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School Grants Program is sponsored by Highmark Foundation. This program supports K-12 schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with initiatives focused on improving students' physical and social health.
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Highmark Foundation > News > Highmark Foundation now accepting applications for 2024-2025 school grants program Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards Highmark Foundation now accepting applications for 2024-2025 school grants program Jan. 29, 2024 | PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH (Jan.
29, 2024) The Highmark Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2024-2025 School Grants Program, which will make available up to $500,000 for school grades K-12 in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The goal of this ongoing program is to create healthier school environments that result in positive, sustainable, and lasting change through comprehensive strategies.
"This multifaceted program equips schools with resources that develop healthier and safer school environments," said Highmark Foundation President Yvonne Cook. "The Highmark Foundation recognizes the value of early intervention and preventive health programs and appreciates the vital role schools play to promote students' health, safety, education, and well-being."
Public, private, parochial, charter schools, and vocational high schools throughout West Virginia and Pennsylvania are invited to apply for the following offerings of the Highmark Foundation's School Grants Program: Schools are an important contributor to physical health, not only because they are where students spend majority of their days, but they are also the setting for health education, physical education, and breakfast and lunch meals.
All of these contribute to strong physical health and help individuals develop lifelong healthy habits.
Highmark Foundation will provide grants up to $7,500 for programmatic activities including (but not limited to): Increasing physical activity Healthy eating and nutrition education Improving personal hygiene habits Health promotion and disease prevention education Numerous studies have linked school-based health care to educational and health-related outcomes.
Schools can contribute to increased use of vaccination and preventive services, reduced asthma morbidity, fewer emergency department visits and hospital admissions, and lower illegal substance use and alcohol consumption.
Recognizing that social health factors are an important part of a person's overall health, programs under this category seek to connect students and families to the services and supports they need outside of the school community to be healthy.
Highmark Foundation will provide grants up to $7,500 for programmatic activities including (but not limited to): Food security initiatives Social-emotional learning and school connectedness programs Housing and homelessness interventions Entering its twelfth year, the Highmark Foundation's School Grants Program has provided more than $4. 2 million to help bring about healthy changes in schools in Highmark Foundation's service region.
The link to the online application can be found at https://highmarkfoundationrfp. versaic. com .
The link to view and download the informational booklet can be found at: https://www. highmarkfoundation. org/pdf/2024schoolGrantProgram.
pdf . The Highmark Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) private, charitable organization dedicated to improving the health, wellbeing, and quality of life for individuals who reside in the communities served by Highmark, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. We fulfill our missing by awarding high-impact grants to charitable organizations that implement evidence-based programs aimed at improving community health.
Central to the Foundation's mission is identifying and continuously reevaluating our region's prevailing health care needs. By doing so, the Foundation remains at the forefront of those needs, well-equipped to pinpoint the issues that more urgently need support.
In 2021, two new restricted funds were established at the Highmark Foundation the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health and the United Concordia Dental Charitable Fund. These funds support the ongoing work of the Highmark Foundation across its footprint and beyond. For more information, visit www.
highmarkfoundation. org and follow the Highmark Foundation on LinkedIn. Bethany.
ross@highmarkhealth. org Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health United Concordia Dental Charitable Fund
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include public, private, parochial, and vocational-technical schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $7,500. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
School Grants Program is funded by Highmark Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Check the official notice for exact location requirements.
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Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health Grants is sponsored by Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health (a fund of the Highmark Foundation). The Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health awards health-related programmatic grants to charitable organizations to implement evidence-based programs aimed at improving community health within West Virginia.
Community Giving (Family Health - Mental Health) is sponsored by Highmark Foundation. The Highmark Foundation awards grants in the area of health, broadly defined to include social, behavioral, and other dimensions beyond illness or disease. Family health is a priority funding area, which encompasses issues like mental health. The Foundation supports evidence-based programs that aim to improve health, prevent disease, and promote wellness. They look for programs that impact multiple counties and attract collaborative funding.