Get Healthy Philly is part of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative, a federal effort to:

• prevent and delay chronic disease
• reduce risk factors
• promote wellness in children and adults
• provide positive, sustainable health change in communities

As part of this initiative, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health was awarded cooperative agreements totaling $25.4 million over two years for prevention and wellness efforts. Philadelphia received two awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):

• $10 million to decrease tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure
• $15.4 million to promote healthy nutrition and increased physical activity

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, $372.8 million was awarded to 44 communities, including cities, states, towns and tribes. Governments and their communities have received awards to implement policy, systems and environmental change strategies over the next two years as one of several HHS initiatives.

• Tobacco Policy and Control
• Nutrition and Physical Activity

• Tobacco Policy and Control
• Nutrition and Physical Activity

• July 2011
• April 2011
• January 2011

• News Release
• Centers for Disease Control
• Department of Health and Human Services
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Leveraging National Organizations