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NJHCN Healthy Eating Strategies

Developing healthy environments for people to live, work, learn and play
Project U.S.E.

Growing Healthy Habits in Asbury Park
Freehold Area Health Department

Collaborating with Community Partners to Increase Opportunities for Physical Activity
Raritan Valley YMCA

Implementing Policies for Healthy Eating in Middlesex County
North Jersey Health Collaborative

Bridging Gaps in Access to Fresh Produce in Morristown
Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges- Franklin

Incorporating a Culture of Wellness
Boys & Girls Club of Clifton

Achieving Best Practices in Early Childhood Nutrition
Township of North Bergen

Transforming Empty Space into Opportunities for Physical Activity
Boro of Elmer

Increasing Community Safety for Increased Physical Activity
Vietlead

Building Community Garden and Opportunities for Physical Activity in Camden
NJHCN Active Living Strategies

Implementing healthy eating and active living strategies to advance environment, policy and system changes

Our 66 Grantees

Bergen County Technical Schools

Bloomfield Department of Health and Human Services

Boro of Elmer

Borough of Audubon

Borough of Lincoln Park

Borough of Ridgefield

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton (BGCClifton)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County

Bridgeton Public Schools

Caldwell Health and Human Services

Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers

Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET)

Center for Family Resources (CFR)

Center for Prevention and Counseling (CFPC)

City of East Orange

Comite de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agriculturales (CATA)

Community Food Bank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)

Cooper’s Ferry Partnership

Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA

Elijah’s Promise

Elsinboro Township

EZ Ride

Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ)

Freehold Area Health Department

Future City Inc

Generations Inc.

Golden Rule Lodge No 24

HomeFront

Homeless Solutions Inc.

Hunger Free New Jersey

Isles Inc.

Jersey City Department of Health

Kenilworth Healthy Kids and Community Initiative (Kenilworth Schools)

Manasquan Public School District

Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges- Franklin

Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges-Wayne

Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges-West Orange

Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs (MCOHA)

Morris Park Alliance

Morristown Neighborhood House (Cornerstone)

New Brunswick Tomorrow (NBT)

New Jersey Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (NJAHPERD)

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

North Jersey Health Collaborative

Overlook Family Medicine - Family Promise Union County Health Education Partnership

Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey

Pennsville Township

Plainsboro Township

PROCEED Inc.

Project U.S.E.

Quinton Township

Raritan Valley YMCA

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

South Asian Total Health Initiative (SATHI) (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

Sussex County Division of Senior Services

The Gateway Family YMCA

Township of Montclair

Township of North Bergen (via NB Health Department)

Township of West Orange (Via West Orange Recreation Dept.)

Trenton Housing Authority (THA)

United Way of Passaic County

Vietlead

Wayne Health Department

West Milford Health Department

YMCA of Gloucester County

YMCA of Trenton

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.

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Grantee Blogs

After School Tennis

July 17, 2019

City: Elmer Elsinboro Township Quinton Township Woodbury

Grantee: Pennsville Township

Strategy: Healthy Eating

Friends & Family Farmer’s Market

July 15, 2019

City: North Bergen

Grantee: Township of North Bergen (via NB Health Department)

Strategy: Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets Healthy Eating

Countdown to Fall

July 11, 2019

City: Morristown

Grantee: Morristown Neighborhood House (Cornerstone)

Strategy: Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets

So Many Opporunities to Choose From…

July 10, 2019

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne Health Department

Strategy: Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets Increase / Create Green Space / Parks

After the Bell: Questions, Comments…Success!

July 8, 2019

City: Bloomfield

Grantee: Bloomfield Department of Health and Human Services

Strategy: Healthy Eating Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy, System, Environmental (PSE) Interventions in Schools, Preschools, and Child Care Centers School Breakfast Programs

Faithful to Healthy Choices

June 18, 2019

City: Dover

Grantee: Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs (MCOHA)

Strategy: Community Assessments for Healthy Eating and Active Living Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Community Gardens

Healthy Eating is Alive and Well in Plainsboro

June 14, 2019

City: Plainsboro

Grantee: Plainsboro Township

Strategy: Connecting Existing Community Resources to Transit and Active Transportation Opportunities Healthy Eating

Teaching Teachers: How to Use the Garden as a Classroom

June 12, 2019

Grantee: Isles Inc.

Strategy: School Fruit & Vegetable Gardens

Collaborative effort

June 11, 2019

City: West Milford

Grantee: West Milford Health Department

Strategy: School Fruit & Vegetable Gardens

Strategies for Healthy Eating

June 7, 2019

City: Ewing

Grantee: HomeFront

Strategy: Community Gardens Healthy Eating

Irvington Bike Blog

June 6, 2019

City: Irvington

Grantee: New Jersey Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (NJAHPERD)

Strategy: Walking and Biking to School Initiatives

Blue Corn: The Inheritance of Our Ancestors

June 5, 2019

City: Hammonton

Grantee: Comite de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agriculturales (CATA)

Strategy: Community Assessments for Healthy Eating and Active Living Community Gardens

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