Applications now open for 2025-26
Greatness is in all of us—including the students, teachers, and communities shaping Nebraska’s future. BCBSNE is partnering with 100 more Nebraska high schools this year, providing support to build healthier, more active communities across our home state. Step up for your school and community—applications are now open!
2024 Healthy Home Team Partner Schools
These 100 schools formed the inaugural class of Healthy Home Team partners. Each received a $500 grant from BCBSNE to support health and well-being in their communities. In November 2024, we announced one recipient of a $5,000 bonus grant to ignite their vision for a healthier community.
Ainsworth
Alliance
Archangels Catholic (Humphrey)
Arlington
Ashland-Greenwood
Bancroft Rosalie
Banner County (Harrisburg)
Bayard
Bertrand
Bloomfield
Bp. Neumann Catholic (Wahoo)
Brady
Bridgeport
Bruning-Davenport
Callaway
Cedar Bluffs
Central Valley (Greeley)
Centura
Chambers
Clarkson
Cody-Kilgore
Concordia (Omaha)
Cozad
Crete
Diller-Odell
Dorchester
Duchesne Academy (Omaha)
Emerson-Hubbard
Giltner
Gordon-Rushville
Gothenburg
Grand Island Senior
Hampton
Hartington Newcastle
Harvard
Hay Springs
Hemingford
Hershey
Hyannis
Johnson-Brock
Keya Paha County (Springview)
Kimball
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Lincoln East
Lincoln High
Lincoln North Star
Lincoln Northeast
Lincoln Northwest
Lincoln Southeast
Lincoln Southwest
Lincoln Standing Bear
Logan View (Hooper)
Loup County (Taylor)
Malcolm
Maywood
McPherson County (Tryon)
Medicine Valley (Curtis)
Mercy Catholic (Omaha)
Mitchell
Morrill
Mullen
Newman Grove
North Bend Central
North Platte
Ogallala
Omaha North
Ord
Palmyra
Parkview Christian (Lincoln)
Pawnee City
Pius X Catholic (Lincoln)
Ponca
Potter-Dix
Randolph
Raymond Central
Rock County (Bassett)
Sacred Heart Catholic (Falls City)
Sargent
Scottsbluff
Scotus Catholic (Columbus)
Seward
Shelby-Rising City
Shelton
Silver Lake (Roseland)
Sioux County (Harrison)
South Sioux City
Southern Valley (Oxford)
St. Patrick’s Catholic (N. Platte)
Sterling
Summerland (Ewing)
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Sutherland
Thayer Central
Tri County (DeWitt)
Umonhon Nation (Macy)
Wallace
Wayne
Weeping Water
West Holt (Atkinson)
West Point
How it works
Step 1
Nebraska high schools fill out a short application form. In a few words, tell us how we can help you help your community.
Step 2
We’ll select up to 100 schools each year, and mail you a customized Team Spirit sign you’ll be proud to hang at your field or gym.
Step 3
Send us a great photo of the sign on display at your facility, and we’ll send you a $500 grant to support health and well-being at your school or in your community.
Step 4
One school will receive an extra $5,000 grant to support health and well-being based on creativity, feasibility and potential impact.
What does the home team mean to us?
It’s about more than
wins and losses.
It’s Friday nights under the lights, shoulder to shoulder with the people who know us best.
It’s finding our place in something bigger than ourselves.
Pride in a way of life.
Claiming our role in a story spanning generations.
On the court, field, or track,
In the pool, stage, or weight room,
What happens there inspires us,
rallies communities,
changes lives.
As Nebraska’s home team for health since 1939, we know what this means to Nebraskans.
That’s why we’re there in the stands with you, lifting our voices for the health and flourishing of every home team and hometown.
FAQs
We try to find the right blend of size, geography, demographics, and other factors. We also review every application and reward clear-eyed, impactful plans for putting our grant to work. Of the 300+ high schools in Nebraska, we currently intend to cycle through 100 each year. For this reason, schools may only receive a grant once every three years.
Signs are 8 ft. (96 in.) wide and 4 ft. (48 in.) tall, made of a sturdy, weatherproof vinyl so you can choose to place it inside or outside. Metal grommets are included for easy hanging. As part of your application, you'll tell us your school nickname. We'll print that onto your customized sign so you can hang it proudly at your athletic field.
Any Nebraska school is eligible that offers grades 9+ and has an athletics program.
Every applicant will get an email in early August with decisions for the $500 Health and Well-being Grant. The $5,000 Grant will be announced in November.
Though Healthy Home Team is anchored in athletics, communities know their own challenges and opportunities best. Funds may be used for any purpose that, at the discretion of school leadership, improves well-being at your school or in your community. This could include extracurricular activities, health programs, sports equipment, community programming or other innovative ideas.
We'd love to work through it with you. Email us at HealthyHomeTeam@NebraskaBlue.com.