THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC

Communities Creating Healthy Environments(http://www.ccheonline.org/)
(CCHE) program is a national funding and capacity building initiative
to support diverse, community-based organizations and tribal groups in
the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent,
policy initiatives to advance food and recreation justice.  CCHE funds
22 grantees overall as well as provides training and technical
assistance to support policy advocacy and organizing in the field at
large.
 Playgrounds littered with broken glass. Neighborhood stores with few
healthy eating options. We won’t solve childhood obesity without
addressing root causes-- the land use policies, predatory marketing and
underfunded public infrastructure that make it difficult for kids and
families to make healthy choices in the first place. CCHE seeks to get
to the heart of the issue by supporting community organizing and policy
change to create healthy environments where kids live, learn and play.

Our vision is to forge a broad based movement led by the communities
most affected that will address the root causes of childhood obesity in
bold, creative – and effective ways.

This is why CCHE:

makes investments in the communities that most need it;

builds sustainable grassroots infrastructure that will continue to work for health equity beyond this initiative;
focuses on the structural change needed to create healthier communities
rather than getting stuck on individual blame and cultural scapegoating;

takes into account the culture, language, geography and historical contexts of the communities where we work; and

makes community organizing central so that residents are involved in the political processes that affect their lives.