The Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County (HWFSCC) has provided a $10,000 grant to Maternal & Child Health Consortium (MCHC) for a new collaborative program with La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) and Chester County Food Bank. The grant will support a bilingual Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention Program (DHDPP) for economically disadvantaged mothers and their children and families living in Southern Chester County.

The program leverages MCHC's existing Healthy Start and Family Center home visiting programs' resources and infrastructure, along with group workshops provided to participants, their families, and the broader community. LCH will provide physical education by Zoom for the program, and Chester County Food Bank will provide healthy food boxes and seedlings along with potting soil for container gardens in the spring.

HWFSCC launched a Healthy Family Living Challenge in February 2020. The intent was to challenge local nonprofits to develop a collective impact approach to support healthy family living through increased access and engagement with healthy food and physical activity opportunities. After a pause related to the pandemic, this is the first phase of the challenge.

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