GREENFIELD — Health New England has awarded grants to three local nonprofits that work to advance youth health and well-being in western Massachusetts.

Just Roots farm is receiving $3,000 to fund its Food Access for Youth & Families Program while Community Action Pioneer Valley is getting $2,500 for its Youth & Workforce Development Programs and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin is receiving $2,000 for its Creating a Culture of Belongingness Within Schools program.

“Since COVID-19, youth health and well-being have been a regional priority for Health New England. We are proud to support organizations that are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of youth and adolescents,” Katie Bruno, Health New England’s public health and wellness program manager, said in a statement. “These grants highlight so many great regional organizations that share Health New England’s commitment to advancing and empowering the next generation to lead a healthy, successful life.”

Joshua Faller, program director at Just Roots who is moving into a co-executive director role, said the $3,000 grant allows the farm to further its mission of improving food access through subsidized farm shares and operational support.

“It makes us better equipped to effect lasting change,” he said, praising Health New England. “Together we’re making strides toward a more equitable future for everybody.”

Faller said fostering access to nutritious food improves physical health and mental well-being.

Jeffrey Trant, executive director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin, said the $2,000 in grant money covered the costs of an Oct. 30 conference at Greenfield Community College that included 150 educators from at least 24 schools and districts, as well as keynote speaker Gaelin Elmore, a former NFL player.

“It was amazing,” Trant said. “His message really spoke to what are the concrete, tangible things that educators can do tomorrow to help [promote] belongingness in the classroom.”

Health New England recently dispensed $80,000 in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) grants that went to 38 organizations in Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Berkshire and Worcester counties. These grants are designed to support local nonprofits that focus on health equity and engage around at least one social determinant of health — conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age that affect health, quality of life and life expectancy. These conditions include socioeconomic status, food insecurity, education, access to health care, safe housing, discrimination, violence and trauma.

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