2025-2026 AtlantiCare Healthy Schools, Healthy Children Grant Funding Opportunity
AtlantiCare’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Children grants fund ongoing wellness, nutrition, physical activity, and resiliency initiatives in K–12 schools across southern New Jersey.
Funder: AtlantiCare
Due Dates (Anticipated): November 2026: School Health Survey submission | December 2026: Grant application submission | May 2027: Grant report submission (awarded schools)
Funding Amounts: Most grants: $750–$1,000 per school; AED Heart Heroes Program covers full AED cost; Special Request and Attendance grants up to $1,000 each.
Summary: Supports K–12 schools in southern NJ to implement and sustain wellness, nutrition, physical activity, attendance, and resiliency initiatives.
Key Information: Only ongoing programs (not one-day events) are eligible; each school may submit one grant application per cycle.
Description
AtlantiCare’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Children grant program provides financial support to K–12 schools in Atlantic County, Cape May County, and southern Ocean County, New Jersey, to promote sustained wellness initiatives for students, staff, and families. Funding is intended to support ongoing activities in nutrition, physical activity, emotional well-being, substance use prevention, school attendance, and innovative wellness projects that align with AtlantiCare’s community health strategies. The program prioritizes lasting behavioral, policy, or environmental changes within the school setting.
