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Ocean County Health Department
Funder: New Jersey Department of Health
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Ocean County Health Department team members have been creating small garden boxes full of delicious fruits, vegetables, and herbs. This is part of the preparation for community gardens being built at the Toms River Field of Dreams and individual raised garden beds to be built at residential group home locations throughout Ocean County.
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New Health Equity Framework
Source: National Recreation and Parks Association
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The NRPA released a framework to support communities in improving health equity through the use of public spaces. It provides a foundation of guiding principles that park and recreation professionals can build upon to create more equitable spaces, programs and services to advance community health and well-being.
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Farmer's Market Season has Officially Begun! |
Jersey Fresh for a full listing of where to find farm-fresh produce
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NJ SNAP expands to help feed residents during the pandemic |
The number of people receiving food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expanded 23 percent during the pandemic, helping fight hunger when so many New Jersey residents were struggling to put food on the table.In January 2021, 815,000 New Jersey residents, including more than 360,000 children, received SNAP. A new report from Hunger Free New Jersey shows that now is the time to build on this pandemic fueled expansion so that this important nutrition support reaches all New Jersey residents who could benefit.
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NJEDA Re-Opens Pre-Registration for Emergency Assistance Grants Phase 4
Pre-Registration Deadline: June 30
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Pre-registration has been re-opened for Phase 4 of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. Small businesses and non-profits with 50 or fewer employees that have been negatively affected by COVID-19 are eligible to apply. Grants of up to $20,000 are available, depending on the entity’s number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs).
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Policy Campaign Grant
Deadline: July 11
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Voices for Healthy Kids works around the country to improve or create equitable policies that will make the places kids live, learn and play healthier. The call for proposals for the Policy Campaign Opportunity is designed to support advocacy campaigns supporting Voices for Healthy Kids policy priorities with a focus on health equity.
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Safe Routes to School Grants
Deadline: October 14
Information Sessions: June 15, July 13, August 19, September 9
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Sessions provide participants with information about applying for Safe Routes to School grants.
Topics include:
- Overview of Federal Aid and the Safe Routes to School programs
- Detailed Review of the Safe Routes to School Grant Application
- Grant Application Process
- Grant Resources, Tips & Strategies
- Q&A with NJDOT Local Aid Staff
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Training, Collaborations and Networking |
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Disruption & Innovation in Organizational Culture & Change Management in Uncertain Times
Host: Leadership Learning Community
June 15
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In this program, participants will:
- Explore the practical challenges inherent in effective change management
- Understand better how organizational culture impacts transformation
- Learn how complex and competing priorities in strategic planning and implementation are managed by executive leaders and their teams
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Liberatory Leadership Webinar Series
Host: Leadership Learning Community
June 16, 23, 30
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A series of virtual conversations designed to explore the meaning of liberatory leadership as well as the practices, tools, and systemic supports this approach to leadership requires. Discuss ways of defining, running, funding, and studying Liberatory Leadership.
- What do we mean by Liberatory Leadership?
- What does it require us to leave behind?
- What does it make possible and for whom?
- What does it call us to invite into our practice?
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Food Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Summer Webinar Series
Host: Nutrition Incentive Hub
June 16
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This webinar, provided by Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems on behalf of the Nutrition Incentive Hub, provides an overview of a multicultural perspective on our nation’s food system development story and establishes an understanding of how nutrition incentive programs fit into this narrative.
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Building Our Table: Making food more Affordable, Accessible and Available in NJ
June 16
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