Monday, February 2, 2015
NYSHF Energizes Entire Communities with Healthy Neighborhoods Fund Initiative
The New York State Health Foundation awards grants from the Healthy Neighborhoods Fund initiative to help communities find ways to create healthier and more active lifestyles for residents. Grant recipients must increase the availability of healthy, affordable food; improve infrastructure; and link residents to lifestyle change programs.
New York State Health Foundation Vice President Jacqueline Martinez Garcel: “We’ve made a commitment to address health inequities in rural and in low income urban cities where residents don’t have appropriate access to healthy and affordable food. Who live in places where walking outside may not be safe for a number of reasons. Or where parks and recreation haven’t really been able to invest in open spaces for people to exercise. So we’ve made this commitment to address health inequities. We know that when people live in healthier neighborhoods they do in fact end up having healthier outcomes. Especially when it comes to diabetes and obesity and some diet-related diseases that are really burdening our health care system right now....”