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Nov. 1, 2018
AGRI Urban agriculture grant
 MDA grant for youth agriculture education
The AGRI Urban Agriculture Grant Program encourages urban youth agricultural education and urban agriculture community development within city limits of urban or peri-urban areas.
Grants help organizations and communities obtain the materials and services necessary to successfully promote urban youth agricultural education and urban agriculture community development.
Applications are due Dec. 5 at 4:00 p.m. For more information visit the Minnesota Department of Agriculture website.
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Healthy Communities Team announces two additions
Nicole Chimbetete has joined OSHII as the Food Access Associate. She will support healthy eating initiatives over the next year. She was a student worker in OSHII last year, and just completed a Masters of Public Health Nutrition. Congratulations and welcome back to MDH.
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Julie Anderson will join OSHII on Nov. 7, as the Nutrition Coordinator. Julie comes to OSHII from the University of Minnesota Medical School. Prior to her time at the U of M, she has worked in various health organizations, and in East Africa implementing community prevention initiatives. Julie holds a Masters of Public Health Degree, and is both a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Licensed Dietitian. We look forward to the expertise she brings to our team. |
 Share your examples on Basecamp!
OSHII is compiling examples of fact sheets and infographics that SHIP grantees are using to show impact. Have you created something to use with legislators and other stakeholders?
Please share the materials on the Communications/Media team on Basecamp.
Not a member of that team? Add yourself by clicking on this Basecamp link.
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 Invitation to plan for 2019 Food Access Summit
Join a visioning session to plan the 2019 Food Access Summit. Bring your fresh ideas on how to make the 2019 Summit relevant to and reflective of your community.
We are looking for new voices and leadership to make the 2019 summit more equitable and engaging.
Links to register for visioning sessions are available on Basecamp.
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Survey for all tobacco SHIP staff
The Tobacco Prevention and Control Unit at MDH needs your help to evaluate tobacco training and technical assistance provided to SHIP and TFC grantees.
We ask that SHIP staff who work on tobacco and all TFC staff complete the survey by Friday, Nov. 2.
Take the survey on the MDH webpage.
There have been a few tweaks to the approval coversheet we ask to be completed “for any contract, mini-grant, or equipment with an amount of $3,000 or more annually for review by their Community Specialist.”
As of Nov. 1, expenditures for partners that have reached $3,000 in one grant year should be approved using the coversheet. In short, if you are working with a partner, using a series of small awards/expenditures, once they total $3,000 or more, please submit a coversheet detailing what has been funded thus far and what you would like to fund that puts it over the threshold.
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