Creating healthy environments to live, learn, work and play

Our Purpose

The New Jersey Healthy Communities Network (NJHCN) Community Grants Program brings together local, regional and statewide leaders to support communities in developing healthy environments for people to live, work, learn and play.

Grantee Blogs

Winter Garden

January 21, 2021

City: Newton

Grantee: Merriam Avenue Elementary School

Strategy: School Gardens SCH HE#2

Connecting Community and Curriculum to Impact School Nutrition

January 19, 2021

City: Bridgeton

Grantee: Bridgeton Board of Education

Strategy: Healthy Eating in Early Child Education ECE HE#1

LPES Climbing Wall Nearing Reality

January 19, 2021

City: Lincoln Park

Grantee: Borough of Lincoln Park

Strategy: Active Living in Early Childhood Education ECE AL#2 Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2

When Hindsight is 2020

December 24, 2020

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne YMCA

Strategy: Active Living Audit AL#1 Farmers Markets / Farm Stands / Mobile Markets HE#3

Solidarity not Charity

December 16, 2020

City: Camden

Grantee: Vietlead

Strategy: Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2 Incentive Programs HE#2

Serving during the Weekends: Major Changes to Paterson’s School Meal Distribution

December 15, 2020

City: Paterson

Grantee: United Way of Passaic County

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Veggie Truck Sheds Light

December 15, 2020

City: Bloomfield

Grantee: Township of Bloomfield

Strategy: Active Living Audit AL#1 Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

The Path to Health and Wellness at Hewitt

December 15, 2020

City: Ringwood

Grantee: Borough of Ringwood

Strategy: Active Living in Early Childhood Education ECE AL#2 Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2 Physical Activity Outside PE SCH AL#1

Preserving food to sustain and nourish

December 15, 2020

City: Montclair

Grantee: Township of Montclair

Strategy: Farmers Markets / Farm Stands / Mobile Markets HE#3 Healthy Eating Audit HE#1 Social Determinants of Health SD

Let the analysis begin….

December 14, 2020

City: Hammonton Woodbine

Grantee: Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services

Strategy: Physical Activity Outside PE SCH AL#1

New Hands-on Class in Horticulture

December 14, 2020

City: Bridgeton

Grantee: Bridgeton Board of Education

Strategy: Healthy Eating in Early Child Education ECE HE#1

The Force of Alliance

December 14, 2020

City: Asbury Park Camden Long Branch Ocean County Union

Grantee: Family Resource Network

Strategy: Federal Child Nutrition Programs HE#4 Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

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