{"id":58229,"date":"2017-11-13T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-americas-promise-alliance-announces-new-healthy-schools-fund\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T20:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:54:02","slug":"americas-promise-alliance-anuncia-un-nuevo-fondo-para-escuelas-saludables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/americas-promise-alliance-anuncia-un-nuevo-fondo-para-escuelas-saludables\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Promise Alliance Announces New Healthy Schools Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Grant focuses on supporting school districts and community organizations working to create <\/i><i>healthy school environments.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 13, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">America&#8217;s Promise Alliance,<\/a> the nation&#8217;s\u00a0largest\u00a0network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, is extending the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/healthy-schools-fund\" rel=\"nofollow\">Healthy Schools\u00a0Fund<\/a> to communities working to create healthier school environments for all children. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1bd0left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1bd0left\" title=\"America's Promise Alliance\" border=\"0\" alt=\"America's Promise Alliance\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/602397\/APA_seal_RGB_high_res.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>As part of Together for Healthy and Successful Schools, a new initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), America&#8217;s Promise will select three to five districts and\/or community-level organizations that will receive up to <span class=\"xn-money\">$300,000<\/span> for two years to support existing collaborative efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Through this work, America&#8217;s Promise seeks to answer the following questions: <\/p>\n<p>What if <i>every <\/i>young person went to a school that focuses on academics as well as social and emotional development and physical health? How do we create the conditions to make it so all children, no matter where they are from, or how much money their family makes, has access to a school that helps them\u00a0develop into well-rounded adults? <\/p>\n<p>Recognizing that school-centered health intersects with many areas outside of education\u2014housing, employment, transportation, and food access\u2014 efforts should serve as a hub for cross-sector collaboration, youth and community engagement, and broader policy and systemic change. Selected grantees will display alignment with this vision and a proven ability to accelerate positive change for young people in schools and their communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America&#8217;s Promise has always believed that to support young people who are struggling the most, it takes approaches that focus on\u00a0all of a child&#8217;s developmental needs,&#8221; said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/staff\/john-gomperts\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Gomperts<\/a>, president and CEO of America&#8217;s Promise. &#8220;When communities have healthy schools young people experience greater health, achieve better academic outcomes, and in turn, impact the entire community. Our partnership with RWJF will enable us to help build demand among practitioners, community members, and decision-makers to make healthy schools the norm and create the conditions for every child to have a healthy, successful life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Districts and organizations in the following 20 states are eligible to apply: <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Alaska<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Colorado<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">District of Columbia<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Idaho<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Indiana<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Michigan<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Mississippi<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Missouri<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Nevada<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">New Mexico<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">North Dakota<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Oregon<\/span><\/b>, <b>Rhode<\/b> <b>Island<\/b>, <b>South<\/b> <b>Carolina<\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span><\/b>, and <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Washington<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure all young people can seize educational opportunities, they need to be at their healthiest,&#8221; said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rwjf.org\/en\/about-rwjf\/leadership-staff\/N\/jennifer-m-ng-andu.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jennifer Ng&#8217;andu<\/a><b>, <\/b>senior program officer at RWJF. &#8220;Research shows that healthy, nurturing, and safe schools help young people make the most of their education and that success leads to a healthier, longer, more successful life. RWJF launched the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools initiative in recognition of the critical connections between health, learning and long-term well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the America&#8217;s Promise Healthy Schools\u00a0Fund and to apply, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/healthy-schools-fund\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.americaspromise.org\/healthy-schools-fund<\/a>. Informational <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/rt\/1117476934867725059?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Register%20for%20an%20informational%20webinar&amp;utm_campaign=APB\" rel=\"nofollow\">sessions<\/a> about the grant will take place on <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">November 28<\/span> <\/b>and<b> December 7.\u00a0 <\/b>The deadline to submit applications is <b><span class=\"xn-chron\">January 22, 2018<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>America&#8217;s Promise Alliance&#8217;s Partnership with RWJF to Support Healthy Schools <\/b><\/p>\n<p>America&#8217;s Promise Alliance is offering the America&#8217;s Promise Healthy Schools\u00a0Fund as a result of its grant award to lead the strategic action and alignment arm of the Together for Healthy and Successful Schools initiative. <\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the initiative has the goal of advancing a more holistic approach to ensuring healthy, successful students; thriving communities; and a better future for everyone. America&#8217;s Promise will work closely with its fellow grantees\u2014Child Trends and <span class=\"xn-org\">Washington University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span> \u2013 which are leading the policy and research arms of the initiative, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In its role, America&#8217;s Promise will activate and align existing and new stakeholders at both the local and national levels to support and build demand for healthier schools. America&#8217;s Promise has partnered with five leading organizations \u2013 ChildObesity180, Communities In Schools, FoodCorps, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and Turnaround for Children \u2013 to provide support and work with communities to learn about successfully supporting health and well-being in schools.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please email <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:HealthySchools@americaspromise.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">HealthySchools@americaspromise.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>America&#8217;s Promise Alliance<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>leads more than 450 organizations, communities and individuals dedicated to making the promise of America real for every child.<i>\u00a0<\/i>For more information, visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.AmericasPromise.org<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<\/b> <span class=\"xn-person\">Tonya Williams<\/span> <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:tonyaw@americaspromise.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">tonyaw@americaspromise.org<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/>202-657-0644<\/p>\n<p>Logo: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/602397\/APA_seal_RGB_high_res.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/602397\/APA_seal_RGB_high_res.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  America&#8217;s Promise Alliance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Grant focuses on supporting school districts and community organizations working to create <\/i><i>healthy school environments.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 13, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">America&#8217;s Promise Alliance,<\/a> the nation&#8217;s\u00a0largest\u00a0network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, is extending the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.americaspromise.org\/healthy-schools-fund&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}