| Organization | Project | Funding |
|---|---|---|
Tahlequah Public Schools |
Expand an existing Mobile Farmers Market to school districts within Cherokee County. |
$750,000 |
American Lung Association |
Implement One Step program in Tulsa County childcare centers to train staff on harms of secondhand and thirdhand smoke exposure and provide staff with skills to talk to parents about not smoking/vaping around their children. |
$588,763 |
Activate Oklahoma Inc. |
Develop an online platform for discovering opportunities to be physically active and remove barriers to a healthy lifestyle with a mission of improving physical, mental and emotional health of community members. |
$748,774 |
Youth & Family Services, Inc. |
Create a whole-body wellness program for youth and families in its 40-mile service area including Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher and Oklahoma counties. |
$414,975 |
Crossroads Youth & Family Services |
Expand youth leadership coalitions across 66 rural Oklahoma counties. |
$750,000 |
Youth Service for Choctaw, Pushmataha and McCurtain counties |
Launch "DiscoverU" in nine southeast Oklahoma school districts, a program would work with school-age children to improve both health behaviors and knowledge. |
$544,596 |
TOTAL |
$3,797,108 |
TSET Board Awards Six Discovery Grants to Improve Health Across Oklahoma
Grants to support youth leadership, wellness programs and tobacco prevention.
The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors awarded six TSET Discovery Grants totaling nearly $3.8 million to support innovative health programs across Oklahoma. The grants, awarded at the board’s May meeting, will fund projects that improve youth wellness, expand access to healthy food and physical activity and reduce exposure to tobacco.
Three of the six recipients are youth services organizations that will expand access to health education, wellness activities and youth leadership opportunities in both urban and rural areas. Other grantees include Activate Oklahoma Inc., the American Lung Association and Tahlequah Public Schools.
Funded projects will expand access to healthy foods, promote physical activity and protect children from the harms of tobacco exposure.
“We were pleased with the strong interest in this opportunity,” said Julie Bisbee, TSET executive director. “Our reviewers carefully considered each application, and the selected projects represent innovative strategies that promote wellness for youth and adults statewide.”
The awarded projects and total three-year funding amounts are as follows:
To learn more about TSET Discovery Grants, visit ok.gov/tset/discovery.
To explore upcoming funding opportunities or sign up for email alerts, visit ok.gov/tset/opportunities.
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The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) serves as a partner and bridge builder for organizations shaping a healthier future for all Oklahomans. TSET provides leadership at the intersections of health by working with local coalitions and initiatives across the state, cultivating innovative and life-changing research and working across public and private sectors to develop, support, implement and evaluate creative strategies to take advantage of emerging opportunities to improve the public’s health. To learn more, go to Oklahoma.gov/TSET.
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