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Healthy schools

Initiatives

Healthy school initiatives that help children and adolescents adopt and maintain healthy eating and physical activity behaviors and meet the social, emotional and academic needs of students:

  • Engage school health partners statewide to align resources and support schools so their environments, staff, and students are healthier.
  • Promote the adoption of food service guidelines, nutrition standards, and comprehensive school physical activity programs.
  • Provide professional development and technical assistance in creating healthy school environments. 
    • Learn more about Healthy Schools for a Healthy World on the RMC Health website.
    • Learn more about the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach to school health infrastructure on the RMC Health website.

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)

The Colorado Department of Education supports statewide infrastructure and systems to promote a whole child approach supported through policy, surveillance and partnerships. Healthy schools are managed through an interagency partnership between the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Healthy Kids Colorado Survey

The Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) is the state’s most comprehensive survey on the health and well-being of young people. The purpose of this survey is to better understand youth health and the factors that help young people make healthy choices.