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Mini-Grants
The Los Angeles Collaborative for
Healthy Active Children offers mini-grants to help
groups conduct projects that will improve the health
of local children and support the efforts of the
Collaborative.
The Collaborative will support
these mini-grants with funds provided by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture/California Department of
Health Services/Network for a Healthy California grant.
All activities and materials paid for with these
funds must be targeted to low-income individuals or
households eligible for Food Stamps. Proposed
projects should:
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Promote, encourage or advocate
increased daily consumption of fruits and
vegetables as part of healthy eating that is
consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines
for Americans and USDA Food Guidance System.
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Promote, encourage or advocate
healthy eating and active lifestyles that
are consistent with the current Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and USDA Food Guidance
System.
Who can apply?
Eligible applicants must be Los Angeles County
nonprofit organizations exempt from Federal income
taxes under Section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue
Codes.
To
apply, download and complete the
Request for Proposal
(Word
file 1916 KB).
Applications must be
postmarked by October 1, 2007
(CURRENT MINI-GRANT RFP IS CLOSED). If
you have any questions concerning the RFP, please
contact Lauren Neel at
lneel@ph.lacounty.gov or call 213.351.7337.
Timeline
Eligible applicants may apply for up to $5,000. . The funding
must be spent by
the end of September each year.
Mini-Grant Project Summaries 2007-2008
Maternal and Child Health Access (MCHA): The NEST
Project- Nutrition Education, Support and Training
City of Duarte: Duarte Spring Health Camp
Northeast Valley Health Corporation : Youth
Empowerment Through Nutrition Education (YENE)
SOSMentor Healthy Steps to Healthy Lives ShapeUp
Project 2008 at Garfield High School and 4th Street
Elementary School
Enrichment Works: Food For Thought II: The Message
Comes Home
Los Angeles Child Care and Development Council, Inc:
Your Favorite Foods a Lighter Way
The Marilyn Magaram Center: Children’s Summer
Cooking Camp: Increasing Nutrition and Food
Awareness within the Community and Environment
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