National and State Websites

Policy Resources

Take Action

Evaluate a Wellness Policy

Build Commitment to School Wellness

Staff Training and Wellness Policy Funding

National and State Websites

• Action for Healthy Kids
  
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation
• Healthy Schools, Healthy Youth, CDC
• Let's Move, USDA
• School Nutrition Association
  
• USDA - Team Nutrition
• We CAN!
  

Policy Resources

• Prevent Childhood Obesity: A School Health Policy Guide, National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
• NPLAN: National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity
• Measuring Body Mass Index in Schools, CDC
• Health in School, The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Take Action

• FREE Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Resources, ILNET
• Healthy School Celebrations, CSPI
• Show Me the Money: A Guide to Selling Healthy Foods at School, Washington State Dept of Health
• Dollars and Sense: The Financial Impact of Selling Healthy Food,American Public Health Association
• Children in Balance: Resources for child wellness in communities, homes, schools and afterschool
  
  

Evaluate

• How Well are You Doing with Wellness, North Dakota Dept of Public Instruction
  
  

Build Commitment to School Wellness

• Engage Parents and Kids:
  • What Can Parents Do? IL NET
  • Parent's Guide to School Wellness Policies, IL AFHK and IL NET
  • Tapping into Power: Engaging Parents in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity, AFHK
  • Giving Kids the Voice of Authority, AFHK
    
    
• Engage School Leaders and Communities
  
• What Can Communities Do? IL NET
• Engaging School Leaders as Partners, AFHK
• School Employee Wellness, Directors of Health Promotion and Education
• School Principals Are Key to Implementing a Local Wellness Policy, NFSMI
  
  

Staff Training and Local Wellness Policy Funding

• Free On-Site and Online Training, IL NET
• Grant Opportunities, IL NET
• Funding a Local Wellness Policy, USDA
• 98 Fundraising Ideas, AFHK
• Healthy Fundraising Ideas, Healthy-Fundraising.org
• Twenty Ways to Raise Funds Without Candy, IL NET

2007 Illinois Local Wellness Policy State Survey

• Quick Facts (Word)
• Local Wellness Policy Needs Assessment Survey(PDF)
  • Appendix A - Frequency Tables (PDF)
  • Appendix B - Verbatim Responses (PDF)
  • Appendix C - Questionnaires (PDF)
  • Appendix D - Cover Letters (PDF)