Webinar | Evaluation | REDCap PSE and Reach Training | March 23
Time: 10 - 11 a.m. Date: March 23
Please save the date for a webinar training on the updated Reach and PSE
forms. This training is strongly encouraged for all people submitting SHIP data
into REDCap in year 2. An agenda and instructions on how to join the webinar
will be emailed to evaluation points of contact closer to the webinar training
date.
Active
Living is Building Momentum in the Workplace (Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine
Co.)
Nearly 230 Kanabec County employees are benefiting from a
new bike fleet system. Three bicycles and helmets were purchased and are
available for employees to utilize when traveling to other buildings for
business as well as for use during their break time.
Another partner,
FirstLight Health System, installed bike racks at the Pine City and Hinckley
locations, making it easier for 450 employees to ride their bike to work
rather than driving a car. In addition, Isanti County installed a quarter mile
and half mile map routes that is available to its 320 employees. Allina
Health’s Cambridge Medical Center implemented a biking program available to its
951 employees.
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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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Every
other month, MDH hosts a call to support SHIP grantees to build strong
leadership for health through Community Leadership Teams.
A recording and materials from the February Community Leadership
Team Call are posted on Basecamp. The call focused on a review and
interpretation of data collected about CLTs through December 2016 REDCap
reporting, and on orientation of new CLT members. Please share additional
materials that are used to orient new CLT members on Basecamp.
See below the dates for the remaining 2017 CLT calls. Each call
will be held from 3-4 p.m.
- April 3
- June 5
- Aug. 14
- Oct. 9
- Dec. 4
If you would like meeting invitations forwarded to you, please contact Jeannette.raymond@state.mn.us
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Minnesota
Department of Agriculture Makes Grants Available to Help Grocery Stores and
Others Improve Access to Healthy and Affordable Foods
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is requesting
proposals for grants to increase access to healthy and affordable foods for
Minnesotans. The grants are being made available under the Good Food Access
Program, which the Minnesota Legislature created last year due, in part, to a
lack of access many Minnesotans have to such foods. The grants are designed to
stimulate sales of foods – including fruits and vegetables – by assisting
grocery stores and small food retailers in making physical improvements or
purchasing equipment.
Grant funds may be used to purchase retail display coolers and freezers,
storage coolers and freezers, shelving, mobile food trucks, permanent
infrastructure at farmers markets, architectural work, and costs associated
with the installation of equipment for physical improvements. For-profit and
not-for-profit small food retailers and grocery stores (including farmers
markets) are eligible recipients.
Apply here.
Proposals must be received no later than 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19.
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Fuel Up to Play 60 School Nutrition Equipment Grant of up to
$5,000 per school is now available until April 28. For more information, visit the Fuel Up to Play 60 website.
Action For Healthy Kids has two different grant opportunities
available – School Breakfast Grants ($2,500 per year) and Game On Grants
($500-$2,500 per year). The deadline for both Action for Healthy Kids grants is
April. For more information, visit Action for Healthy Kid’s website.
The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Minnesota delivers on Blue Cross’ long-term commitment to improve the health of
all Minnesotans by tackling the leading root causes of preventable death and
disease: tobacco use, lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating.
The Center is pleased to announce a new funding initiative to
support the planning and completion of Active Places projects. The Center looks
forward to applications from across Minnesota for projects that will be
completed during 2017.
Active Places projects are temporary, low-cost projects that
help community members influence long-term community changes. They must
contribute to a long-term goal of making a community more accessible to all
types of physical activity, including walking and biking. There are two
distinct types of Active Places projects – community engagement projects and demonstration
projects. More detail about the project types can be found here, and examples of past projects
are available here.
The application deadline is Tuesday, April 4 at 1 p.m. Central
time.
To apply for the Active Places funding and review the required materials,
visit the Available Funding page of our website.
Funds
available to develop community-based food systems.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting
applications for the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Food
Hub Grant Program. Grants are intended to stimulate purchases of locally grown
and raised foods by developing or expanding food hubs and other alternative
community-based food distribution systems. The MDA will only offer Food Hub
Grants once.
“There’s a lot of interest in using food hubs as a way to help
aggregate and distribute locally produced foods,” said Paul Hugunin, Interim
Director of the MDA’s Agricultural Marketing and Development Division. “In the
last few years, Minnesota has seen lots of innovative, community-based
approaches that are working toward offering more locally produced foods to
consumers, and providing additional market opportunities to farmers. This grant
program will provide much needed financial assistance to help further these
efforts.”
