Twelve Coalitions Receive RWJF Roadmaps to Health Community Grants

State  and Local Efforts Will Work to Create Systems Changes in Areas That Impact  Health, Including Education, Income and Employment, Community Safety and  Social Connectedness

Coalitions in 12 states and localities across the United States have been awarded  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Roadmaps  to Health Community Grants of up to $200,000 to improve the health  of people living in those communities. The grants, which will support  two-year state and local efforts among policy-makers, business, education,  health care, public health and community organizations, will be managed by  Community Catalyst and are part of the  County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration of RWJF and the  University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI).

The  grantees, selected from more than 300 initial applicants, will build on the  RWJF/UWPHI County Health Rankings model,  which highlights the critical role that factors such as education, jobs and  our environment play in influencing how healthy people are and how long they  live.

In  addition to the Community Grants, the County  Health Rankings & Roadmaps  program will include other efforts to mobilize local communities and national  partners and leaders, including grants to national organizations to activate  local leaders and affiliates to improve health; a prize program to recognize  communities taking action whose promising efforts will lead to better health;  and, tools and resources to help groups working to improve the health of  their communities. Taken together, the Rankings  and Roadmaps to Health are  addressing our nation’s health crisis through the creation of healthier  places to live, learn, work and play.
Read the full press release.
Learn more about each of the 12 grant recipients.