A Healthy Start
The Healthy Start Promise Team shall work to identify and coordinate resources among civic, non-profit, business, and faith based organizations in an effort to ensure Brockton children and youth, aged birth to 24, the opportunity to prepare themselves for a productive and healthy adulthood. We shall promote the development and availability of affordable and accessible physical and mental health care, as well as improve community based information sharing. The Healthy Start Promise Team shall meet regularly and work collaboratively with the other Promise Teams toward reaching the ultimate goal of keeping America’s Promise to the children and youth of Brockton.
We are very excited to be taking on the Mass in Motion initiative as our primary focus during the coming months. The Mass in Motion: Municipal Wellness and Leadership Planning Grant gives selected communities the opportunity to make wellness a priority in all areas of daily living. Throughout this planning phase, the Mass in Motion grant will be used to fund a strategic data collection process that will provide insight into potential areas for improvement, with a focus on five community sectors: schools, work sites, health care facilities, community organizations, and community-at-large. This local-level data will then be used to develop a comprehensive community action plan, with the hope of calling attention to practical and sustainable policy, systems, and environmental changes that can be made to ensure a healthier lifestyle for all Brockton residents.
Mass in Motion seeks to promote wellness and to prevent overweight and obesity, stressing the importance of healthy eating and active living at home, at work and in the community.
Brockton is now a Let’s Move City! Learn more about this initiative as Brockton joins the rest of America in an effort to raise a healthier generation of kids!
"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. "Thomas Carlyle
