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December 10, 2015

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In This Week's Issue

• Don't forget!
• Gems
• Grant Opportunity ~ Reduce and Prevent Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Amongst Native American Children ~ The Notah Begay III Foundation ~ Due: Dec. 18, 2015
• E-Newsletter ~ Six Tips for Reducing Holiday Waste and Waist! ~ Harvard School of Public Health ~ Dec. 2015
• Grant Opportunity ~ Round Eight ~ Partners for Places ~ Due: Jan. 29, 2016
• Conference ~ Addressing Bullying in Schools ~ Sponsored by MDE and PACER ~ Hamline University ~ Jan. 22, 2016
• New Hire ~ Kelly Corbin, Physical Activity Coordinator ~ MDH ~ Dec. 7, 2015
• Revised SHIP 4 Guides Online!
• Save the Date ~ Regional Learning Meetings ~ January 2016
• New Tool for Walk Audits ~ MAPS-Mini ~ Active Living Research Blog ~ Sept. 2015
• TFC Grantee Reference Guide Updated ~ MDH ~ Dec. 2015

Don't forget!

•  Friday ~ Dec. 11: Deadline for responding to survey on Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Inequities. 

 •  Monday ~ Dec. 14: Webinar at 12PM ~ Public Health Law Center ~ HUD's Proposed Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule. Click here to register.

 •  Tuesday ~ Dec. 15: Webinar at 2:30 PM ~ SHIP School Coordinators' ~ All About Local Wellness Policy & Reviewing Policy. Click here to join webinar.  Session password:Oshii2015#

 •  Wednesday ~ Dec. 16: Monthly call at 2PM ~ Point of Sale Connect Calls ~ Your agenda items are welcomed please email them to pat.mckone@lung.org. Conference line: 1-888-354-0094  Passcode: 8132089

Gems

News release on SHIP 4 out today!

SHIP grantees and MDH are reaching out to media today to encourage coverage of SHIP 4. A SHIP 4 news release from MDH is posted here. Grantees who receive media coverage related to this effort are encouraged to post links to their stories in Basecamp in the "Foundational Skills for All" section.

Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services assists White Properties to go Smoke-Free

Congratulations to White Properties for joining the thousands of other properties that are smoke-free. On October 1st, the White Apartments in Windom passed a Smoke-Free apartment policy for all 7 properties consisting of 65 units. The policy prohibits the use of e-cigarettes and all other tobacco products. Kudos to Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services TFC for assisting White Properties to pass this policy. The policy will be effective immediately October 30th.

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:

• SHIP  Meredith Ahlgren, Allison Heinzeller, Jessica Smith or Dan Taylor
• Tobacco Pa Khang
• American Indian LaRaye Anderson or Sarah Brokenleg
• Community Wellness Rachel Mahon Bosman

No announcements this week.

Grant Opportunity ~ Reduce and Prevent Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Amongst Native American Children ~ The Notah Begay III Foundation ~ Due: Dec. 18, 2015

A new multi-year Community Action Grant focused on addressing systemic barriers to reduce and prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes amongst Native American children. All three grant cycles are currently open. To learn more click here.

E-Newsletter ~ Six Tips for Reducing Holiday Waste and Waist! ~ Harvard School of Public Health ~ Dec. 2015

Holidays typically encourage excess often resulting in an increase in waste and waist. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Click here for six tips for reducing holiday waste and waist!

No announcements this week.

Grant Opportunity ~ Round Eight ~ Partners for Places ~ Due: Jan. 29, 2016

Partners for Places is a successful matching grant program that creates opportunities for cities and counties in the United States and Canada to promote a healthy environment, a strong economy, and well-being of all residents. Please visit the Partners for Places webpage to apply.

Conference ~ Addressing Bullying in Schools ~ Sponsored by MDE and PACER ~ Hamline University ~ Jan. 22, 2016

This one-day conference is designed for Minnesota school administrators, educators, school support staff, parents, student leaders, education stakeholders and community members to help participants build on their knowledge about bullying prevention and creating positive school climates. Click here to register.  

New Hire ~ Kelly Corbin, Physical Activity Coordinator ~ MDH ~ Dec. 7, 2015

Kelly Corbin began work with OSHII on 12/7/15. She will be working out of the MDH District Office in Rochester. Kelly comes to us from Olmsted County Public Health Services, where she has worked since 2010 and has served as the SHIP coordinator since 2011. Kelly has worked in the areas of physical activity/active transportation, healthy eating, and  tobacco. Kelly has additional experience in local public health having also served as the SHIP coordinator and tobacco grant coordinator with Dodge County Public Health. Kelly has served on the Minnesota Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee and the board for the Bicycle Alliance of MN and she is a League Cycling Instructor.  Pleas join us in welcoming Kelly to our team!

Revised SHIP 4 Guides Online!

OSHII has posted updates to SHIP 4 Implementation Guides and Foundational Guides here.

Save the Date ~ Regional Learning Meetings ~ January 2016

January 7 | 9am-4pm | Rochester | MN Dept of Health

January 14| 9am-4pm | Marshall | South West Central Service Coop 

January 19 | 9am-4pm | Twin Cities Metro | MN Dept of Education

January 21| 9am-4pm | Fergus Falls | Lakes Country Service Coop

January 28 | 9am-4pm | Duluth | Lake Superior College

No announcements this week.

New Tool for Walk Audits ~ MAPS-Mini ~ Active Living Research Blog ~ Sept. 2015

The 15-item MAPS-Mini (Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes-Mini) tool is an audit, meaning someone walks down the street and completes a short survey for each block and street crossing. A newly-released study shows the MAPS-Mini total score is related to walking or cycling for transportation among children, adolescents, younger adults, and older adults. The tool is short enough to be practical for use by cities and community groups and is a reasonable substitute for the research instrument that is 8 times longer. To learn more and get access to the MAPS-Mini tool click here. 

TFC Grantee Reference Guide Updated ~ MDH ~ Dec. 2015

The TFC Grantee Reference Guide has been recently updated to include TFC Year 4 deadline dates, a new deadline for your Final Grant Narrative Report, and an updated TFC acknowledgement for printed items. The updated Guide can be found here.