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Some sort of introduction1What is HEALS?The Healthy Eating and Active LifeStyles program is designed to help Job Corps students learn to live healthy, active lives.HEALS provides structured learning, experiential, and fitness activities that promote lifelong health and physical well being.HEALS relies on the support and collaboration of all Job Corps departmentsFood Service, Recreation, Health and Wellness, Residential Life, Academics, and Career Technical Training.HEALS stands for Healthy Eating and Active LifeStyles. This program was designed specifically for the Job Corps to help students learn to live healthy and active lives. Information learned from HEALS will help students lead healthy lives long after they have left the Jobs Corps.

HEALS is an evidenced-based program. The structured learning, experiences, and fitness activities promote lifelong health and physical well being. Participating in HEALS will not only improve students lives while at Job Corps, it will have a lasting impact on their lives in the long run.

HEALS cannot reach its goals without the support from all departments in Job Corps. HEALS relies on the support and collaboration of all Job Corps departments especially the Food Service, Recreation, Health and Wellness, Residential Life, Academics, and Career Technical Training departments.2The Goals of HEALSThe primary goal of HEALS is to improve each students health, nutrition, and fitness status while they are enrolled in Job Corps.The secondary goal of HEALS is to positively impact each students employability through instilling the importance of healthy habits that last a lifetime. The National Office has developed two goals for this program.

The first, and main goal, of HEALS is to improve each students health, nutrition, and fitness status while they are enrolled in Jobs Corps.

The secondary goal of HEALS is to positively impact each students employability through instilling the importance of healthy habits that last a lifetime. 3 No Data