Eight (8) grants will be awarded in the fall of 2010 to non-profit community health care organizations for community-based education program activities in these six locations: - Bronx, NY
- Hamilton County, OH
- Long Beach, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Shelby County, TN
- Wayne County, MI
Eligible organizations must have: - Non-profit status: 501C3 (copy to be sent with proposal).
- Core services must be delivered in one of the six specific geographic locations listed above.
- Demonstrated leadership and track record in delivery of childhood obesity prevention and healthy life styles (behavior) promotion programs and services.
- Commitment to engage in a formative program design process (see Program Overview section, below).
- Capacity and readiness to participate in hands-on training in monitoring & evaluation skills and tools, as well as in areas such as assessing target population needs, program design, and adaptation of an existing intervention.
- Openness to the possibility of the J&J CHC Program disseminating the lessons learned and evaluation results and/or promoting the prevention intervention for replication by other non-profit organizations.
Special consideration will be given to organizations that can demonstrate their participation in unique community partnerships and collaborations (e.g., a partnership between a federally qualified health clinic and an elementary school) that have demonstrated the innovating ability to leverage the resources within these collaborations. The following programs are : - Programs that are part of a Foundation
- Programs that are based at a University or College
- Programs that are already part of a research activity
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