– The children and families of Perth Amboy will benefit from a grant of $200,000, for use during the next four years, from New Jersey Health Initiatives, a program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant was issued to create a Culture of Health…
– As Executive Director of Wynona’s House Child Advocacy Center, I saw firsthand the prevalence and pain of bad things happening to our most vulnerable children. Each year, hundreds of children would come to us because they suffered sexual or physical abuse…
– Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 9:30-12:00 pm, 24 engaged community leaders from 13 agencies came together to focus on the year one priorities for Shaping Elizabeth’s “Road Map.” As the Project Manager, these meetings are always stressful, never sure who…
– Bradley Elementary School celebrated the 20th anniversary of International Walk to School month on October 11, 2016. This special morning to celebrate walking to school as a healthy way to get our daily needed exercise was combined with our Hispanic…
– On Friday, November 4th, over 50 business, non-profit and community leaders joined together to kick off the Toms River Family Health and Support Coalition. Students from Georgian Court University and a student ambassador from a local Toms River high school…
– Greater Freehold is ready to go! Recently, we had a meeting where members invited a buddy so we could begin expanding our core membership. We initiated the meeting with a visual exploration exercise, which surprisingly, emotionally engaged the entire group….
– Can Food Businesses Have Their Cake and Eat it, Too? “Changing the Menu, Growing Your Business”: A Multicultural Food Business Seminar Event in Paterson, NJ On September 19th, the Passaic County Food Policy Council participated in an event that attracted the…
– Sorry everyone, you can’t wash this one away with soap and water! We are infecting workplaces with “Healthy” and it’s contagious. We may have an epidemic on our hands! In January of 2016, Hunterdon County Partnership for Health, together with…
– For the past year, the Morristown United for Healthy Living Coalition has been engaged in a comprehensive health needs assessment in Morristown’s census tract 435. This journey began when this neighborhood was identified by the North Jersey Health Collaborative as…
– As the statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for three decades, New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) has advanced the Foundation’s priorities and supported the efforts of hundreds of organizations committed to improving health and health care in…