2. Overview
Through 25 years of focused research, innovative programming and
extensive outreach, Sport in Society has utilized the power of sport as a
vehicle for achieving individual and collective health. We educate and
support leaders both locally and globally to create sustainable programs
and systems that lead to a safe, healthy, and inclusive environment.
3. The Issue: Unhealthy Urban Communities
…and inclusive
Sport has the capacity to environment necessary
…healthy…
create a safe… for individual and
collective well-being.
• Lack of opportunity • The eventual cost of • Urban youth have only 1/3
translates not only into inactivity is more than $112 the opportunities to
physical inactivity, but also billion in wages lost, health participate in sports as
into criminal activity, with care expenses, and suburban children
FBI data showing a tripling ultimately, in human lives • Urban girls participate at
of juvenile crime in the • Children born today are half the rate of boys
after school hours expected to live shorter • Primary barriers to youth
between 3- 8 p.m. lives than their parents as a sport participation are
result of their overwhelming transportation, safety,
• Poor safety is associated inactivity and poor diet
with lower physical facilities and access
• Overweight children are at • Children who do not have
activity and higher
increased risk for Type 2 consistent access to adult
prevalence of overweight
diabetes, cardiovascular guidance and support have
in children problems a higher incidence of at-risk
behaviors
4. THE HEALTH CONNECTION
“The mission of Fitz UYS Health Connection is to improve the health and well-
being of urban youth through physical activity and healthy development. “
SportCorps builds upon the Fitz UYS Health Connection program
and its outreach model. The Health Connection has had a positive
impact on more than 20,000 children through...
•focused programming
•in-depth training
•strong local partnerships
•creation of community touch points
5. History of Success
•Co-Creator of The Boston Youth Sports Congress
•Chaired working committees for Healthy Development, Urban Girls, Facilities and
Transportation, and Disability
•Co author of city wide needs assessment, Play Across Boston
•Member of White House Obesity Task Force
•Recognized by Academy of Arts and Sciences
•Member of Harvard Prevention Research Center Community Advisory Board
•Advisor to the World Sport Chicago Legacy Committee
6. Evolution of a Community Wellness
Model
Health Connection & Double Dutch SportCorps
Play Across Boston Mass. League
Boston Youth Health Connection Partnership:
Sports Congress Expansion Health Corps
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2010
City-Wide Athletes in Baylor Health
Working Service Care System
Committees Junior Coaches
Community Meetings in Academy
Every Neighborhood
7. The Solution: SportCorps
“Putting Cleats on the Ground”
Vision: Mission: Objectives:
To harness the To mobilize • Create global impact
power of sport to individuals to in a scalable and
create healthy increase access to sustainable fashion
communities physical activity and • Engage and
healthy development empower individuals
opportunities in local to improve the
and global health of their local
communities communities
• Showcase sport as a
change agent
8. SportCorps Action Plan
SportCorps Members
Community Asset Mapping
Placed in Neighborhood Creation of Tailored
and Collaboration Building
Health Centers, Schools, Community-Specific Model
Community Organizations
• Build relationships with • Conduct nationwide • Implement physical
physicians , health center neighborhood needs activity programming
staff, community members assessment to linked to healthy
and university partners determine physical development initiatives
activity opportunities • Community organizing –
• Provide prescription
policy for physical activity • Work with clinicians, support existing sport
and healthy development schools, parents and programming
key community leaders • Delivery of need-based
• Provide nutrition, to strengthen the
diversity, leadership, and programs that fill gaps
health of each
violence prevention community • Coordinate with SIS
curriculum resources and SportCorps
University Research
Fellows
9. Long-term Sustainable Impact
…and inclusive
Sport has the capacity to environment necessary
…healthy…
create a safe… for individual and
collective well-being.
• Create sustainable physical • Increase opportunities for • Increase access for all
activity and healthy physical activity youth to traditional and
development • Promote overall healthy non traditional sports
opportunities that lay the development- social, participation
foundation for greater emotional, physical, and • Increase girls physical
overall community health academic activity
and safety
• Provide life-skills training • Bring key community
• Provide training in our to youth and youth service stakeholders together to
nationally recognized providers develop a long term
violence prevention partnership to increase
curricula • Link youth and their
parents to health services physical activity and
and physicians healthy development
10. SportCorps - “Putting Cleats on the Ground”
Community University
Organizations
Schools
Housing Authorities
Health Center
School
School
Community Center
