Grant Opportunities For Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiatives

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Incubator grant opportunities are open for up to $30,000 dollars to support innovative advocacy approaches that align with Voices for Healthy Kids policy priorities.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Heart Association, and Voices for Healthy Kids are collaborating with a team of experts across healthy eating and active living with the initiative to mobilize people to help all children grow up to a be a healthy weight.

Applications should align and support at least one Voices for Healthy Kids’ policy priorities. The grants will be looking for innovative efforts in schools, communities and out-of-school time/early care and education and funds will be awarded 100% non-lobby funding.

Deadline for the grant application submission is Thursday, August 18, 2016.

Also, awards up to $90,000 are available for strategic issue advocacy campaigns focused on helping kids grow up at a healthy weight through state, local and tribal public policy campaigns. Applications must align with one of the Voices for Healthy Kids policy priorities and the deadline for applicants is Thursday, September 1, 2015.

Click here to learn more and apply to help kids grow up to be a healthy weight!

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