Healthy Places Grants
- Download the application (Microsoft Word Document).
- Fill out the application, workplan, and budget.
- Email all three documents to ph@loraincountyhealth.com by 11:59 p.m. on February 14, 2025.
Other documents:
- Appendix I. Scoring Rubric
- Appendix II. Examples
- Appendix III. Project Workplan Template - Microsoft Word
- Appendix IV. Budget Template - Excel
Download all application documents in one click.
Other dates:
- OPTIONAL information session (webinar) on Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88986575262?pwd=Ngtu8VjkC2GiYULjPZRvZ9fSEG5g1w.1
- Meeting ID: 889 8657 5262
- Passcode: lcphgrants
- Dial by your location: +1 301 715 8592 US
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88986575262?pwd=Ngtu8VjkC2GiYULjPZRvZ9fSEG5g1w.1
- Application deadline on Friday, February 14, 2025
- Notice of awards on March 3, 2025
- Final report due on December 31, 2025
Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) is committed to increasing access to healthy eating and active living opportunities to prevent chronic disease. LCPH offers Healthy Places grants to nonprofits, community organizations, and other groups that serve people in Lorain County. The purpose of these grants is to create a long-lasting impact on the health of people in Lorain County, especially people in overburdened populations. Because the aim of the grants is to create long-lasting impact through infrastructure or environment improvements, LCPH does not award funding for personnel, programming or events.
Learn about shared use - the concept that makes and keeps these projects open to the public.
This Healthy Places Grant program has invested nearly $800,000 back into the community since 2015. The grantees also leveraged an additional $270,000 in non-LCPH funding for their projects.
Call 440-322-6367 with questions and ask for the Population Health division, or email ph@loraincountyhealth.com.
Explore past projects
Parks and playgrounds
- Inclusive playground equipment at Lakeview Park, Lorain County Children and Families First Council, 2024
- Hydration Station at Union School Park, THRIVE! Southern Lorain County, 2024
- Just Swing & Breathe: Genesis House, 2023
- Hydration Station and Dog Waste station in Pocket Park: Elyria South Branch Library, Leaders of Today, 2022
- Playground Improvements, Amherst Township Park, 2021
- School Playground Enhancements, Amherst Junior High School, 2021
- Park Improvements and Youth Programming, Guenther Park, Sheffield Lake, 2017
- Inclusive Playground: City of Avon, 2017
- Rowland Nature Preserve Playground: Elyria Township, 2015
Walking trails and sidewalks
More projects:
- Amherst Junior High fitness trail: Amherst, 2022
- Oberlin Preserve Boardwalk, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, 2022
- Trail and Drainage Repair: LaGrange Community Park, 2021
- Pathway Lighting, Horizon Education Centers: Elyria Cascade & East Lorain, 2021
- Community Park Improvements: South Amherst Community Park, 2017
- Walking Path, South Amherst Community Park, 2016
- Walking Path, Columbia Township Park, 2016
- Aurensen Road Sidewalk Improvements, City of North Ridgeville, 2016
- Ferndale Park Improvement, City of Sheffield Lake, 2016
- Walking Path: Penfield Recreational Park, 2015
- Walking Path, LaGrange Community Park, 2015
Public art and places to hang out
More projects:
- Pickleball Court, Grafton Township Hall, 2022
- Community Park Basketball Court, South Amherst Community Park, 2022
Shared use spaces, like gyms
- Courtyard Project, City of Oberlin, 2023
- It Takes a Village Breastfeeding Space: Lorain Central Branch Library, 2022
- Community Walking and Track Turnstile, Brookside High School, 2017
- Community Athletic Complex, North Ridgeville Academic Center, 2017
- Hydration Stations, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City Schools, 2016
- Community Fitness Center: Keystone High School, LaGrange, 2016
- Hydration Stations, North Ridgeville City Schools, 2015
- Hydration Stations, Midview Local Schools, 2015
Outdoor and public fitness equipment
More projects:
- Bike Racks and QR code tags to nearby trails, Oberlin Heritage Center, 2024
- Fitness equipment at Oakwood Park, Lorain Parks & Recreation, 2024
- Community Fitness Equipment, City of Oberlin, 2015
Community gardens
- Community Garden Enhancements for Inclusivity, Oberlin Legion Field, Our F.A.M.I.L.Y., 2024
- Full Cycle Farming, Lorain County Community Action Agency, 2023
- Community Garden and Green Space: Elyria West River Branch Library, 2022
- Community Garden at We Care We Share, Lorain, Hope for Futures, 2021
- Community Agriculture Support, Oberlin Community Services and George Jones Farm, Oberlin, 2017
- Community Garden: Oberlin Legion Field, Zion Community Development Corporation, 2016
Other projects:
- Safety Town Equipment at Oberlin Elementary School, Oberlin City Schools, 2024
- Freedge - Free Community Fridge at the Library: El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc., 2022
- Conscious Discipline Program, Kendal at Oberlin, 2021
- Take Control of Your Health Program, El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc., 2021
- Memory Cafe at Fields United Methodist Church in North Ridgeville, A Dementia Friendly LIFE, 2021
- ELA Program Expansion, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County, 2021
