Core Team Organizations and Members

Cuyahoga County Board of Health – Project Management, Food Service Guidelines Lead, and Early Childcare and Education Lead

Case Western Reserve University, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health – Fruit and Vegetable Program Lead

Bike Cleveland – Community Design for Physical Activity Lead

Community Partners and Committees

Cuyahoga County Administration

Cuyahoga County Employee Wellness Program—Throughout the year, Cuyahoga County offers education, awareness, and prevention opportunities through webinars, onsite flu shot clinics, biometric screenings, and many other activities to promote and sustain the well-being of Cuyahoga County employees and their families.

Faith-Based Organizations

Monte Hebron Ciudad de Refugio—A Latino church that works to impact the community by taking the gospel of Jesus and helping those in need through community outreach events and activities.

Bethany Baptist Church and Kingdom Korner Outreach—Bethany Baptist Church is committed to demonstrating a Godly lifestyle in the community and exercising one’s spiritual gifts in diligent service. Bethany Baptist displays its commitment to serving the community and its members through 28 different ministries, including Kingdom Korner and the Hunger Center. Kingdom Korner is a community resource and referral center located directly across from the church, and the Hunger Center Ministry provides food and household supplies free of charge to needy families.

Community of Faith Collaborative—Community of Faith Collaborative serves as a hub where meaningful dialogues and networking opportunities take place between the CDC’s REACH program, which focuses on eliminating chronic diseases in communities nationwide by facilitating healthy eating and physical activity for those at the highest risk or burden of these diseases. This takes place in faith communities, local faith leaders, and community partners – including nonprofit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and the private sector – to serve and bring positive, transformative changes to our communities. They aim to catalyze positive societal change where mobilized faith-based groups lead collaborative efforts, creating healthy, thriving, and empowered communities.

Community Design for Physical Activity

Bike Cleveland Better Streets Committees—To support and empower Cleveland residents to improve the safety, comfort, and accessibility of our streets, Bike Cleveland’s neighborhood committees advance hyper-local infrastructure and promote alternative transportation.

Vision Zero Cleveland—Vision Zero Cleveland is an initiative of the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland City Council, in partnership with community groups and other local agencies. The initiative works to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries while increasing safe and healthy mobility for all.

NEO Families for Safe Streets—Northeast Ohio Families for Safe Streets (NEO FSS) is a group for people who have lost loved ones or who have been injured in a crash by aggressive, reckless, or careless driving, which is often behavior enabled by dangerous street design. The group is designed to provide a support community for victims and loved ones. Families for Safe Streets is a chapter of a national organization that originated in New York City.

Early Care and Education

Early Ages Healthy Stages—EAHS helps children and families achieve early childhood success by addressing health and well-being through childcare environments and community collaborations. The goal is for all the early care and education programs in Cuyahoga County to be healthy.