A 2016 report on food hubs commissioned by the MDA indicated
that Minnesota is home to approximately 15 food hubs of varying size and
business structure, and that nationwide there are at least 300 food hubs
engaged in some form of local food aggregation and distribution. Like
elsewhere, most Minnesota-based food hubs are in the early startup phase, often
sponsored or supported by nonprofit organizations. Food hubs vary in scale,
stage of development, definition of “local,” seasonal versus year-round
operation, market channels, and more.
For-profit and not-for-profit food hubs and other alternative
community-based food distribution businesses may apply for grants to develop or
update their business plans, conduct feasibility studies, or create marketing
plans. Grants are also available for equipment purchases or physical
improvements to allow more purchasing, processing, and distributing of
Minnesota grown and raised foods.
Proposals for this one-time grant must be submitted by April 19. To
learn more and to apply online, visit http://www.mda.state.mn.us/grants/grants/agrifoodhub.aspx.
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Minnesotans
want and need safe places to walk and roll. In Minnesota Walks, transit was identified as one
of the top five destinations people want to be able to walk to. That is why the
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) Office of Transit is pleased to
release applications for the 2017 publicly funded program year in the Rural
and Small Urban areas. This application includes building accessible
paths to a bus stop that is currently inaccessible; including curb cuts, sidewalks,
and accessible pedestrian signals.
Applications are for the 2017 contract year and are posted on
the MNDOT Office of Transit Website at: http://bit.ly/2ljstVa
The Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Capital Grant Program,
FTA Circular 9070 Page III—14 FTA, is a capital assistance grant
program providing 80 percent funding for the following eligible sub-recipients:
- Tribal Governments
- State or local units of
government
- Private non-profit agencies
For further information about this application please contact:
Jasna
Hadzic-Stanek, jasna.hadzic-stanek@state.mn.us or John Groothuis, john.groothuis@state.mn.us
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Breastfeeding
Management & Counseling for the Health Care Team: A Deep Dive
Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Date: May 25 Place: Holiday Inn, 200 W 1st St., Duluth Cost: $80/person
This continuing education event provides lactation training for
health care providers to address breastfeeding management needs in hospitals,
clinics, community and tribal settings. We'll provide great information for
SHIP grantees and their health care partners.
Additional information about the event and registration will be
posted to the MBC website events page www.mnbreastfeedingcoalition.org
Questions? mnbfcevents@gmail.com
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May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American
Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast.
Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many
benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.
Bike Month can be a way for coalitions, CLT's and partners to encourage
people to increase usage of the built environment changes SHIP
communities have been working on.
National Bike to Work Week 2017 will be held on May 15-19. Bike to
Work Day is May 19!
A Bike Month guide, promotional materials and fact sheets can be
found here to help you and your partners plan a strategic event during Bike
Month. http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth
Time: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Date: March 30 Location: Courtyard
Marriott, 404 W St Germain Street,
St. Cloud
MnDOT will be hosting a training seminar on Separated Bike
Lanes / Cycle Tracks and how to use them for improving bicycle networks.
For more information and to register here.
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Changes in Cigarette Expenditure Minimizing Strategies
Before and After a Cigarette Tax Increase – Tobacco Control. Key
Findings: Data from the 2010 and 2014 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey was
analyzed to determine smokers’ cigarette exposure minimizing strategies (CEMS)
before and after a $1.75 cigarette tax increase took effect in 2013. In 2014, more
smokers rolled their own cigarettes, used other tobacco products, and bought
cigarettes from cheaper retailers compared to 2010, while fewer smokers used
coupons and bought cigarettes by the carton. Researchers also note that CEMS
prevalence varied by sociodemographic status, with more socially disadvantaged
smokers being more likely to continue smoking and utilize CEMS after the tax
increase took effect.
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Moving Health Equity Forward: Critical Conversations and Bold
Action
Date: April 19-20 Host: The Minnesota Public Health Association Location: The Commons Hotel, 615 University Ave SE, Minneapolis
Join the Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) for an
opportunity to:
- Further advance efforts to
achieve health equity
- Lay the foundation for a
culture of health in communities
- Meet new colleagues and
network with fellow professionals
- Celebrate the 110th
anniversary of MPHA
Watch for more information on the MPHA website.
