LIVE - LEARN - WORK - PLAY

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

Pound for Pound, Person by Person: Client-choice Shopping

August 20, 2019

Grantee: Community Food Bank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)

Strategy: Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets Healthy Eating

Childcare in New Jersey

August 19, 2019

City: Morristown

Grantee: Homeless Solutions Inc.

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

Harvesting in Small Spaces

August 19, 2019

City: Hammonton

Grantee: Comite de Apoyo para Trabajadores Agriculturales (CATA)

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

Summer summer summertime….

August 8, 2019

Grantee: Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County

Strategy: Healthy Eating

Supporting a Community Garden @ Miller Street, Montclair, NJ

August 5, 2019

City: Montclair

Grantee: Township of Montclair

Strategy: Community Gardens

Kenilworth Rec builds community Gardens for Community Use!

August 4, 2019

City: Kenilworth

Grantee: Kenilworth Healthy Kids and Community Initiative (Kenilworth Schools)

Strategy: Community Gardens Healthy Eating

Farmers Market Arrives at the Temple Grounds!

August 2, 2019

City: Ewing Franklin Freehold Township Jersey City Long Branch Manasquan New Brunswick Trenton

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

Strategy: Farmers Markets/Stands/Mobile Markets Healthy Eating

Still Going Strong

August 1, 2019

Grantee: Trenton Housing Authority (THA)

Strategy: Community Gardens

“Perks of Growing My Own Food”- Resilient Roots Highlight on Nyraysia Robinson

August 1, 2019

City: Camden

Grantee: Vietlead

Strategy: Community Based Social Support for Physical Activity Community Gardens

Let’s Ride!

July 31, 2019

City: Elizabeth Union

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

Strategy: Community Assessments for Healthy Eating and Active Living Unconventional / Non-Traditional Places for Physical Activity

Final Stretch in Audubon

July 31, 2019

Grantee: Borough of Audubon

Strategy: Healthy Eating Increase / Create Green Space / Parks

Walking in Elizabeth Summer 2019

July 31, 2019

City: Elizabeth

Grantee: Future City Inc

Strategy: Community Assessments for Healthy Eating and Active Living

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