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

Life and Wellness Coaching

October 22, 2020

City: Elizabeth

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

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Empowering the Freehold Community to Make Decisions

October 16, 2020

City: Freehold Borough

Grantee: VNACJ

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Mindfulness in the Middle School – Student Perspectives

October 12, 2020

City: Lincoln Park

Grantee: Borough of Lincoln Park

Strategy: Physical Activity Outside PE SCH AL#1

Diversity and Inclusion Meets Food Assistance

October 9, 2020

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne YMCA

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

Partnering For a Healthier Community

October 7, 2020

City: Ewing

Grantee: HomeFront

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

Building Community with Good Food

October 6, 2020

City: Caldwell Clifton East Orange Jersey City Montclair Morristown New Brunswick Newark Ocean County Paterson Trenton

Grantee: City Green, Inc.

Strategy: Incentive Programs HE#2

Vauxhall Community Garden’s Youth Participates In Union’s Farmers Market

October 6, 2020

City: Union

Grantee: Golden Rule Lodge No 24

Strategy: Healthy Eating Audit HE#1

Operation “ClearKut”

October 5, 2020

City: Audubon

Grantee: Borough of Audubon

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

Health Education in a Box

October 2, 2020

City: Wayne

Grantee: Wayne YMCA

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

It’s the not the destination, It’s the journey…

October 2, 2020

City: Nutley

Grantee: Township of Nutley Health Department

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

“¡Ah, pepinos!” – Reflections on the Relaunch of Paterson’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

October 2, 2020

City: Paterson

Grantee: United Way of Passaic County

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

Zero Waste for Cleaner Air

October 1, 2020

City: Camden

Grantee: Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET)

Strategy: Social Determinants of Health SD

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