Remembering When
Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Date: April 10 (just prior to the State Fire Marshal Conference) Location: Brooklyn Center Fire Department, 6250 Brooklyn Blvd.,
Minneapolis Cost: Free Host: The Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division
Around the year 2020, Minnesota’s 65+ population is expected to
eclipse the K-12 population for the first time in history. In the fire service
we already see the 65+ population has a higher risk of dying in a residential
fire and fall injuries are disproportionately high in Minnesota compared to
many of our neighboring states.
The Remembering When program, from National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA), is a complete fire and fall education program that fire
department, health care providers and other safety professionals can use in
their own communities to help reduce death and injuries due to fires and falls.
Meredith Hawes along with Kelly Ransdell, Regional Educators with NFPA, present
the program.
Registration for Remembering When will be on the State Fire Marshal website.
If you would like more information on the Remembering When
program visit the NFPA website.
MHK Day at the Capitol: Fight for Healthy Kids and
Communities...
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Date: April 6 Location: Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W, Saint Paul
- Doors open 9 a.m.
- Training 9:30 a.m. - noon
- Legislator meetings in the
afternoon
- Lunch will be provided
- No cost to attend but
advance registration is require
- Networking and other
activities in the Capitol Rotunda between legislator visits
Minnesotans for Healthy Kids Coalition partners will speak with
Minnesota legislators in a strong, unified voice about the importance of
fighting childhood obesity and promoting healthy communities.
Register here: http://www.mnhealthykids.org/events
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Minneapolis is hosting
Super Bowl LII in February 2018.
During the
next year, communities across Minnesota – including some SHIP grantees and partner
sites -- will receive grants from the Minnesota Super Bowl
Host Committee’s Legacy Fund to help improve the health and wellness of our
state’s children.
These grants are focused on improving access and creating healthy
behaviors for a lifetime, whether it's access to physical activity or
nutritious food. The 52 Weeks of Giving campaign kicked off in February.
With its
statewide reach and presence in every county in the state, SHIP was in an ideal
position to connect communities with the Super Bowl grant opportunity. The
Super Bowl Committee provided MDH with a list of cities it would be interested
in funding. MDH alerted its SHIP grantees in those cities, and local
communities and SHIP staff convened local stakeholders and partners to identify
capital investment opportunities that would advance the Legacy Fund's mission.
Grants were not
open for public application. Proposals were approved by the Legacy Fund
Advisory Committee.
Unfortunately, not
all SHIP grantees are receiving an award. When MDH considered whether or not to
partner with the Super Bowl on this opportunity, it was determined that the
benefit to the state of participation outweighed not participating in the grant
opportunity.
To learn more, visit the Legacy Fund website.
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SHIP
Statewide Meeting
Date: July 26 & 27 Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan
More information coming soon!
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Health Equity Data Analysis (HEDA) | School Wellness Policy
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
April 10 Southeast |
Rochester MDH DO Rochester, 18 Wood Lake Dr SE,
Rochester
April 13 Northwest | Bemidji MDH DO Bemidji, 705
5th St NW, Suite A, Bemidji
April 20 Northeast | Duluth Duluth Public Safety Building, (Training Rm), 2030 N Arlington Ave, Duluth
April 27 Southwest | Redwood Falls Redwood Falls Public Library, 509 S
Lincoln St., Redwood Falls
May 4 Metro Northern Service Center (Rooms 110A and 110B), One Mendota Rd. W., West St.
Paul
May 11 Central | St. Joseph St. Joseph Government Center, 75 Callaway St. E, St.
Joseph
Register here.
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Time:
Noon - 1 p.m. Date: March 27
Learn how to recruit employers for your work place collaborative.
Log in information:
Topic: Recruiting Employers For Your Collaborative Host: Kris Haugen/Mary Egan Session number: 637 522 507 Session password: Winter2017*
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Call-in toll-free number:
1-888-742-5095 (US) Conference Code: 982 114 1691
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Date: Sept. 18-20 Location: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake
This annual conference brings together tribal officials,
researchers, practitioners, and others to discuss the current state of
Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge about Native nutrition and food
science and identify new areas of work.
A reception will be held in the evening of Sept. 17 for those
who are traveling to the conference. Registration begins in March.
Visit website or email
to learn more.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and
the University of Minnesota's Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives
Institute.
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No announcements this week.
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