The National Association of Counties (NACo), the Aetna
Foundation/CVS Health, and the American Public Health Association
have launched the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge, an
initiative to accelerate systems-level approaches to improving
community health.
Eligible applicants are counties, cities and federally
recognized tribes with a population of up to 600,000 in
California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West
Virginia that are prepared to work across silos in order to
advance health equity and prevent chronic diseases.
The Challenge participants will receive up to $100,000 over a
two-year period and non-financial support toward their
efforts in addressing:
Access to foods that support healthy eating patterns,
and/or
Access to health services through systems-level
approaches.
The application is due March 4 at 3:00 PM
EST. Twenty communities will be selected to participate and all
applicants will be notified by mid-April 2020. Counties
interested in The Challenge can find the RFP and application form
here.
