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Summer Connections: Building Healthy Habits

Sunday, July 26, 2026

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The Benton-Franklin Health District (BFHD) launched its Summer Connections: Building Healthy Habits initiative on July 8, 2026, to help families build stronger relationships through shared activities and conversations during summer months.

The program emphasizes outdoor adventures, shared meals, and everyday conversations as ways to support youth well-being. It aligns with the district's focus on prevention, noting that mental health promotion and substance use prevention are deeply connected, as highlighted in their Mental Health Month and Youth Substance Prevention materials.

Applications for Community Violence Intervention funding open June 1, 2026, with a July 10, 2026, deadline for organizations to submit proposals to implement strategies from the region’s Community Violence Intervention Plan.

📄 Source: Local Government — https://www.bfhd.wa.gov/how_do_i/stay_connected/health_district_news2

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The Benton-Franklin Health District (BFHD) launched its Summer Connections: Building Healthy Habits initiative on July 8, 2026No usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The Summer Connections: Building Healthy Habits initiative aims to help families build stronger relationships through shared activities and conversations during summer months“Summer is often a favorite time of year for young people. School is out, schedules are more relaxed, and families have more opportunities to spend time together. Across our community, many parents, caregivers, and trusted adults use this extra time to build stronger relationships with the youth in their lives through family activities, outdoor adventures, shared meals, and everyday conversations.”
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The program emphasizes outdoor adventures as ways to support youth well-beingNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The program emphasizes shared meals as ways to support youth well-beingNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The program emphasizes everyday conversations as ways to support youth well-being“Across our community, many parents, caregivers, and trusted adults use this extra time to build stronger relationships with the youth in their lives through family activities, outdoor adventures, shared meals, and everyday conversations.”
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The initiative aligns with the district's focus on preventionNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The initiative notes that mental health promotion and substance use prevention are deeply connected“Mental Health Month and Youth Substance Use Prevention Go Hand in Hand Mental Health Month reminds us that supporting young people means looking at the whole picture which includes their mental wellbeing, their environments, and the choices they make. Mental health promotion and substance use prevention are deeply connected. When we strengthen one, we strengthen the other.”
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The initiative aligns with the district's Mental Health Month materialsNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The initiative aligns with the district's Youth Substance Prevention materialsNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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Applications for Community Violence Intervention funding open June 1, 2026“Beginning June 1, 2026, BFHD is accepting proposals from qualified organizations to help implement strategies from the region’s Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Plan, developed in partnership with the Community Safety Council. Applications are due by July 10, 2026.”
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The deadline for organizations to submit proposals to implement strategies from the region’s Community Violence Intervention Plan is July 10, 2026“Applications are due by July 10, 2026.”