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Minnesota Department of Health
Friday, Sept. 27
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
- Minnesota 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 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine. This latest vaccine provides protection from the newer variants circulating in our communities right now.
- 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.
2025 - 2026 Indian Health Grant
The Indian Health Grant provides funding for Tribal Nations and nonprofit entities to provide clinical health services, including culturally informed preventive, medical, dental, and/or mental health care services, for American Indians who live off reservations.
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Application deadline: Oct. 7 at 4:30 p.m.
- For more information, visit the Indian Health Grant webpage.
Innovating from our Hearts to a Healthier Rondo: Request for Proposals (RFP)
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Cardiovascular Health Unit is requesting proposals to connect community and clinical services among Minnesota adults in St. Paul’s Rondo and Capitol Heights neighborhoods to improve heart health and reduce impacts of heart disease, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia.
2025 Preventative Services in Long-term Care Grant Program
The 2025 Preventive Services in Long-term Care Grant Program will award grants to increase the capacity of residential facilities serving older adults to meet critical needs and provide services for their residents. The grant program is focused on the development and dissemination of resources to improve long-term care (LTC) communities’ capacity to ensure the safety and continuity of services provided to residents in skilled nursing/nursing facilities (SNF/NFs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs) operating in Greater Minnesota (outside of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area).
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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Communications Director (Job ID: 80410): Responsibilities of the Communications Director includes providing leadership in the development and implementation of communication strategies and management across workstreams, provide expert communication consultation and executive leadership on critical and emerging public health and communication issues, and more.
- Application deadline: Oct. 14
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American Indian Team Manger (Job ID: 80490): This position is to direct the American Indian Programs Section of the Behavioral Health Division to ensure the effective development, implementation and evaluation of substance use disorder and mental health programs for American Indians. To administer funds designated for American Indian groups, organizations, and reservations within the state; establish policies and procedures for American Indian Programs in cooperation with the Behaviors Health Division, American Indian Mental Health Advisory Council, and the American Indian Advisory Council for Substance Abuse Disorders.
- Application deadline: Oct. 15
Lao Assistance Center of Minnestoa (LACM)
The Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota is currently hiring for three positions:
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Program Assistant: This position is responsible for providing administrative and program support to LACM's programs and initiatives.
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Part-time Consultant: Responsibilities of this position includes coordinating LACM's Long COVID project funded by the Minnesota Department of Health.
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Part-time Coordinator: This position is responsible for conducting a community health assessment, developing interventions, establishing partnerships, conducting in-language and in-culture awareness campaigns.
Resume and references will be accepted hr@laocenter.org. For more information, contact Sunny Chanthanouvong at sunny@laocenter.org.
COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2024 -2025 Season
In this webinar, Dr. Suzanne Judd, director of the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and professor and interim Chair in the Department of Health Behavior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, will cover the new COVID-19 vaccine for the 2024 - 2025 season. Discussion will include the how the vaccine works, current recommendations for who should receive the vaccine, and the role of vaccination in protecting those who may be more susceptible to severe infection.
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