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Minnesota Department of Health
Friday, Jan. 10
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 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.
Homework Starts with Home Request for Proposals
Homework Starts with Home (HSWH) is a grant program focused on addressing homelessness and housing instability among students and their families. The program serves families with children eligible for a pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 academic program and youth (with or without children of their own) who are eligible for an academic program through grade 12 and who are without their parent or guardian (unaccompanied youth).
Sponsorships for Community Supporting Events
In celebration of Family Well-being and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is sponsoring events across the state to advance family well-being. This year’s theme is supporting community with a focus on events that include the whole family, foster social and community connections, and increase access to resources for economic and stable support. Sponsorship Criteria:
- Community-based organizations, Tribal organizations, and Tribal Nations are eligible for sponsorships. Sponsorship funds must be used for events to build and strengthen community connections, increase access to resources, and promote family and community well-being.
- Events must be in-person and may include, but are not limited to, block parties, family fun-nights, resource fairs, community conversations, film screenings, and recruitment.
- All sponsored events must take place in April 2025.
- Sponsorships from $1,000 to $5,000 per organization are available for approximately 20 organizations.
- Organizations that engage with, and are led by, Black, Indigenous, communities of color, and other minoritized populations will be prioritized for sponsorships. Events receiving sponsorships will be required to provide an event flyer prior to receiving funds
Alzheimer's Awareness Grant Opportunity
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Aging and Healthy Communities Unit is requesting proposals to partner with MDH to implement a public information campaign to provide awareness of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia's (ADRD). We are seeking organization partners with experience in ADRD who can reach communities disproportionately impacted by underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis. These communities include Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+), American Indian, people living with disabilities, and communities in greater Minnesota.
Community Clinic Grant Now Open
The Community Clinic Grant provides funding for nonprofit clinics, government entities, and Indian tribal governments to support the capacity of eligible organizations to plan, establish or operate clinical services for populations with low income and/or living in rural areas of the state. Fiscal Year 2025 program funding will support clinic efforts to improve:
- Mental health services for all ages, or
- Oral health programs for all ages, or
- Clinical services for at-risk youth. Services may be provided for any age range up to age 25.
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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Grants Manager and Community Outreach Specialist (Job ID:83162): The incumbent provides integrated population health expertise and supports policy development with a distinct focus on conducting community outreach, following the vision set by Department of Human Services Medicaid Medical Director.
- Application deadline: Jan. 23
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DEI Specialist Senior (Job ID:82986): The position is under the agency's Office of Equity and Environmental Justice team at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). This position is responsible for a variety of key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including the development, implementation, and management of the agency’s Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) program. Additionally, the role will serve as the primary point of contact for the agency’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), overseeing its development, execution, and administration of the program. The position will also contribute to the creation and facilitation of the agency’s broader DEI program, helping to advance the organization's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Application deadline: Jan. 29
Multilingual Minnesota Department of Health Overview Available
The Minnesota Department of Health Overview is now available in Hmong, Somali, and Spanish.
The Power of Telling Your Story and Strategic Framing in Advocacy
The American Public Health Association is hosting a webinar with guest speakers Kim Nguyen, Program Director of Statler Nagle and Katherine Schaff, Health Equity Coordinator from Berkeley Media Studies Group.
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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:
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
- Monday, Jan. 13 - Thursday, Jan. 16
- 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 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:
Saint Mary's Health Clinic
- Monday, Jan. 13
- 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Consulate of Ecuador
- 2310 NE. Central Ave., Minneapolis
Little Earth Residents Association
- Wednesday, Jan. 15
- 2 - 6 p.m.
- 2495 18th Ave. S., Minneapolis
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 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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