The corrected SHIP 4 application packet was emailed on June 17 at 6:34 pm to SHIP coordinators, local public health directors, CHB administrators and financial staff from Susan Michels. Please disregard the earlier email from health.makingitbetter@state.mn.us sent at 2:49 pm.
If you have questions, please contact your Community Specialist.
To be
added to the distribution list please email Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us.
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Carver County is adding more
tobacco free open spaces. Farmer’s Markets in the cities of Carver and Chaska,
and at the Carver County Government Center, have partnered with Public Health
to designate their events as tobacco free. In addition, Public Health has
partnered with At The Farm, an organic produce and gardening market, and The
Mustard Seed, a greenhouse and landscape business, to enhance their tobacco
free policies to include all outdoor space on their properties. The city of
Watertown has designated its community garden as tobacco free. Each partner who
provided Carver County with their tobacco free policy were given yard signs
with a “We Share Our Air – Thank you for not using tobacco” message and a
garden image.
Do you have a resource or success story (“gem”) to share for a future issue? Submissions for each week’s Thursday publication are due by noon every Tuesday to Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us or community specialists for:
The job posting to
fill the Nutrition Coordinator position in the Office of Statewide Health
Improvement Initiatives (OSHII) at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is
open for all qualified job seekers. The posting is open through midnight on June 22.
Announcing that the Tobacco Prevention and Control Unit
will be extending the current Tobacco-Free Communities (TFC) grants by nine
months to have a new end date of October 31, 2016 (originally January 31,
2016). This grant extension applies to all nine local TFC grantees and the two
urban American Indian grantees. The tobacco technical assistance providers will
continue to provide TA and training during this time. Over the next year, MDH
will be conducting a statewide tobacco prevention and control community input
process, which will help determine strategic objectives for MDH’s tobacco
control initiatives, including the next round of TFC grants. We expect a new
TFC grant cycle to begin November 1, 2016 through a new competitive Request for
Proposals. This new TFC grant cycle start date will allow us to align TFC and
SHIP grant years (November 1 – October 31) and hopefully help streamline grant
processes for OSHII and potential grantees.
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Dr. Chrisa Arcan is a research
associate and joined the Program in Health Disparities Research (PHDR) in
February from the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of
Public Health. Dr. Arcan’s research includes understanding the social, behavioral
and environmental determinants of food choice and body weight, especially among
low income, minority children and adolescents. She has conducted numerous
nutrition interventions in various community settings, including schools and
food stores. She is currently conducting research studies with local community
organizations representing Somali, Latino, and Hmong populations to help
maximize the health of children and families, especially around nutrition and
physical activity. Find the flyer here.
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This
year's annual conference of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning
Association (APA-MN) will be at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, September
23-25. Please join us for a special pre-conference session Wednesday,
September 23 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Sanford Center. This session
is for planners and public health professionals, particularly those involved in
the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP). Find more details here.
If you have any questions,
you are welcome to contact Patrick Hollister, PartnerSHIP
4 Health at 218-329-1809 or patrick.hollister@co.clay.mn.us
The Minnesota Department of
Agriculture (MDA) Farm to School Grant Program anticipates awarding up to
$500,000 in competitive grants to increase sales of locally grown and raised
foods to K-12 schools and child care centers in 2015. Grants are intended to 1)
purchase equipment to allow schools and child care centers to purchase, prepare
and serve more Minnesota grown and raised food and 2) create a feasibility plan
that identifies specific equipment, tools, training or policies needed by
school districts and child care centers. Proposals must be received no later
than 4 p.m. on Monday, November 4, 2015.
View
the complete request for proposals and instructions for submittal.
For questions, contact Ashley
Bress at 651-201-6648.
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The mission of Go Tobacco-free is to be a valuable resource for campuses who have tobacco-free policies or who want to adopt a tobacco-free policy. Go Tobacco-free aims to create a collaborative network for individuals doing similar work. Check out the June edition of their newsletter here.
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MDH will host a webinar on Monday, June 29th
at 2:00 pm as a follow up to the Call it Quits Referral Program Reports
that were sent out recently in order to go over what has changed with the Call
it Quits Referral Program and what to expect in the future. In the webinar we
will:
- Go
over the report and describe all items
- Provide
talking points for working with clinics (re: the Call it Quits program)
- Explain
how this information can be used in planning for the SHIP 4 health care
strategies
- Provide
time for Q & A
Webinar information is listed below. Please email Brianna
Longeway with any questions.
Click here join. Session password: Happyday14$
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Weigh in on strategies to protect and improve the Great
River Road byway for the next 10–15 years. Drop pins on places where
multi-modal improvements are needed. Share your favorite Mississippi River
views to be protected and promoted, and how this natural feature can support
health communities and walking and bicycling in Minnesota. Participate in the
online survey and encourage those you work with to do so as well: www.mnmississippiriver.com/cmp.
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The corrected SHIP 4 application packet was emailed on June 17 at 6:34 pm to SHIP coordinators, local public health directors, CHB administrators and financial staff from Susan Michels. Please disregard the earlier email from health.makingitbetter@state.mn.us sent at 2:49 pm.
If you have questions, please contact your Community Specialist.
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