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Minnesota Department of Health
Friday, April 19
The Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Update is being sent to the following three MDH mailing lists to reduce duplication:
- Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates
- MN Immigrant and Refugee Health Announcements
- The Center for Health Equity
Today's COVID-19 updates include:
Take these steps to protect yourself and others:
- Stay up to date on your COVID-19 Vaccine. Recommended for ages 6 months and older, the vaccine will protect you against serious illness. Even if you were vaccinated in the past, you may still need the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine. This latest vaccine provides protection from the newer variants circulating in our communities right now. People 65 years and older who received one dose of any updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine should receive one additional dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine at least four months after the last one.
- Stay at home when you are sick. Take care of yourself and those around you by staying home (away from others) if you have symptoms like a cough, sore throat, sneezing, or fever.
- Take a COVID-19 test when needed. It is important to get tested if you have symptoms or were in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. If you test positive and are at higher risk, medications are available. The medications are most effective within 5 days of when symptoms begin, which is why you should get tested.
- Be mindful every day. Frequently wash your hands and cover coughs to keep germs from spreading.
Additional resources
Find prevention tips on Protect Yourself and Others: COVID-19.
See hospitalization data for flu, COVID-19, and RSV on Viral Respiratory Illness in Minnesota.
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Wellbeing Project: The City of Minneapolis Wellbeing Project focuses on building trauma-informed principles into the settings of health care, workplace, schools and other institutions. Building a trauma-informed or responsive approach means providing individuals or staff with knowledge of the impact of trauma and aims to ensure environments and services are welcoming and engaging for both staff and the communities organizations serve. This work supports the City of Minneapolis’ commitment to addressing the impact of racism on the wellbeing of residents and the city overall, as identified in the City Council resolution declaring racism as a public health emergency.
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Application deadline: April 25 at 2 p.m.
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Culturally Affirming and Responsive Community-Based Services to Promote Child Abuse Prevention and Family Preservation for African American and African Heritage Children and Families: The Minnesota Department of Human Services, through its Child Safety and Permanency Division, is seeking proposals from qualified responders to develop culturally informed, affirming and responsive community-based child abuse prevention and family preservation services targeting the children, youth, families and communities of African American and African heritage experiencing the highest disparities, disproportionality, and overrepresentation in the Minnesota child welfare system.
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Application deadline: April 26 at 4 p.m.
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Supporting New Americans in the Long-Term Care (LTC) Workforce: The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is supporting new Americans in the Long-Term Care Workforce Grant. The grant aims to increase the number and ability of New Americans to obtain, maintain, and grow in the long-term care workforce while supporting LTC organizations.
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Application deadline: May 6 at 4 p.m.
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Sexual Violence Prevention Grant RFP: The Minnesota Department of Health Sexual Violence Prevention Program (MDH SVPP) is excited to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for the Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP) Grant Program. The SVP Grant is a four-year and six-month grant program that will begin August 2024 and end January 2029. The goal of the SVP grant program is to support activities that stop sexual violence from occurring by promoting health equity.
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Application deadline: May 17
Search for careers within the State of Minnesota using the Job ID or job title.
Make a difference in the lives of Minnesotans: Search open positions
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Director of Employee Culture Impact and Strategy (Job ID: 75647): The Director of Employee Culture Impact & Strategy provides strategic direction, leadership and coordination to the employee culture strategies and programs. This position leads full range of strategies and programs that effect DHS culture including, mentoring, employee engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), employee resource groups, and other employee retention strategies.
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Application deadline: April 22
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COVID-19 Community Testing
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 testing in areas with outbreaks, increasing cases, or other barriers to access existing test sites.
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How Minnesotans can get a COVID-19 test
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Walk in or schedule an appointment for a test at free community testing sites across Minnesota.
Testing Events:
African Immigrants Community Services (AICS)
- Mondays - Thursdays
- 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- 1433 E. Franklin Ave. Suite 13B, Minneapolis
- AICS.Testing.2024
SEWA-AIFW
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays (until June 30)
- 1 - 4 p.m.
- 6645 James Ave. N., Brooklyn Center
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Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
- Monday, April 22 - Thursday, April 25
- 3 - 7 p.m.
- 1301 North 10th Ave., Minneapolis
COVID-19 Community Vaccines
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines continue to be very good at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Make sure you and your family are up to date on any COVID-19 vaccine doses you are recommended to get to have the best protection against COVID-19.
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How to get a vaccine
- Check for vaccine appointments using Vaccines.gov (you can search for appointments by vaccine type: Pfizer vaccine, Moderna vaccine, Novavax vaccine)
- Contact your primary health care provider or a local pharmacy.
- To locate a community vaccination event near you, call the MDH COVID-19 public hotline at 1-833-431-2053 Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Vaccination Events:
Minnesota Africans United
- Tuesday, April 23
- 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- North Hennepin Community College
- 7411 85th Ave. N., Brooklyn Park
CAPI USA
- Wednesday, April 24
- 3 - 5:30 p.m.
- 5930 Brooklyn Blvd., Brooklyn Center
Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization (CAIRO)
- Thursday, April 25
- 1 - 5 p.m.
- 3333 W. Division St. Suite 114, Saint Cloud
To find a list of all upcoming COVID-19 Community Coordinator (CCC) vaccination clinics, please visit the CCC Vaccination Event Calendar.
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Discrimination Helpline
Report Discrimination and Bias
COVID-19 does not discriminate based on race, where you come from, your immigration status, or anything else.
If you have experienced or witnessed an incident of discrimination or bias call Minnesota's Discrimination Helpline at 1-833-454-0148 or submit an online form on the Report Discrimination page. The helpline is staffed by investigators from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Translation/interpretation services are available.
If you are the victim of a crime, including a hate crime, or fear for your safety, call 911 immediately.
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MDH COVID-19 Public Hotline:
For questions related to COVID-19, call 1-833-431-2053
Mon., Wed., and Fri.: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tues. and Thurs.: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
To connect directly to a representative in American Sign Language, visit the Contact Us: COVID-19 Questions webpage.
Peer Support Connection (PSC) Warmline:
Contact the PSC Warmline, which is available every day from 5 p.m. - 9 a.m., by calling 1-844-739-6369.
Visit the Peer Support Connection Warmline page for more information.
MDH Contact Information:
For questions regarding the information in this bulletin or the Cultural, Faith and Disabilities Communities (CFD) branch, please email health.equity@state.mn.us.
If you've been forwarded this email and would like to receive these updates directly, sign up here: Subscribe to Cultural, Faith, and Disability Communities COVID-19 Updates.
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