In the Healthy10 Awards program’s inaugural year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will recognize the best collaborative health and wellness initiatives in four categories, listed below.
Healthy Education & Workforce
Entries in this category honor strategic partnerships that strengthen the communities in which they serve through improving educational outcomes and workforce development. These initiatives can include, but are not limited to:
- Workplace wellness;
- Access to technology and resources;
- Nutritional education and healthy food;
- Early, K-12, and STEM education;
- Teacher training;
- Job-skills training;
- Diversity & inclusion;
- Small- and medium-sized business empowerment
- Financial literacy and inclusion
Award-winning submissions must include (1) an outline of the larger partnership strategy with (2) a detailed narrative of 1-3 specific initiatives and (3) a commitment to demonstrate measurable results in improving health. Submissions should detail the impact and evaluation methodology from either 2015 or 2016 data.
Healthy Environment
Entries in this category honor strategic partnerships that strengthen the communities in which they serve through developing and/or improving the environment. These initiatives can include, but are not limited to:
- Creating healthier buildings and homes;
- Building playgrounds and outdoor fitness stations;
- Opening a community garden or increasing greenspace;
- Promoting healthier transportation infrastructure;
- Improving bike-ability and walkability;
- Embedding sustainable production practices within your company
Award-winning submissions must include (1) an outline of the larger partnership strategy with (2) a detailed narrative of 1-3 specific initiatives and (3) a commitment to demonstrate measurable results in improving health. Submissions should detail the impact and evaluation methodology from either 2015 or 2016 data.
Healthy Community
Entries in this category honor strategic partnerships and companies that strengthen the competitiveness of the communities in which they serve through building and/or embedding a culture of health across geographic, demographic, and social sectors. These initiatives include, but are not limited to:
- Providing information about health issues;
- Convening broad-based action groups (i.e. policy, health, faith-based, business, etc.) for shared discussions
- Hosting public events (health and wellness fairs, farmers markets, walk/run, workout classes);
- Empowering employees to extend workplace wellness into families and community activities;
- Targeting initiatives: Surveying the landscape, conducting a needs assessment, setting clear-evidence based goals to improve health;
- Connecting individuals and families to health care, after-school activities, childcare, housing, transportation, and other quality-of-life support;
- Companies that are creating goods and services that support the health of their consumers (i.e. quality food, affordable prices, sustainable practices).
Award-winning submissions must include (1) an outline of the larger partnership strategy with (2) a detailed narrative of 1-3 specific initiatives and (3) a commitment to demonstrate measurable results in improving health. Submissions should detail the impact and evaluation methodology from either 2015 or 2016 data.
Health Means Business Partnership of the Year
The winner of this category honors the strategic partnership that has made exemplary achievements in community health and economic opportunity. The partnership of the year goes well beyond convening to multiple stakeholders for discussions. They discuss the opportunities and barriers to health, share knowledge, commit to change, capitalize on each partner's core strengths, and align organizational strategies to implementation. Wellness programing also extends beyond the workplace to address the intersection between health, well-being, and equity. Health and wellness is at the core of their business strategy. The partnership of the year inspires, enables, and supports individuals, businesses, and their partners in public health, community development and other sectors to transform the way people live, work, and play in order to create societal and business value, for the long term.