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

Talking Carrot

January 31, 2020

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

Buck Starts and Stops Here at the Farmers Market in New Brunswick

January 2, 2020

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

Caldwell Thanks the Healthy Community Communities Network

December 27, 2019

City: Caldwell

Grantee: Caldwell Health and Human Services

Strategy: Community Safety as an Avenue for Increased Physical Activity Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets

Ending the year with Gratitude

December 20, 2019

City: Dover

Grantee: Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs (MCOHA)

Strategy: Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Community Gardens

Telling the story of the Garden Tower

December 20, 2019

City: Dover

Grantee: Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs (MCOHA)

Strategy: Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Community Gardens

Harvest Market Bounty Was Plentiful!

December 19, 2019

City: Woodbury

Grantee: YMCA of Gloucester County

Strategy: Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy

March Snackness… Madness

December 13, 2019

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

Back to School

December 12, 2019

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

Nudging Much?

December 12, 2019

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

A Different Kind of Farm-to-School

December 12, 2019

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Strategy: Improve Retail Sales Environments in Support of Access to and Purchasing of Healthy Foods

Plainsboro’s Bike Sharing Station in Winter

December 12, 2019

City: Plainsboro

Grantee: Plainsboro Township

Strategy: Improve Access to Healthy Foods and Opportunities to be Physically Active in Workplaces

Fall is for Harvest

December 12, 2019

City: Plainsboro

Grantee: Plainsboro Township

Strategy: Community Gardens

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