Community Spotlights

During the 2019-2020 school year, CATCH Global Foundation launched its inaugural cohort of 10 CATCH Promise schools in Chicago Public Schools representing 9 different networks.

CATCH My Breath kicked off in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) during the 2017-2018 school year thanks to the grant from CVS Health Foundation. Starting with five schools reaching just over 1,000 students, the program diffused throughout the district by word of mouth and a long-time connection to CATCH physical activity and nutrition curriculum.

CATCH My Breath was created in 2016 at The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTHealth) in Austin. Dr. Steven H. Kelder developed the curriculum as a response to the 900% spike in youth e-cigarette use from 2011-2015. The […]

As a result of FLESNY’s vast dissemination of the CATCH program throughout New York, CATCH has yielded great success in its statewide growth and reach. Most notably, CATCH was written in to Elmira City Schools District Wellness Policy. In order […]

Colorado Early Education Network (CEEN) provides comprehensive Preschool services to 10 Head Start centers for 562 children in Weld County, Colorado.  Through the generous funding of the Buell Foundation, CATCH Global Foundation coordinated several Train the Trainer Academies for Early […]

In 2008, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance created Healthy U – a collaborative initiative to combat the obesity epidemic among New Jersey children. The goal of the program is to prevent childhood obesity […]

SEL Journeys has been adopted by 19 more CPS schools, who use the program in a variety of ways. SEL Journeys has proven to be an adaptable program that meets the needs of diverse learners and helps promote a positive classroom, school, and community culture and climate.