Description
The HEAL Cities and Towns Campaign (Healthy Eating and Active Living) is a process offered through LiveWell Colorado, which partners with the Colorado Municipal League and Kaiser Permanente. HEAL is designed to help municipalities remove barriers to healthy foods and active living, especially for low-income populations, through no- and low-cost policy changes. HEAL also helps to incorporate healthy living considerations into other city decision-making.
This strategy involves the City of Westminster achieving the HEAL Cities designation by taking advantage of the free training and technical assistance offered by LiveWell Colorado and using this information to inform policy-making to build an active community with access to healthy food and healthy workplaces.
Components
- Submit a resolution outlining Westminster’s selected policy areas of interest per HEAL requirements and become a member of HEAL.
- Take advantage of the free resources of HEAL to develop city policy, communicate with the broader community about the effort, identify and apply for grant funding to implement the policy and gain recognition.
- Develop an implementation work plan and take action, including working with local partners and service providers.
- Incorporate the social determinants of health into a future city discussion framework.