- MN Tobacco Conference Ancillary Sessions | Jan. 24
These pre-conference meetings are separate from the conference
registration. These events are just for grantees and there is no cost to
attend. Lunch and refreshments are provided.
Register here.
- Inspiring Bold Action: The Minnesota Tobacco Control Conference | Jan 24-26
Date: Jan. 24-26
Location: RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul
THEME
Preparing for Action:
The Next Horizon for Minnesota Tobacco Control
FOCUS AREAS
1. Eliminating Tobacco
Inequities*
2. Working Together to Take Bold Steps for Policy Change in Tobacco Control
3. Sustainability of Tobacco Control in Minnesota
OBJECTIVES
Conference
participants will leave with:
1. An understanding of
key tobacco prevention and control issues and a roadmap for collaborative
change work that sustains our long-term efforts.
2. An understanding of the important role they play in creating a state where
everyone is free from the harms of commercial tobacco.
3. An understanding of the disparities faced by commercial tobacco users and
why these inequities exist in Minnesota.
4. Confidence and a sense of urgency to use newly acquired knowledge and skills
to reduce tobacco inequities.
*Includes but is not
limited to communities of color; indigenous communities; LGBT; urban and rural
populations; those with mental illness or substance use disorders; the
homeless; those of lower socioeconomic status, as well as other groups with
persistently high tobacco use rates.
“Tobacco use” refers
to manufactured commercial tobacco in all forms (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless,
hookah, etc.), as well as all forms of electronic nicotine delivery systems
(ENDS), and not the traditional, sacred, medicinal, spiritual, or ceremonial
use of tobacco by American Indians and other groups.
Registration and
Conference Website
www.mntobaccocontrolconference.com
Time: 3 p.m.
Date: Jan. 23
The pre-training
webinar will delve into the importance of:
a) matching
spokespeople to target audiences,
b) understanding who are the most effective spokespeople for an issue or a
cause, and
c) developing an appreciation for the importance of non-traditional public
health spokespeople.
In addition, the
trainers will go over an assignment to be completed prior to the in-person
trainings that will equip participants to come to the trainings ready to focus
on expanding media advocacy and public relations within their communities.
Webinar
Information
Topic: Communications Pre-Training | Regional Meetings
Session number: 631 293 231
Session password: HedMpv*3
To join the training
session
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2. Enter your name and email address (or registration ID).
3. Enter the session password: HedMpv*3
4. Click "Join Now".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
To view in other time
zones or languages, please click the link
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To receive a call
back, provide your phone number when you join the training session.
Alternatively, you can call one of the following numbers and enter the access
code:
Call-in toll-free
number:1-888-742-5095 (US)
Conference Code: 885 604 3562
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Communications | Media Relations | Active
Living
Time: 8 a.m. – 4
p.m.
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Feb. 1
- Northeast | Grand Rapids | Itasca County Family YMCA, 400 River
Road, Grand Rapids
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Feb. 3
- Metro | Northern Service Center, (Rooms 110A and
110B), One Mendota Rd. W., West St. Paul
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Feb. 9 - Northwest
| Bemidji | MDH District Office, 509 America Ave.,
Bemidji
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Feb. 16 - Southwest
| Redwood Falls | Redwood Falls Public Library, 509 S
Lincoln St., Redwood Falls
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March 2 - Southeast
| Rochester | Southeast Service Cooperative, 210 Wood
Lake Drive SE Rochester
Audience
SHIP Coordinators and
staff, community partner(s) to be pre-selected by SHIP staff (up to 2 per SHIP
grantee)
Learning Objectives
During the
communications portion of the day, participants will:
- gain knowledge of earned, social and paid media and how
to combine the three for the most effective communications outreach and
impact,
- obtain an understanding of the components that comprise
successful communications campaigns. Those components include goal,
subgoals, audience, message and soundbites,
- learn how to use effective story-telling to enhance
message(s) and thereby more readily achieve goal(s),
- acquire a working understanding of effective and
ineffective messengers and how the two can vary depending upon the
message, the issue and the audience,
- obtain a basic understanding of how to craft effective
news releases, news advisories, letters to the editor and op-eds and when
and how to use these tools,
- attain tools to enhance the news value of issues they
work on,
- learn the basic rules for working and interacting with
the news media, and
- acquire skills for coping with challenges to
communications efforts, including tools on how not to stray from effective
messages.
Active Living
- Participants will understand the role of public health
in comprehensive planning process.
