provided as an example of an "outside the box" multidisciplinary primary care intervention, along with programs like Reach Out and Read and the Medical-Legal Partnership.

[16] The Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School named Rebecca Onie as the 2012 recipient of the Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award, bestowed biennially to leaders "who have struggled to correct social injustice in the United States.

"[17] In December 2012, Health Leads was named to the S&I 100, an index launched by the Social Impact Exchange highlighting America’s top-performing non-profit organizations.

[18] In October 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selected Rebecca Onie as one of ten recipients, 40 years of age and younger, of the Young Leader Award: Recognizing Leadership for a Healthier America.