UnitedHealth HEROES Grants (Application Available August 2)UnitedHealth HEROES Grants (Application Available August 2)

UnitedHealth HEROES Grants (Application Available August 2) The UnitedHealth HEROES program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative developed by UnitedHealth Group and Youth Service America. The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to help young people create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Each grant engages participating youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that supports student learning, academic achievement and workplace readiness. To date, UnitedHealth Group has awarded 361 grants to schools and youth-focused, community-based organizations in 35 states and the District of Columbia. UnitedHealth Group and Youth Service America are excited to announce that the next round of the UnitedHealth HEROES grant program will be open to applicants from all 50 states.The grants, available August 2, 2010, encourage semester-long projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service in January and culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2011. Schools, service-learning coordinators, nonprofits, and students in the health professions located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply. The application will be available August 2 at www.YSA.org/grants