- Participants will learn about technical assistance
resources available for Public Health professionals to integrate into the
Comprehensive Planning process.
- Participants will understand how MN Walks could be used
as a tool to increase local action for SHIP Active Living strategies.
Register here.
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- Volunteers of America Housing Prepares to Go Smoke Free
This fall, two
metro-area multi-unit housing properties owned and managed by Volunteers of
America (VOA) will go smoke free. The decision to go smoke free came from VOA’s
national office and is welcomed by staff and residents at Nicollet Towers in
Minneapolis and North Park Plaza in New Hope. Totaling over 400 units, these
properties provide housing and social services for low-income families and
seniors. This policy change will protect nearly 900 residents from secondhand
smoke exposure in their homes.
Hennepin
County Human Services and Public Health Department, Minneapolis Health
Department, and Live Smoke Free are providing implementation support to VOA
management and resident services staff at both sites. Live Smoke Free also
assisted with resident meetings at these properties where residents expressed
support for the new policy. One resident, a smoker, said that she is grateful
that her building is going smoke free because it will help her cut back and
hopefully quit smoking.
Thank you to Annie Harala in presenting recently with Terri
Swartout and Kate Grannon on Local Wellness Policies at the Minnesota School
Boards Association. Annie serves as both SHIP coordinator for Healthy
Northland, and as a current school board member for Duluth school
district. Her expertise in connecting health and learning through policy
was very much appreciated.
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:
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The Office of Child Care (OCC) “Child
Care Resources for Disasters and Emergencies” Web page now includes a link
to a new resource that can support those seeking help after a disaster.
The resource, Post-Disaster
Child Care Needs and Resources, is designed to address the challenges that families and child care
providers (including centers, in-home providers, and family child care
providers) might experience following a disaster.
The workgroup on
Post-Disaster Recovery of Child Care identified several concerns and issues
that adversely impact child care services following disasters as well as
Federal and nongovernmental organization support that can provide relief in
those instances. This document serves to catalog those resources by the
identified gaps for (1) families in need of child care and (2) child care
providers and communities.
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A recent University
of Minnesota study funded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation shows
the economic significance of the bicycling industry and events in Minnesota,
bicycling infrastructure use across the state, and the health benefits
associated with bicycle commuting.
“MnDOT has long identified bicycling
as an important part of the state’s multimodal transportation system,” said Tim
Henkel, modal planning and program management assistant commissioner. “This
first-ever study generated new information that will inform policy and program
strategies on bicycling as we determine levels of future investment.”
The study shows that in 2014, the bicycling industry generated $778 million of
economic activity, which includes $209 million of labor income and 5,519 jobs.
Nearly 80 percent of that economic activity came from manufacturing and
wholesale business.
Read the full
news release here.
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Jeffers Foundation announces School Garden Grants for
2017-2018. To access the School Garden
Grant Application Form and to view the 58 School Garden Programs that have received
grants click here.
The Garden grants are available for elementary and middle
schools wishing to “start” a school garden program.
Applications are due no later than March 20, 2017. Contact Dar Fosse, Jeffers Foundation at
612-747-3245 for more information.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the
availability of $27 million in grants to fund innovative projects designed to
strengthen market opportunities for local and regional food producers and
businesses.
“These grants will continue USDA’s support for the local food sector as an
important strategy for keeping wealth in rural communities,” said AMS
Administrator Elanor Starmer. “Entrepreneurs around the country are
creating jobs and new economic opportunities in response to growing consumer
demand for local food. AMS is excited to partner with local food
stakeholders to strengthen local economies and improve access to fresh, healthy
food for their communities.”
AMS today announced the request for applications for the Farmers Market
and Local Food Promotion Program, which includes Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) and Local Food Promotion
Program (LFPP) grants, and the Federal-State Marketing
Improvement Program (FSMIP).
These programs and other resources across
USDA are helping to revitalize rural
America by supporting local and regional food stakeholders.
The FMPP provides funds for direct farmer-to-consumer marketing projects
such as farmers markets, community-supported agriculture programs, roadside
stands, and agritourism. Over the past 10 years, the FMPP has awarded
more than 870 grants totaling over $58 million. The successful results of
these investments are summarized in the Farmers Market Promotion
Program 2016 Report. The LFPP supports projects focused on intermediary
supply chain activities for local food businesses. LFPP was established in the
2014 Farm Bill to increase funding for marketing activities such as
aggregation, processing, storage, and distribution of local foods.
