First Nations to Award Grants for Policy and Advocacy Efforts Aimed at Native Nutrition and Health
Application Deadline April 9, 2019
Making each day healthier for all children.
Every child should have healthy foods and drinks at home and in school, safe streets for biking and walking, and places to play after school. We are working to ensure that the places where children live, learn, and play make it easy and enjoyable for them to eat healthy foods and be active. And it’s working. We’re seeing success around the nation.
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Every child should have healthy foods and drinks at home and in school, safe streets for biking and walking, and places to play after school. We are working to ensure that the places where children live, learn, and play make it easy and enjoyable for them to eat healthy foods and be active.
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Shakopee Mdewakanton, American Heart Association launch $1.6 million campaign to support Native nutrition, health advocacy
New Policy Innovation Fund will provide grants and technical assistance for Native-led policy work in support of improved dietary health.
BREAKING NEWS: Complete Streets in Tucson, Arizona!
Breaking news out of Tucson, Ariz.! After two years of advocacy, community outreach, and a collaborative policy development process with Tucson Department of Transportation and the Complete Streets Task Force, the City Council voted 7-0 to make streets safer by passing a Complete Streets policy!
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the Initiative
Voices for Healthy Kids® is a joint initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association. The collaboration is working with communities across the nation to ensure that children have access to healthy food and physical activity where they live, learn, and play.
Our vision at Voices for Healthy Kids is to see every child with healthy foods and drinks at home and in school, safe streets for biking and walking, and places to play after school. We are working to ensure that the places where children live, learn, and play make it easy and enjoyable for them to eat healthy foods and be active.
