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PARKERSBURG -- Highmark Foundation is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 School Grants Program to create healthier school environments.
The program, which promotes positive, sustainable and lasting change through comprehensive strategies, will make available up to $500,000 for grades K-12 in schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
“This multifaceted program equips schools with resources that develop healthier and safer school environments," Yvonne Cook, president of Highmark Foundation, said. "The Highmark Foundation recognizes the value of early intervention and preventive health programs and appreciates the vital role schools play to promote students' health, safety, education and well-being.”
Public, private, parochial, charter schools and vocational high schools in West Virginia and Pennsylvania can apply for grants in the Physical Health, School-Based Health and Social Health categories of the School Grants Program.
In the Physical Health section, Highmark Foundation will provide grants for program activities that include, but are not limited to, increasing physical activity, healthy eating and nutrition education, improving personal hygiene habits and health promotion and disease prevention education.
In School-Based Health, studies have linked school-based health care to educational and health-related outcomes. Schools can contribute to increased use of vaccination and preventive services, reduced asthma morbidity, fewer emergency department visits and hospital admission and lower illegal substance use and alcohol consumption.
Now in its 12th year, the School Grants Program has provided more than $4.2 million to help bring about healthy changes in schools in Highmark Foundation's service region.
The application can be found at https://highmarkfoundationrfp.versaic.com.