The FSMIP provides about $1 million in matching funds to state departments
of agriculture, state colleges and universities, and other appropriate state
agencies. Funds will support research projects to address challenges and
opportunities in marketing, transporting, and distributing U.S. agricultural
products domestically and internationally.
AMS will host a webinar for potential FMPP and LFPP grant applicants on
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 1:30 p.m. (CT), and a teleconference for potential FSMIP
grant applicants on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. (CT).
For more information about FSMIP, FMPP and LFPP, visit: www.ams.usda.gov/AMSgrants.
The website also contains a link to a grants decision tree, "What AMS Grant is Right
for ME?”, to help applicants determine which AMS grant fits their
project best.
The grant applications for FSMIP, FMPP and LFPP must be submitted
electronically through www.grants.gov/ by 10:59 p.m. (CT) on Monday, March 27.
AMS will also host a webinar to introduce potential applicants to Grants.gov on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 1:30 p.m. (CT).
Applicants are urged to start the Grants.gov registration process as soon as possible to
ensure that they meet the deadline and encouraged to submit their applications
well in advance of the posted due date. Any grant application submitted
after the due date will not be considered unless the applicant provides
documentation of an extenuating circumstance that prevented their timely
submission of the grant application, read more on AMS Late and
Non-Responsive Application Policy.
Rolling applications are now being accepted for Safe Routes to School workshops in your community.
If you need to launch or advance your
Safe Routes efforts, consider hosting a workshop. Speakers are provided at no
cost.
Apply here.
The Smarter Lunchroom
scorecard has been updated and it has been officially published online.
Check out this new,
improved (and easier) scorecard when doing Smarter Lunchroom
assessments with your schools!
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Attend a symposium offered by the Minnesota
Department of Education – Nutrition, Health, and Youth Development Division.
Learn about the
upcoming CACFP meal pattern regulations and how to help child care programs
implement them.
- New CACFP Meal Pattern Regulations
- The Changes are Coming: How to Communicate, Market and
Frame Your Message
- Highlight on the Minnesota Breastfeeding Recognition
Program
- Menu Planning Strategies
- Improving Mealtime Environment with "Smarter
Mealtimes"
- New print and electronic resources
- Free (lunch on your own), half or full day registration
Training dates and
locations:
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Date: Jan. 24
Location: Regional Extension Office – Mankato, 1961 Premier Drive,
Suite 110, Mankato
Registration: Jan. 24 – Mankato
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Date: Jan. 31
Location: Minnesota Department of Education, 1500 Highway 36 W,
Roseville
Registration: Jan. 31 – Roseville
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This is Minnesota, the
land of snowmobiling, ice fishing, hockey, cross-country skiing and fat biking
– why wouldn’t we throw a Walk and Bike to School Day party in the middle of
the winter? The 10th anniversary of Winter Walk Day is Feb. 1, and this
year Minnesota is in for the celebration.
The idea is simple: go
for a walk for at least 15 minutes, and don’t let the cold scare you off.
Celebrations can start small or include the entire school – just do something!
Winter Walk Day in 2016, Minneapolis Public Schools partnered with the Winter
Cycling Congress to celebrate a group ride with community members and
international guests. What opportunities for winter celebrations can you think
of in your community?
Click here to get registered for Minnesota’s Winter Walk
and Bike to School Day and we’ll support your efforts with materials
and incentives to get your school moving.
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Sharing
the Love: Spreading School Success Stories Statewide
Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Date: Feb. 14
This webinar will be a participatory call where input from
all is requested. Its focus on regional
sharing in an attempt to provide a virtual networking meeting. Please
consider chiming in on local school partnership successes!
Looking for volunteers to share one success story, 3-5
minutes in length, slides optional. For more information, please email Terri.Swartout@state.mn.us.
More details, including registration, will be
posted on Basecamp soon but mark your calendars now for Tuesday, Feb. 14.
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Turning Knowledge into
Action
Time: 7:45 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Date: Feb. 23
Venue: Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Dr., Brooklyn
Center
Cost: $95
Please join MN Action
for Healthy Kids (AFHK) for the 2017 Healthy School Conference, featuring
evidence-based policies and practices that allow students and staff to learn
and work in a healthy school environment with a focus on health equity.
Presentations will cover a variety of healthy school topics including a panel
discussion with schools on successful student health initiatives and breakout
sessions on core issues for healthy schools. We are excited to welcome Dr.
