United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

Award / $49,920

Priority / Health Innovation

Location / West Chicago & DuPage County in Illinois

Grant Summary

Initiative launched this summer seeks to lower childhood obesity rate and improve health outcomes for the residents of West Chicago, a suburban municipality in DuPage County. Through a coordinated strategy working together with partners, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago will implement programming to increase awareness, provide opportunities to practice healthy behaviors, and make health options more accessible to the most vulnerable students and families of School District 33.