Child Wellness Intervention Project Grant Program

At a recent ceremony, the Commission awarded $764,761.00 in grants to 67 individual schools in 38 districts around the state. In the 2012-2013 school year, over 15,309 students will participate in the CWIP program. Funding for this grant came from the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act – an Act passed by 65% of Arkansas voters in 2000.

This Act specified that tobacco settlement funds received by Arkansas should be used exclusively to improve the health of Arkansans through smoking prevention and cessation, increased access to health care and health education, and investment in important medical research.

Arkansas ranks eighth in the nation for childhood obesity. The Commission's CWIP initiative will focus on reducing childhood obesity by increasing physical activity through quality physical education programs and providing critical health education. The Commission has partnered with the Arkansas Department of Education's Office of Coordinated School Health, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement to accomplish this goal.

Congratulations to Cabot Middle School North and Cabot Middle School South for receiving funds from this grant.

Click HERE for view the full Press Release on this Grant.