SYCAMORE – A $14,000 grant will help boost health initiatives in Sycamore School District 427’s primary after-school program.

Leaders from Live Healthy DeKalb County, a group of health, city and school officials focused on creating healthy lifestyles through environmental and policy changes, secured a $14,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to implement the CATCH program at all five of Sycamore’s elementary schools.

CATCH, which stands for Coordinated Approach To Child Health, will be featured in the after-school OSCAR program after pilot programs were successful at Southeast and West elementary schools.