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Healthy Kids, Healthy Families

Healthy Kids, Healthy Families is a three-year initiative designed to improve the health and wellness of at least one million children in four states through community investments by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Health Care Service Corporation.

The Healthy Kids, Healthy Families initiative will invest in and partner with nonprofit organizations that offer sustainable, measurable programs to reach children and their families in the following areas:

  • Nutrition education
  • Physical activity
  • Disease prevention and management
  • Supporting safe environments

Healthy Kids, Healthy Families Grants

If your organization shares our goal to improve the health and wellness of children through nutrition education, physical activity, disease prevention and management or fostering safe environments, we invite you to apply online.

In addition to aligning with one or more of our four areas of focus, the following criteria are required for review of all grant proposals:

  • The organization must hold a 501(c)(3) tax status
  • The grant must primarily target individuals in Oklahoma
  • The program must be measurable and demonstrate how the goals will be met as defined in the grant proposal

Please see the following instructions to assist you in the application process .

Apply here  for a Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.

If you have any questions please contact us.



 


Caring Vans

Bringing mobile immunization outreach clinics to the community, our mobile health vans increase access to care to underinsured children and adults.



Champions of Health

The Champions of Health awards recognize those who make a difference, from the rural doctor working to address the health care needs of an isolated community to the elected official fighting the obesity epidemic of his constituency.



The OrganWise Guys

Through the use of fun, creative characters based on the organs of the body, The OrganWise Guys bring science-based nutrition and physical activity programs to kids while they are at school.



KaBOOM!

Partnering with KaBOOM!, we facilitate building safe community playgrounds and help spread the word about the importance of play to increase children's physical activity.