UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 22)

Youth Find Innovative Solutions to Leading Health Threat

UnitedHealthcare and Youth Service America are excited to offer the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning grant program for youth-led community education projects in selected U.S. states. These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers, service-learning coordinators, and students in the health professions to implement service-learning projects around childhood obesity and to engage children and youth ages 5 to 25 as volunteers. The grants encourage semester-long projects that launch on Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 18, 2010) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 23-25, 2010).

The grant cycle opens August 1 and applications are due October 22, 2009. Eligible states include: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI.

To access the application, completing our Eligibility Quiz. If you are eligible, you will be given access the application materials.

To create a service-learning project around childhood obesity, check out “First Responders: Youth Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Service-Learning.”