Want to win some prize money for your county, and make your
residents healthier at the same time? Consider taking the
Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. It’s a fun way to
encourage small to mid-sized cities and counties to create a
positive health impact.
The Challenge is the product of collaboration between the Aetna
Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the
National Association of Counties. Once accepted to participate in
the Challenge, cities and counties will work towards improving
their residents’ health by creating policies that consider health
issues, creating replicable strategies to achieve measurable
results, and creating sustainable funding by leveraging Challenge
prize money with long-term funding sources.
There are two tiers of participants for the Challenge, based on
population size.
Tier 1: Population between 65,000 and 250,000
Tier 2: Population between 250,001 and 600,000
(Tier 2 includes localities with a population of more than
600,000 with a proposal that targets a segment of the population
that is between 65,000 and 600,000.)
Participants in the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge will
have access to a wide range of resources and opportunities,
including access to relevant information on the Challenge’s
website, participation in a national network to learn from other
Challenge participants, the opportunity to share project
information on the Challenge’s website, a community engagement
planning grant to assist with project implementation, and the
opportunity to win a financial prize in recognition of a project
that creates significant improvements.
The Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge is accepting proposals
until 5pm EDT on May 31, 2016. For more information on the
Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, including the RFP, please
visit http://www.healthiestcities.org/.
