Thank you for applying to the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles mini-grant program! The next four pages will outline the goals and requirements of the mini-grant program as well as what is needed to complete this online application. After reading through this online form, please prepare your application materials and return to the form when you are ready to submit. The deadline for this application is Monday, August 31, 2026, by 4:00pm EST- no exceptions.
The instructions and all application questions may also be downloaded as a Word document by clicking here. However, the application itself must be submitted via this form. If needed, at the top of each page, there is a banner that you may click to save your progress; you will receive a link to your email that you may click to resume completing the application.
Background
Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) is a statewide initiative launched in January 2021 by the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Program (PANO). The PANO program, positioned in the Health Promotion Bureau, introduced the AHL initiative as COVID-19 exacerbated the health burdens Delawareans already faced. The goal of AHL is to reduce obesity and other chronic conditions while also striving to achieve health equity among all Delaware residents. Community partners, with their ability to educate and conduct outreach, are essential for carrying out this mission. With this mini-grant program, PANO is seeking to support programs aligned with PANO’s goals of improving health and reducing chronic conditions through the implementation of policy, systems, and environmental approaches. The American Lung Association, which serves as the technical assistance contractor on the AHL Initiative, will manage the mini-grant program. All mini-grant performance-based contracts will be through The American Lung Association.
Grant amount and duration
PANO invites community partners to apply for mini-grants in the range of $10,000-$25,000. All applications will be reviewed by a committee and scored using a rubric. If selected, awardees will receive a mini-grant in the form of a performance-based contract to be implemented within the anticipated project period, October 1, 2026, through May 15, 2027. Depending on the quality and number of the applications, PANO anticipates funding up to 15 mini-grant awards.