This solicitation is closed.

Deadline:

February 25, 2010 - Closed

Program Area:

Childhood Obesity

Purpose:

Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program will advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals


• Overview

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

• Eligible applicants must have a track record of at least two years of successful community organizing and policy advocacy to address health-related problems in communities of color.
• Both the leadership and membership or constituencies of any applicant organization should reflect the communities they seek to serve.
• Youth-led organizing groups and community-based groups with youth-organizing components are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applicants must secure a cash match of at least 10 percent of RWJF funding for the grant period. Organizations that currently receive funding from an entity or subsidiary that markets low-nutrition food and/or beverage products to youth are not eligible to apply.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the selection criteria listed on page 9.

Key Dates:

• January 19–February 12, 2010—Optional regional information sessions for potential applicants. Visit www.ccheonline.org for registration information.
• February 6, 2010 (11 a.m. ET)—Optional Web conference for potential applicants.
• February 25, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
• April 7, 2010—Select applicants invited to submit full proposals.
• May 13, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
• October 1, 2010—Funding initiated.

Total Award:

• Awards will be up to $250,000 per site for up to 10 communities nationwide.
• Grants are for a three-year period scheduled to commence in October 2010.

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office

Other Versions:

• Communities Creating Healthy Environments (February 26, 2009, Closed)