Healthy Eating Active Living

The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) grant program supports community-based projects that increase access to healthy foods and physical activity.

2013 HEAL Grant Recipients Announced

Clackamas County Public Health is announcing the 2013 Healthy Eating, Active Living mini-grant recipients. The Healthy Eating, Active Living grants program provides funding to prevent chronic disease by increasing long-term access to active lifestyle and healthy eating for Clackamas County residents, reduce the prevalence of chronic disease, and to empower residents to take steps toward improvement of their health.
To see a list of the 13 organizations who will receive $99,936 in grant funds, please click the link below:

2013 HEAL Grant Recipients

HEAL Grants highlighted in local newspaper. To view article, click here

What is the HEAL Grant Program?

Clackamas County works to maintain the health of our community through funding health improvement projects with our partners throughout the county. The HEAL program provides grants for projects throughout the county that promote an active lifestyle and healthier food choices. HEAL grants of up to $8,000 are regularly made available for projects promoting healthy eating and active living. Grantees provided in-kind donations in support of their grant funds.

HEAL Documentary: The HEAL documentary follows several HEAL grant projects through completion and highlights how communities can be empowered through access to healthy food and active lifestyle opportunities.

How was the HEAL Grant Program created?

The HEAL grant program was created to make the Roadmap to Healthy Communities project a reality. The Roadmap Project is a community participation process, completed in 2009 (and since updated in 2012) that engaged members of our community in conversations about health, and helped county residents work together to plan for a healthier Clackamas County. During this process, the Pubic Health Division asked thousands of residents, “What makes a healthy community?”. A group of Community Advisors working with Public Health Division staff used the opinions and information gathered, along with other data about Clackamas County and its residents, to recommend a plan — or roadmap — for the next several years.

With this as a backdrop, the Roadmap’s Community Advisors decided that the topic of healthy eating and active living represents the area of greatest need and opportunity for making the goals of the Roadmap a reality. To support this effort, the Public Health Division funded a small grants program to help community based efforts to improve the health of our county.

What projects has the HEAL Grant Program funded?

For a list of grant recipeients and annual report on HEAL Grant projects for 2010-2011, click the links below:

2011 HEAL Grant Recipients

2011 HEAL Grant Report

Following a successful first year, the second year of grantees for 2011-12 are as follows:

2012 HEAL Grant Recipients

2012 HEAL Grant Report

For more information on the HEAL Grant Program and activities, please contact Kirsten Ingersoll, Community Engagement Coordinator at (503) 742-5954.

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