Healthy Eating, Active Living - HEAL Idaho

Healthy Eating, Active Living - HEAL Idaho As the facilitator and convenor, IPAN provides administrative support, communication coordination and fiscal management.

Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Idaho is a voluntary network of organizations, agencies, businesses and individuals committed to creating an environment where all Idahoans have access to healthy food and places to be physically active. Through development of the HEAL Idaho Nutrition and Physical Activity Framework, HEAL Idaho members strive to create thriving communities where making the heal

thy choice is the easy choice. HEAL Network members share information and access to resources through the HEAL Idaho page as well as in regional meetings and an annual statewide summit. Through these web-based and group activities, members have access to:

•Tools for grassroots organizing,
•National, state and community–based educational offerings,
•Funding resources and opportunities,
•Calendar of upcoming member events and activities, and
•New partnerships for leveraging services and programs. To become involved with HEAL Idaho, email us at [email protected] to be added to our listserv, visit the HEAL Idaho website, become a Friend on our page, and connect with us at regional meetings. As a member of HEAL Idaho, you will have access to upcoming events, health information updates, grant funding opportunities, success stories, best practices, and member contacts. HEAL Idaho is facilitated by the Division of Public Health Bureau of Community & Environmental Health (BCEH) Idaho Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) Program. For more information, contact:

Angie Gribble at (208) 334-5788 [email protected]

Katie Lamansky at (208) 334-4951 [email protected]

Ashley Rundle at (208) 334-4928
[email protected]

*For official Idaho Department of Health and Welfare information, please visit www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov

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10/22/2019

GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
Children and adults in the United States are not getting enough physical activity, and our health and well-being are suffering as a result. The good news is that communities are working on many strategies to help – making it easier and safer to walk and bicycle, expanding access to parks, and more! Safe Routes to Parks ensure that people in communities most at need can safely walk and bicycle to parks. Now is your chance to apply for funding to support Safe Routes to Parks in your community!

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Want to help kids connect with gardens, address food access concerns and support health, nutrition and environmental ste...
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Teaching Gardens Network Grant Program The American Heart Association Teaching Gardens Network.

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Do you feel like you can never get your family to slow down enough to settle down around the kitchen table? September is...
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Do you feel like you can never get your family to slow down enough to settle down around the kitchen table? September is National Family Meals Month! Family meals help kids form healthy nutrition habits and are a great way to spend time together as a family. Check out these tips to help get your family in the swing of eating meals together!

National Family Meals Month™ is an event to promote one more family meal at home per week with using items purchased from the grocery store.

Come experience how our streets could be more human-centered by have an engaging lunch hour or afternoon break and play ...
09/17/2019

Come experience how our streets could be more human-centered by have an engaging lunch hour or afternoon break and play bocce ball, kick back and relax with a garden-centered parklet, hear live performances by Opera Idaho, listen to music and catch up with friends and co-workers – all on our Boise downtown streets!

Did you know that 1 out of 7 Idahoans is food insecure? Check out what the Idaho Food Bank is working on to combat this ...
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Did you know that 1 out of 7 Idahoans is food insecure? Check out what the Idaho Food Bank is working on to combat this troubling statistic here

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Take a ride. Save a park. Check out how Lyft is giving back to the Trust for Public Land!
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Boise Farmers Mobile Market delivers fresh produce around Boise, and they are looking for more customers!
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Boise Farmers Mobile Market delivers fresh produce around Boise, and they are looking for more customers!

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Wishing you a fun, sunny, and safe holiday!
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Wishing you a fun, sunny, and safe holiday!

Subgrant Solicitations for Food Insecurity:
06/25/2019

Subgrant Solicitations for Food Insecurity:

Official website of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

06/20/2019

Subgrant Solicitations for Farmers Market SNAP EBT and Double Up Food Bucks Expansion:

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Idaho Department Of Health & Welfare 450 W State St
Boise, ID
83702

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