
Scott Turner, President & CEO, and Co-Founder, Healthy Future US
School Health Update, Healthy Future US
- With the encouragement of the Governor's Office, we are submitting a request for one-time federal funds to: develop a comprehensive understanding of school health in Arizona; to reduce stress & improve social-emotional health in classrooms and online with a highly-scalable mindfulness program, available at no cost to all public schools, students, staff & parents; and to improve the quality & effectiveness of physical & health education and build the capacity of the school health and physical & health educator communities.
- The Arizona School Health & Wellness Coalition has expanded its size & impact significantly during the pandemic, including providing Parent Huddles via Zoom to any Arizona parent desiring advice, support & community as they prepare for school during the pandemic. Your schools & parents are welcome to participate. (Healthy Future US helped co-found the Coalition, serves in its leadership & co-leads the Coalition Advocacy Team.)
- Progress is continuing toward bringing in >$500M/year in new sustainable money from the health sector into schools to promote better school health including more physical & health education and improving physical & mental health among students, staff & parents (Healthy Students Healthy State). This is expected to include permanent, matching funding from the legislature, the federal government, and the private sector.
- And of course all of the above contributes to higher academic achievement.
Please contact Scott Turner at Scott.Turner@HealthyFutureUS.org or 602-513-0028 for more information.