School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students

The purpose of this 5-year cooperative agreement is to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. CDC’s Healthy Schools will award approximately 16 recipients with up to 50 recipients depending on available funding. Recipients will use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to: establish key partnerships to support school health programs; promote dissemination and implementation of CDC school health guidelines, tools, and resources through professional development and technical assistance; and use action planning to implement physical activity, school nutrition, and school health services policies, practices, and programs within state and local education agencies, schools, and out-of-school time settings. Expected outcomes to be achieved include an (1) increase in the numbers of schools with an action plan based on the completion of CDC’s School Health Index; (2) increased implementation of Comprehensive School Health Activity Programs; (3) increased school nutrition and security policies and practices; (4) increased school-based health services that support students with chronic health conditions; and (5) increased physical activity, healthy dietary behaviors, and self-management of chronic conditions among students.