NIH launched We Can!™ with 14 Founding Intensive Community Sites. In exchange for curricula training, materials, and technical assistance to support local partnership and media outreach, these sites agreed to complete an intensive version of the program, including the following activities over one year:
Read the We Can! Progress Report that summarizes an initial assessment of the We Can! program as it was implemented in 14 Intensive Community Sites around the country. It includes the methodology and detailed results for each of the implementations by the fourteen sites of We Can! curricula.
The 14 Founding Intensive Community Sites continue to implement We Can! programs in their communities and provide other sites with valuable lessons. Read more about each of the 14 sites in the following summaries.
Alabama Department of Public Health
Benton County (OR) Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Coalition
Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Steps
City of Tamarac (FL) Parks and Recreation Department
Gary (IN) Youth Services Bureau and Park Recreation
Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth (Eugene, OR)
Montgomery County (MD) Department of Recreation
Operation Better Start (Pittsfield, MA)
Project Healthy Schools (Ann Arbor, MI)
Roswell (GA) Recreation and Parks Department/Athens-Clarke (GA) County Leisure Services
Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic (Temple, TX)
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