“Our commitment to improving child health through the implementation of the CATCH coordinated school health program fits perfectly with the BCBSTX Healthy Kids, Healthy Families program vision to help improve the health of youth in local communities,” said CATCH Global Foundation Executive Director Duncan Van Dusen. “We are very honored that the first grant we received after our formation this year involves partnering with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to serve 7,500 children in Los Fresnos schools.”
Healthy Kids, Healthy Families began as a three-year initiative aiming to pull together local, state and national resources in an effort to make a significant impact on childhood health and wellness. Now HKHF is a signature initiative of BCBSTX and part of its ongoing commitment to invest in Texas communities. Likewise, the CATCH Global Foundation links underserved communities to the funds and resources necessary to implement the CATCH program. CATCH is already improving the health of children 10,000 schools worldwide. All parties involved are excited to see the impact CATCH has on the community in Los Fresnos.
“We’re proud to give our support to the CATCH Global Foundation as a Healthy Kids, Healthy Families partner,” said Catherine Oliveros, Director, Community Affairs, BCBSTX. “Through its work, we expect to see measurable improvement in children’s health in Los Fresnos CISD. CATCH will be working with the schools and communities to build capacity through the implementation of their coordinated school health model.”
About CATCH Global Foundation
The CATCH Global
Foundation, founded in 2014, expands, develops and sustains the CATCH
(Coordinated Approach To Child Health) platform, and connects underserved
schools and communities to the resources and funds necessary to implement it
effectively. CATCH improves the health of children from pre-K through middle
school, in both school and after-school settings, through their classroom
curriculum, nutritional decisions, and level of physical activity, and supports
that impact through community engagement. Since its inception over 25 years
ago, CATCH has been created and maintained in a research university setting. CATCH is the most effective school health
program on the market and is now used in 10,000 schools and educational
settings worldwide.
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About Healthy Kids, Healthy Families:
Healthy Kids, Healthy Families (HKHF) began as a three-year
initiative designed to improve the health and wellness of at least one million
children through community investments by Health Care Service Corporation and
its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Texas. Reaching nearly three million children within the first two years, HKHF
is now a signature program of the organization and part of an ongoing
commitment to invest in and partner with nonprofit organizations that offer
sustainable, measurable programs to reach children and their families in areas
of nutrition, physical activity, disease prevention and management, and
supporting safe environments. To learn more about Health Kids, Healthy
Families, please visit www.healthykidshealthyfamilies.org.
About
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) – the only statewide, customer-owned
health insurer in Texas – is the largest provider of health benefits in the
state, working with nearly 80,000 physicians and 500 hospitals to serve
5 million members in all 254 counties. BCBSTX is a Division of Health Care
Service Corporation (which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Texas,
Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico), the country’s largest
customer-owned health insurer and fourth largest health insurer overall. Health Care Service Corporation is a Mutual
Legal Reserve Company and an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association.
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