Sharroky Hollie, Director of the Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and
Learning to present the keynote address.
To establish the
theme for the day, Dr. Hollie will talk about how cultural responsiveness
benefits all students, in particular those students who have been traditionally
underserved in schools. Given its importance to empowering and inspiring
educators to be responsive and for students to be academically successful, how
do you know if you are culturally and linguistically responsive in your
mind-set and skill set? Find out through a motivating, inspiring, and
thought-provoking keynote address and additional breakout sessions.
Register here.
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Jackie Boards is the new project lead for our Counter Tools tobacco
work with Counter Tools. She will be taking over the day to day duties for
Jennifer Grant.
Please contact Jackie with any questions or issues you might have
going forward. She can be contacted by email at jackie@countertools.org
or by phone at 678-779-0418. Jackie will be at the state
tobacco control conference; please stop and introduce yourself.
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The Minnesota Department of Human Services,
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in partnership with the Association for
Nonsmokers- MN (ANSR) is offering an opportunity to conduct educational tobacco
compliance checks. The goal is to educate retailers about the important role
they play in keeping Minnesota youth tobacco free.
This is for
educational purposes only and no penalties to the clerk or business owner are
permitted. This is designed to supplement your required annual enforcement
check and not replace them.
Police Departments,
Sheriff’s Departments and County Public Health Departments are all eligible to
participate. Participants will enter into a contract with DHS to conduct
educational compliance checks at a rate of $40 per check. These
educational checks can be completed on any tobacco or tobacco related device
(cigars, blunt wraps, e-cigarettes, e- juice) whose sales to minors is
regulated by state law.
DHS provides the
needed resources for the clerk passing or failing the check. Whether the
clerk passes or fails the compliance check participants leave educational
information for the owner/manager. The goal is to increase
compliance of youth access laws.
When all of the
compliance checks are completed the participant will fill out a brief survey
and vendor invoice.
All compliance checks need to be completed by
June 30, 2017.
If interested contact gabriel@ansrmn.org
or 651-646-3005. Gabriel will work to get you enrolled in this opportunity.
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Webinar Wednesdays
Monthly webinars will
be held until Kick Butts Day! The webinars will cover tips and tricks,
mini-grants, additional resources that are offered to support the Kick Butts
Day events, and more.
Here's the schedule:
Feb. 8 — Kicking Butts Through the Media
March 8 —
Kicking Butts Online
Click
here to RSVP for webinars.
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Time: 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Date: March 9
Host: The American Heart Association
Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan
The topic being
discussed at the symposium is Be Heart Smart: Building your Emotional
Resilience.
Spread the word to
your work place partners.
Go to heart.org/tcworkplacewellness to register.
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New Partner Site Data Due
Date: Feb. 9
To prepare the SHIP 4
Year 2 Semi Annual Partner Site report, you are required to submit all new
partner sites that you have worked with since Aug.19, 2016. These data are to
be submitted in REDCap no later than Feb. 9. Submit the information via the
same REDCap survey you have been using at this link https://apps.health.state.mn.us/redcap/surveys/?s=XL79WHY9NM.
No exceptions will be
granted on this deadline. Partner sites submitted after Feb. 9 will be
included in the next deadline for partner sites later in 2017.
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Working with Alumni Employers
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Date: Jan. 26
Discuss how to continue developing relationships with employers who have
completed a SHIP work place wellness collaborative.
Session number: 632
746 810
Session password: Winter2017*
To join the webinar:
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1. Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t4467e914e627ab471001e581d5812754
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: Winter2017*
4. Click "Join Now".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
To join the
teleconference:
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Call-in toll-free
number: 1-888-742-5095 (US)
Conference Code:
885 604 3562
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 No announcements this week.
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TFC Grantee Kick-off Meeting
(Required)
Time:
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Date: Jan. 23
Location: Landmark Center, Room 317, 75 5th St W, St Paul, MN 55102
Parking Information: http://www.landmarkcenter.org/visit/visit.htm
Pre-Conference Lunch Session
on Electronic Cigarettes (Highly Recommended)
Time:
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Date: Jan. 24
Location: St. Paul RiverCentre, 175 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102
Grantee Ancillary Networking Meeting (Highly
Recommended)
Time: 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Date: Jan. 24
Location: St. Paul RiverCentre, 175 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102
If you have any questions, please contact Pa Khang at pa.khang@state.mn.us
or 651-201-3666.
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