At a glance
- CDC Healthy Schools supports cooperative agreement recipients.
- Recipients include state education and health agencies, universities, and a tribal nation.
- CDC provides them with technical assistance, specialized tools, recommendations, and resources to help in their work for school health.
- Recipients use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework.
Overview
CDC Healthy Schools supports 20 cooperative agreement recipients. The aim is to examine evidenced-based efforts to promote the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents. The focus is on young people in underserved and disproportionately affected communities.
Cooperative agreement recipients include state education and health agencies, universities, and a tribal nation. CDC provides them with technical assistance and develops specialized tools, recommendations, and resources to aid their work in school health.
Healthy Schools cooperative agreement recipients use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework to:
- Establish partnerships to support school health programs.
- Promote dissemination and implementation of CDC school health materials. The materials include guidelines, tools, and resources offered through professional development and technical assistance.
- Make plans to implement physical activity, school nutrition, and school health policies, practices, programs, and services. These programs and services are offered within state and local education agencies, schools, and out-of-school time settings.
School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students
This work is funded by a 5-year CDC cooperative agreement, School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students (DP23-0002).
CDC's funded school health recipients are:
- Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
- Arkansas Department of Education.
- Colorado State Board of Education.
- Indiana State Department of Health.
- Kentucky Department of Education.
- Louisiana Division of Administration.
- Minnesota Department of Education.
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
- New Mexico Department of Public Education.
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
- Oregon Department of Education.
- Pennsylvania Department of Health.
- Tennessee Department of Education.
- Texas Department of State Health Services.
- The Cherokee Nation.
- University of Connecticut.
- University of Hawaii.
- Utah Department of Health and Human Services.
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
- West Virginia University Research Corporation.