State Programs
Through the cooperative agreement State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health, CDC’s Healthy Schools program funds all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) to reduce the risk factors associated with childhood obesity, manage chronic conditions in schools, and promote the well-being and healthy development of all children and youth. The Healthy Schools program supports the implementation of evidence-based school health strategies by funding state health departments, providing technical assistance, and developing specialized tools and resources to help the work between state health and education agencies. This funding facilitates collaboration across sectors through memorandum of agreements between state public health and education agencies.
The program funds two components: the basic component, which provides base-level funding to all 50 states and DC; and the enhanced component, which provides additional resources to 32 states for more school-based intensive interventions and greater health outcomes. Collaboration between communities, public health, and education agencies makes it easier for Americans to take charge of their health.This teamwork results in a healthier society, with healthier students in our schools and early care and education centers, healthier workers in our workforce, and a healthier population in the health care system.
Basic component strategies to promote school health will be implemented in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. State health departments:
- Promote the adoption of physical education/physical activity (PE/PA) in schools.
- Promote the adoption of food service guidelines/nutrition standards, which include sodium.
Basic Enhanced
The basic enhanced component strategy, supported jointly with CDC’s Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, will be implemented in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. State health departments:
- Create supportive nutrition environments in schools by establishing standards (including sodium) for all competitive foods; prohibiting advertising of unhealthy foods, and promoting healthy foods in schools including those sold and served within school meal programs and other venues.
The enhanced component provides additional support to maximize the reach and impact of school health programs in 32 states. These state health departments:
- Support quality physical education/physical activity in early child care education and K-12 in schools and develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAP).
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- Strengthen school health services through policies, processes and protocols to meet the daily management and emergency care needs of students with chronic conditions. (i.e. Asthma, Diabetes, Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis, and Epilepsy)
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