Voices for Healthy Kids is excited to announce an exciting grant opportunity in Gulfport, Mississippi as part of Advocacy Impact Pilot!
Donor Name: Voices for Healthy Kids
State: Mississippi
City: Gulfport
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/12/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $100,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
They have three goals for the Advocacy Impact Pilot:
- Support long-term, equity-centered local policy change that improves the health of children and their families while transferring power and building capacity
- Fund organizations to collectively advance policy issues identified by the community and led by these same communities.
- Invest in community-led solutions to address health inequity and structural racism.
Along with funding campaigns, they will leverage Voices for Healthy Kids’ assets including campaign funding, technical assistance and coaching, extensive grassroots, science, and consumer networks. The goal is not just to pass good public policy. They want to share and build skill sets and power to develop a stronger advocacy network within the community and be better able to identify and support equitable policy solutions to address health and wellness.
Grant Opportunity: Gulfport, MS
Applications are now being accepted to support advocacy campaigns in Gulfport supporting the following issue areas:
- Childhood Nutrition in Schools for Gulfport School District and/or Harrison County School District
- Breakfast in the Classroom
- Nutrition Standards
- Mental Health Policies for Gulfport School District and/or Harrison County School District
- School based mental health policies (example one excused mental health day absence).
- Mental health training for teachers and applicable staff.
- Public Transportation
- Increase bus routes to local farmers markets from food insecure areas in Gulfport such as the Gaston Point Community.
Funding Information
Applications can be submitted for up to $100,000 for a duration of up 24 months and can support non-lobbying and lobbying activities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications must be specific to an individual campaign for public policy change in Gulfport, MS.
For more information, visit Voices for Healthy Kids.
