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. 2024 Mar 29;10(1):122–129. doi: 10.32481/djph.2024.03.17

Table 3. Mini-grant project activities, Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Initiative, Delaware, October 2023-May 202417.

4-H Cooperative Extension   Intends to increase chronic disease prevention and population health by continuing physical activity initiatives including walking clubs, plogging, and virtual youth fitness curricula.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware   Aims to address food access and insecurity, hopes to coordinate community events, establish a produce stand, and enhance youth education in agriculture and nutrition.
Delaware State University   Aims to establish and assess programming focused on physical activity and nutrition for DSU students to deliver educational resources that empower students to make informed and healthier lifestyle choices.
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition   Support a free, 12-week, open-to-the-public health education program geared toward people at risk for chronic disease, including breast cancer, with the goal of increasing physical activity and nutritional knowledge.
Inner City Cultural League   Aims to continue existing initiative to decrease obesity and chronic diseases which includes conducting physical activity classes, maintaining a community garden, and actively involving participants in education focused on nutrition and agriculture.
La Red Health Center   Intends to enhance access to healthy food, physical activity, and address food insecurity for prenatal/pediatric patients and mothers through distributing CSA produce shares and providing pregnancy nutrition classes and martial arts sessions.
West Side Family Healthcare   Intends to implement an off-road program as an extension of their Feeding Families Initiative. This program assists families in transitioning out of Feeding Families while ensuring access to healthy foods and sustaining their newfound healthy eating habits.