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Creating Healthy Schools and Communities

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Creating Healthy Schools and Communities is a NYS Department of Health grant initiative awarded to Erie 1 BOCES to reduce the risk of obesity and chronic disease by increasing demand for and access to healthy food and physical activity. The grant period is June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2026. 

Our goal is to create meaningful sustainable change through the implementation of policy, systems, and environmental improvements.

School Initiatives Community Initiatives
Develop wellness committees Develop wellness committees
Increase opportunities for physical activity Develop complete streets and safe routes to school
Improve nutrition environment Improve good guidelines at worksites, community settings, and day care centers
Improve SEL competencies Increase physical activity in day care centers

 

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