Commissioner Moran: May (Community Resources)

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Serving residents of the following city of Saint Paul communities:  Union Park, Hamline-Midway, Frogtown, Summit-University, North End, Downtown, Summit Hill, Macalester-Groveland and Highland Park.

May 2024 (Community Resources)

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Contact

Rena Moran
Commissioner, District 4
651-266-8364
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Stevenson Morgan
Principal Assistant
651-266-8366
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Beverly Hammond
Administrative Assistant
651-266-8353
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Board Appointments

  • Budget Committee of the Whole (Vice Chair)
  • Legislative Committee of the Whole (Chair)
  • Health and Wellness Service Team Committee of the Whole
  • EGCI Service Team Committee of the Whole (Chair)
  • IPR Service Team Committee of the Whole
  • Safety and Justice Service Team Committee of the Whole
  • Strategic Team Committee of the Whole
  • Ramsey Co. Housing & Redevelopment Authority
  • Ramsey Co. Regional Rail Authority

Outside Committees

  • Heading Home Ramsey - Continuum of Care
  • County-Court Joint Committee
  • Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
  • ITASCA Project
  • Joint Property Tax Advisory Committee
  • Metro Mosquito Control District Board
  • Minnesota Workforce Council Association
  • Re-thinking I-94 Committee
  • Saint Paul Children's Collaborative
  • Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood
  • Workforce Innovation Board
  • Youth Justice Transformation

County Associations Board-Appointed

  • AMC District 10 Committee

County Associations 

  • AMC Health & Human Services Policy Committee
  • NACo Justice & Public Safety Committee
  • NACo Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC)
  • NACo Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC) Steering Committee

 

Available Community Resources

Community Innovation Grants

Community Innovation Grants for Racial and Health Equity

Two information sessions are scheduled for May 7th and May 8th, 2024, for organizations interested in applying.

All applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on May 24, 2024. No applications will be accepted after the deadline.

Saint Paul – Ramsey County Public Health (SPRCPH) is offering grants to support activities, programs and initiatives that improve public health issues in the community.

They must be related to building capacity, planning, developing, implementing, or evaluating work designed to address Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) priorities­­­.

CHIP priority areas covered under this grant include::

  • Racial and Health Equity
  • Healthy Eating, Active Living and Tobacco-Free Living
  • Access to Health Care Services
  • Mental Health and Well-being
  • Violence Prevention

More information

Housing Link

Subject: The Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) RFP for Fair Housing Activities

Greetings!

Please see information below regarding an RFP available for Fair Housing Activities through the Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC).

RFP for Fair Housing Activities – Applications Open Now!

The Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) requests proposals from any qualified agency, nonprofit or community organization related to the Fair Housing activities identified in its 2020 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). Applications close on June 10 at 4:30 PM.

The FHIC is looking for applications to respond to these associated strategies. The proposed activities should work to address at least one or both of the following fair housing goals and strategies identified:

  • Goal 3: Support homeownership for households of color.

Examples may include, but not limited to:

    • Conduct homebuyer and financial literacy education targeted at communities of color.
    • Conduct credit counseling and improvement programs targeted at communities of color.
    • Provide stewardship programming (e.g., educational training on home maintenance) for low-to-moderate income homeowners.
  • Goal 6: Ensure equal access to housing for persons with protected characteristics, lower-income, and homeless.

Examples may include, but not limited to:

    • Provide translation services for federally funded programs across the metropolitan area (e.g., translate city rehab program or rental assistance applications to Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Karen and other represented languages).
    • Hold legal services, eviction prevention and other educational activities across the metropolitan area.
    • Conduct fair housing training for landlords and renters.

The FHIC has a total of $100,000 available for activities proposed as a response to this RFP. Proposals will be collected in an online Zoom Grants application from Monday, April 29 to Monday, June 10, 2024 at 4:30 PM.

For more information, access the program website and/or email Carmel San Juan or Max Holdhusen.

In Community,

Heading Home Ramsey

www.HeadingHomeRamsey.org

HeadingHomeRamsey@co.ramsey.mn.us

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