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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 44 Grantees

Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services

Bergen County Technical Schools

Bergen Family Center

Borough of Audubon

Borough of Lincoln Park

Borough of Ringwood

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton (BGCClifton)

Bridgeton Board of Education

Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET)

City Green, Inc.

City of Englewood Health Department

City of Garfield

City of Long Branch Health Department

Clifton Health Department

County of Bergen, Division of Senior Services

Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA

Elijah’s Promise

Essex County Health Department

Family Resource Network

Generations Inc.

Golden Rule Lodge No 24

GRACE

HomeFront

Merriam Avenue Elementary School

Montclair State University

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

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Ocean County Health Department

Overlook Family Medicine - Family Promise Union County Health Education Partnership

Pennsville Township

Raritan Bay Area YMCA

Raritan Valley YMCA

Somerset Health Care Foundation

The Gateway Family YMCA

Township of Bloomfield

Township of Montclair

Township of Nutley Health Department

Trenton Health Team

United Way of Central Jersey

United Way of Passaic County

Vietlead

VNACJ

Wayne YMCA

West Essex YMCA

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

Goodbye 2021 and Welcome 2022!

November 24, 2021

City: Bergenfield Cliffside Park Dumont East Rutherford Englewood Fairview Fort Lee Leonia Little Ferry Lodi Lyndhurst Mahwah Montvale Moonachie North Arlington Palisades Park Paramus Ridgewood Rochelle Park Teterboro Waldwick Wallington Westwood

Grantee: County of Bergen, Division of Senior Services

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Promoting the Serving of Drinking Water at Senior and Disabled Centers

November 16, 2021

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Raritan Valley YMCA

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

Fall at HomeFront Family Campus

November 15, 2021

City: Ewing

Grantee: HomeFront

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

Ecohouse

November 9, 2021

City: Bergenfield Cliffside Park Dumont East Rutherford Englewood Fairview Fort Lee Leonia Little Ferry Lodi Lyndhurst Mahwah Montvale Moonachie North Arlington Palisades Park Paramus Ridgewood Rochelle Park Teterboro Waldwick Wallington Westwood

Grantee: County of Bergen, Division of Senior Services

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Farmers Market Flourishes in Bloomfield, NJ

November 9, 2021

City: Bloomfield

Grantee: Township of Bloomfield

Strategy: Farmers Markets / Farm Stands / Mobile Markets HE#3

Turning a negative into a positive

November 5, 2021

City: Nutley

Grantee: Township of Nutley Health Department

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

Worktoberfest

November 5, 2021

City: Nutley

Grantee: Township of Nutley Health Department

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

The Work is Never Done…

November 1, 2021

City: New Brunswick

Grantee: Raritan Valley YMCA

Strategy: Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2 Physical Activity Outside PE SCH AL#1

Close to Home

October 29, 2021

City: Elizabeth Summit

Grantee: Overlook Family Medicine - Family Promise Union County Health Education Partnership

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Harvest Moon Block Party: Community Building In A Pandemic

October 29, 2021

City: Camden

Grantee: Vietlead

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

Dreams Approaching Reality

October 27, 2021

City: Ocean County

Grantee: Ocean County Health Department

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

Celebration and Gratitude

October 27, 2021

City: Newton

Grantee: Merriam Avenue Elementary School

Strategy: School Gardens SCH HE#2

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