This document provides an overview and agenda for an informational webinar about the America's Promise Healthy Schools Fund grant opportunity. The webinar will cover the background of America's Promise Alliance, the purpose and goals of the Healthy Schools Fund to support healthier school environments, eligibility requirements, selection criteria, application contents and timeline. Questions from attendees will be addressed at the end.

1. America’s Promise Healthy Schools
Fund
Applicant Informational Webinar
November 28th 2017

2. Agenda
• America’s Promise Alliance background
• Overview and purpose of the Healthy Schools Fund
• What we’re looking for
• Eligibility
• Selection criteria
• Application contents
• Timeline
• Q&A

3. America’s Promise Alliance BackgroundAmerica’s Promise Alliance Background

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A Healthy Start
Effective Education
Caring Adults
Opportunities To Serve
Safe Places
Five PROMISES
400+NATIONAL
PARTNERS
250+STATE & COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
America’s Promise
Alliance

5. Healthy Schools Fund
Overview and Purpose

6. The America’s Promise Healthy Schools Fund is part of Together for Healthy
and Successful Schools, a collaborative initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.
As a part of this initiative, America’s Promise Alliance seeks to activate and align
existing and new stakeholders at both the local and national levels to support
healthy school environments.
Overview and Purpose

7. Overview and Purpose
• America’s Promise extends this grant opportunity to organizations
and communities working to create healthier school environments
for all children
• America’s Promise will award three to five grants of up to
$150,000 each per year for two years (for a total of up to $300,000)
America’s Promise Healthy Schools Fund

8. Overview and Purpose
America’s Promise has partnered with five leading organizations to work with
communities to learn about successfully supporting health and well-being in
schools.
Key learning questions that will guide our work:
• What factors help or hinder schools in creating healthier school environments?
• What levers can influence local, state, and federal school health policies?
• What are the most effective ways to build public and political will to promote
students’ health and well-being?

9. Overview and Purpose
By joining this effort, grantees will drive local change while serving as models for
national awareness building and learning.
Grantees will have the opportunities to engage in the following support/activities
to accelerate their work toward creating healthy schools:
• Partnerships with content expert advisors
• Youth engagement expertise
• National and local communications support
• Access to a learning community

10. What we’re looking for

11. Eligibility
Applicants MUST:
1. Be a public, private, or non-profit organization with an explicit mission to serve children, youth, and
communities (e.g. community-based organization, foundation, government agency, school district,
collective impact coalition)
2. Be connected to multiple sectors (e.g. health, education, housing, economic development) and
stakeholders across the community
3. Demonstrate evidence of prior collaboration with key stakeholders on health or education initiatives
4. Have school district commitment as a partner to the initiative and evidence of a collaborative relationship
with key district leaders/officials; If the applicant is a school district, it must have community partner
commitment and evidence of a collaborative relationship with leaders in the community
5. Have commitment to health equity and to serving young people facing the greatest obstacles to thriving
6. Be active in one of the following states: Alaska, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho,
Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, or Washington

12. Selection Criteria
1. Demonstrated prior leadership in collective actions to change how systems, institutions, and
individuals interact
2. Strong goals and compelling vision for leveraging this grant to advance healthy schools in
your community
3. Clear articulation of how this grant furthers collaborative efforts. Insight into strategies and
tactics will be pursued with additional support
4. Thoughtful approach for initiating or expanding authentic engagement of young people and
other stakeholders
5. Experience in areas of the Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community (WSCC) model
and identification of new or existing local partners involved in further developing those efforts

13. Application Contents

14. Application Contents
All applications must be submitted via the
Grant Application Portal

15. Application Contents
• Applicant information
• School district(s)/community partner(s) letter(s)
of commitment, lead/fiscal org information
• Section A: Local context and collaborative efforts to
date
• Three narrative questions
• Section B: Acceleration vision and plan
• Seven narrative questions
• Appendix 1: Core partnership support offerings
• Checkbox options for learning and capacity-
building opportunities from core partners
• Note: Number/type of supports identified will not
be used for evaluating proposals
• Budget and budget narrative
• One Excel template (2 tabs)
• Scope of work
• One Word template

16. Application Contents
Tab 2Tab 1
Budget and Budget
Narrative

17. Application Contents

18. Timeline
November 13 2017 – Application package released
November 28 2017 – Informational webinar
December 7 2017 – Informational webinar
January 22 2018 – Application deadline (8 pm ET)
March 14 2018 – Announcement of funding decisions
April 2018 – Grant start date
April 2020 – Grant end date
*America’s Promise may reach out to finalists during the review process to pose clarifying questions.

19. Questions ?
• To ask a question, use the chat box in the panel on the right
• Download the FAQ document (FAQ will be updated on a regular
basis)
• Email healthyschools@americaspromise.org for any additional
questions during the application period
• These slides will be posted on the America’s Promise Healthy
Schools Fund web page: www.americaspromise.org/healthy-
schools-fund