This fall, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross are collaborating to launch a program focusing on an issue prevalent throughout this and other major cities: the health and wellness of millennials, which currently make up Philly’s largest group of residents.

The two organizations’ Well City Challenge is a social impact incubator seeking solutions addressing the health of this young adult population. An IBX report from last year shows that health issues such as depression, substance use disorder, alcohol use disorder and hypertension were all increasing in young people over the last several years, and that millennials are less healthy overall than Gen X members were at the same age.

The Well City Challenge is seeking community solutions to problems like these and other general health issues across three themes: community and social connection, food and nutrition, and mind/body. The challenge is open to anyone — individuals, nonprofits, community groups or entrepreneurs — who have a creative idea on how to address these areas of health.

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