HealthierUS Veterans Mini Grant Projects

Check the list below and see what your local VA is doing for HealthierUS Veterans.

VISN 1

• VA Boston Healthcare System - Step Up to Your Health:  Promoting Stair Use in Veterans at a VAMC
• Saco Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Saco, ME - WOW: Work off the Wait!
• Northampton VA Medical Center, Leeds, MA - Freedom Trail West

VISN 2

• Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY - Multi-stationed Physical Activity and Wellness Center

VISN 3

• Northport VA  Medical Center, Northport, NY - T-Golf

VISN 4

• Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA - Learn Healthier Cooking Skills for a Healthier You
• Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA - MOVE Stairwell to WELLness

VISN 5

• Washington, DC Medical Center, Washington, DC - Effects of structured exercise program and intensive nutrition education on patients with A1C levels 8-8.9%

VISN 6

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC - Facilitating Primary Care Evidence-Based Physical Activity Counseling for Older Veterans  
• Salisbury W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, NC - ActiVAte Your Life  
• Fayetteville VA Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC - Outdoor Fitness Trail

VISN 7

• Savannah Clinic, Savannah, GA - Food for the Body and Soul
• Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC - Dom on the MOVE - Fitness Year Round

VISN 8

• Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL -  Adding Outdoor Fitness Stations to Current Walking Trail  
• Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL - Healthy Cooking Demonstration in the Miami VAMC  
• William V. Chappell, Jr., VA OPC, Daytona Beach, FL - Innovative Strategies for Achieving Weight Loss

VISN 9

• Lexington VAMC Leestown Division , Lexington, KY - Establish Walking Paths

VISN 10

• Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH - Healthy Options Day(s)

VISN 11

• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI - Walking Route
• Battle Creek VA Medical Center, Battle Creek, MI - MI for Stretching to Get Fit

VISN 12

• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI - Therapeutic Landscaping
• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL - On the MOVE to Better Health and Fitness

VISN 15

• VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System - Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka, KS - Walk the Military Trail
• Marion VA Medical Center, Marion, IL - Marketing Campaign to Promote Walking and Market Outpatient Education
• John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO - John J. Pershing VA Community Living Center Walking
  Track
• Kansas City VAMC and 5 CBOC Group Award - CBOC for VA's Triple Play - Assessment, Awareness, and Action

VISN 16

• Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK - STEP It UP!!
• Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA - Veterans Healthy Lifestyle Challenge

VISN 17

• Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX - Temple MOVEs to Better Health

VISN 18

• Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ - The New MOVE Groove

VISN 19

• VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT - Visualizing Healthier Lifestyles
• VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO - Proper Plates

VISN 20

• Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR - Happy Trails to Staying Fit
• Spokane VA Medical Center, Spokane, WA - Spokane VAMC Walking/Fitness Trail
• Alaska VA Healthcare System, Anchorage, AK - HealthierUS Veterans Promotion of Anchorage, Alaska VA Healthcare

VISN 21

• VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, HI - Ohana Moves
• Manila Outpatient Clinic, Pasay City, PI - Veterans' Physical Fitness Celebration Toward a Healthier Life

VISN 22

• VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA - Metabolic Syndrome Awareness Campaign at VA Loma Linda HCS
• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA - MOVE, Stretch, and Breathe

VISN 23

• Sioux Falls VA Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD - StairWELL to Better Health
• Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN - Hayward VA CBOC Native American Health EXPO
  

More than 160 projects were submitted for consideration.  Using the following factors, the above listed projects were selected.

• Does the project address the HUSV theme - Eat Healthy, Be Active, Get Fit for Life?     
• Will the project positively affect at least one of the initiative goals?
  • Integrate the HealthierUS Veterans message into VAMC activities and incorporate into policy and programs.
  • Reach out to non-VA veterans and family members.
  • Promote and establish community partnerships regarding obesity and diabetes.
• Is the project veteran-focused?
• What is the potential impact of the project, for example the number of veterans reached and its sustainability?      
• Is the project evidence-based?  
• Other considerations included funding at least 1 project per Veterans Integrated Service Network, supporting projects in both rural and urban medical centers, as well as Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, and funding a variety of projects targeting a variety of veteran groups.