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8/2/2015 Grant targets healthy environments, living - The Gilroy Dispatch: News http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/grant-targets-healthy-environments-living/article_e629dd48-135d-11e4-948e-0017a43b2370.html?mode=print 1/2 Grant targets healthy environments, living Josh Petray • City Editor | Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:11 am Making healthy choices easy: For Santa Clara County’s it comes down into a few words, according to Angelina Aguirre, owner of Creative Mundo Consulting, who is spearheading the multipronged effort. Community Transformation Grant (CTG) The $1 million CTG grant involves , , and others. South County: United For Health Santa Clara County Public Health Department Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The event’s success shined center spotlight during the July 18 Gilroy Party in the Park Event, organizers said. “Making the healthy choice the easy choice—that’s what we’re all about,” Aguirre said. Efforts around the San Ysidro Park area demonstrate policy changes in motion, community assessment, neighbor and observational surveys. Parks are just one example, but the program spans public and private sector focus alike. What’s key is getting down to the nittygritty: finding out what the prohibitive issues that keep people out and addressing them, said Bonnie Broderick, senior health care program manager for the County of Santa Clara. “What we’re seeing is that people want to take back parks as a place where families can go.” The grant’s efforts span public places atlarge, as well as private spaces from a small office to building a soccer programs. It targets key criminal preventive strategies like tobaccofree living, active living, healthy and safe environments and social and emotional wellness. Some realworld examples of CTGfunded applications are as simple as signing up to dispense nonsugary drinks or implementing antiillegal tobaccorelated ordinances. According to Broderick, one way of looking at the program is a systems or sector approach to change involving schools, cities, worksite environments and those places where wellness is critical “for the health of the people they serve or their workforce.” The overarching goal of CTG is to improve the health of home, school, work and community environments so all South County residents can thrive, according to Aguirre. One of the CTG strategies is to enlist 24 businesses and CBOs in South County to adopt healthier CTG grant: making healthy choices easy Funds from the Community Transformation Grant benefit local youth by providing healthy environments to learn, grow and prosper in southern Santa Clara County.

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Grant targets healthy environments, livingJosh Petray • City Editor | Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:11 am

Making healthy choices easy: For Santa ClaraCounty’s   itcomes down into a few words, according to AngelinaAguirre, owner of Creative Mundo Consulting, who isspearheading the multipronged effort.

Community Transformation Grant (CTG)

The $1 million CTG grant involves , 

,  and others.

South County:United For Health Santa Clara County Public HealthDepartment Centers for Disease Control andPrevention

The event’s success shined center spotlight during theJuly 18 Gilroy Party in the Park Event, organizers said.

“Making the healthy choice the easy choice—that’swhat we’re all about,” Aguirre said.

Efforts around the San Ysidro Park area demonstratepolicy changes in motion, community assessment, neighbor and observational surveys. Parks are justone example, but the program spans public and private sector focus alike. What’s key is getting downto the nitty­gritty: finding out what the prohibitive issues that keep people out and addressing them,said Bonnie Broderick, senior health care program manager for the County of Santa Clara. “Whatwe’re seeing is that people want to take back parks as a place where families can go.”

The grant’s efforts span public places at­large, as well as private spaces from a small office tobuilding a soccer programs. It targets key criminal preventive strategies like tobacco­free living,active living, healthy and safe environments and social and emotional wellness. Some real­worldexamples of CTG­funded applications are as simple as signing up to dispense non­sugary drinks orimplementing anti­illegal tobacco­related ordinances.

According to Broderick, one way of looking at the program is a systems or sector approach to changeinvolving schools, cities, worksite environments and those places where wellness is critical “for thehealth of the people they serve or their workforce.”

The overarching goal of CTG is to improve the health of home, school, work and communityenvironments so all South County residents can thrive, according to Aguirre. 

One of the CTG strategies is to enlist 24 businesses and CBOs in South County to adopt healthier

CTG grant: making healthychoices easy

Funds from the Community TransformationGrant benefit local youth by providinghealthy environments to learn, grow andprosper in southern Santa Clara County.

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practices in the workplace. The first step is to recruit organizations to commit to taking a baselinesurvey that will assess their health practices. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department willuse the results of the survey to support businesses in improving healthy practices, policies and optionsin the workplace, Aguirre said.

Grant organizers are putting on a worksite wellness luncheon Sept. 29 at Mama Mia’s Restaurant, 275E. Dunne Ave. in Morgan Hill. For more information on the program visit  .sccgov.org