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

Good Health is a Reason to Smile

September 18, 2021

City: Summit

Grantee: GRACE

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

And Just Like That – SNAP!

September 17, 2021

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne YMCA

Strategy: Farmers Markets / Farm Stands / Mobile Markets HE#3 Incentive Programs HE#2

Watch the Gap!

September 17, 2021

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne YMCA

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1 Incentive Programs HE#2

Dreams Becoming a Reality

September 8, 2021

City: Ocean County

Grantee: Ocean County Health Department

Strategy: Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2 Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

Bloomfield Falls Back Into Health

September 2, 2021

City: Bloomfield

Grantee: Township of Bloomfield

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

Choices

September 1, 2021

City: Asbury Park Clifton Dumont Ewing Fort Lee Jersey City Lodi Long Branch

Grantee: Family Resource Network

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

Member Perspectives – Mia Minhas

August 31, 2021

City: Freehold Borough

Grantee: VNACJ

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

A Collective Letter

August 31, 2021

City: Camden

Grantee: Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET)

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Farm to School For The New Year

August 31, 2021

City: Paterson

Grantee: United Way of Passaic County

Strategy: Federal Child Nutrition Programs HE#4 Federal Child Nutrition Programs SCH HE#1 Healthy Eating in Early Child Education ECE HE#1 School Gardens SCH HE#2

Getting Back Underway

August 31, 2021

City: Montclair

Grantee: Montclair State University

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1 Street Design AL#3

Tower Garden and Pickleball.

August 30, 2021

City: Long Branch

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

Strategy: Physical Activity Outside PE SCH AL#1

Now Arriving: Exercise Videos for the Trail!

August 30, 2021

City: Elizabeth

Grantee: The Gateway Family YMCA

Strategy: Enhance Physical Activity Access AL#2

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