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Project HEALINGS of MN

HEALINGS provides an opportunity to close vaccination gaps and solve persistent health inequities by galvanizing disparate regional efforts and forging unbreakable connections between BIPOC Minnesotans and the state, local, private, and nonprofit entities that serve them. More than 250,000 touches that will establish a formidable network of human relationships to fulfill current COVID priorities and lay a foundation for equitable management of major health events arising in the future. The initiative will focus on Minnesota’s major population centers and the tribal communities of the Anishinaabe and Dakota.

This project is in Available Phase

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

Collaborators

Lead Organization: Diversity Council

Contact: Dee Sabol ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Asian Media Access ; Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; Diversity Council ; HISPANIC ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH RESEARCH (HACER) ; Olmsted County Public Health Services ; OpenBeam

Potential Collaborators: IMAA ; Mayo Clinic ; Olmsted Medical Center

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Building Out Community Mobilization Resources Coalition ; Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Issue

Impacts

Major Impact: Health

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Best Practice, CMRC, Diversity and Inclusion, Health, Medical Services, OpenBeam, Pandemic

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Mortality, Social Determinants

Type of Project

Programming, Featured

Detailed Description

THE WORKS

HEALINGS will be executed by an alliance of nonprofit organizations deeply embedded within BIPOC communities and effectively connected with government and health sector entities. The allied community-based organizations are led by Diversity Council, a nonprofit focused on health equity with more than 30 years of service in the state. The 20 plus implementation partners who have joined the alliance have proven engagement and programmatic successes as well. Each is committed to collaborative work and aligned with the purpose and outcomes of HEALINGS.

Though a work plan that includes:

More background

HEALINGS will take critical information and interaction to the granular level within minority communities, accomplishing something everyone desires: equitable participation and inclusion in the health ecosystem. Project HEALINGS takes the very best people and practices and integrates them around equitable community health response. It is an initiative with tangible benefits in the immediate sense in terms of COVID-19 vaccination, and sustainable benefits in the long term for the State of Minnesota and each individual who calls it home.

Project HEALINGS is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1 million with 20% percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

Program Kickoff

Press Release

Pinned Reports on: Project HEALINGS of MN

Project HEALINGS Communication (April 09, 2022)

Sample of partner recordings to encourage Covid vaccination

Press Release: $ 1M grant from HRSA (August 20, 2021)

"The Diversity Council, a nonprofit based in Rochester MN, has received $1 million in grant funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through its “Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access” Initiative for Covid-19 Vaccine promotion and awareness."

Reports on: Project HEALINGS of MN

Project HEALINGS Mini Grant (December 14, 2022)

All BIPOC Community Based Groups hosting cultural events whre vaccine information is provided and vaccinations can be offered are welcome to apply.

Project HEALINGS of MN Covid-19 Series - Articles 6 (November 02, 2022)

Series 6 Articles: Strength in vaccines: How parents protect their children.

Project HEALINGS of MN Covid-19 Series - Articles 5 (October 01, 2022)

PROUD AND HEALTHY: HOW LGTBQIA+ COMMUNITIES ARE SUPPORTED WITH COVID CARE

Project HEALINGS of MN Covid-19 Series - Articles 4 (September 03, 2022)

Vaccination empowers learning learning about health and wellness: Covid disproportionate health impacts to black community.

Project HEALINGS of MN Covid-19 Series - Articles 3 (August 05, 2022)

1. Vacines protect pregnancy and privacy - Find out now. 2, VACCINATION EMPOWERS LEARNING ABOUT OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Why Get Vaccinated? (July 22, 2022)

July 2022 e-Magazine; November 2021 e-Magazine; Info about booster; Education Slides in English and Chinese.

Vaccines Protect Our Families (June 29, 2022)

Information Series Article 2: Vaccines Protect Our Families

Project HEALINGS Covid-19 Information Series (May 02, 2022)

Project HEALINGS information: What are vaccines?

Project HEALINGS Communication (April 09, 2022)

Sample of partner recordings to encourage Covid vaccination

Project HEALINGS of MN (Health Education and Adult Learning Incorporated with Navigation of Government Systems) (October 15, 2021)

Project HEALINGS kickoff, 10/16/2021 and other related information

Press Release: $ 1M grant from HRSA (August 20, 2021)

"The Diversity Council, a nonprofit based in Rochester MN, has received $1 million in grant funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through its “Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access” Initiative for Covid-19 Vaccine promotion and awareness."

Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:

Best Practice, CMRC, Diversity and Inclusion, Health, Medical Services, OpenBeam, Pandemic

August 30, 2024: CMRC Legacy and Future

CMRC pausing public activities and investment potential white paper availability announcement.

August 27, 2024: SBDC Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 16^th: Workshop: Finding your First Customers and sell without being salesy; Sept 21^st: Workshop: Financial Literacy; Sept. 28^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 1); Oct. 5^th: Workshop: How to Start a Business from Scratch (Part 2);

August 12, 2024: Community Healthcare Simulation Center Co-Design Report

Jun 2021 Co-design Report

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

August 08, 2024: Anti-Hate Rally and Forum

Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate

"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."

August 07, 2024: Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

August 05, 2024: Second Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

3Q2024: July 2024 Admin Message and Reports

August 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050

The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

July 27, 2024: C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

July 17, 2024: City Housing Support

Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.

July 13, 2024: How does racism impact people’s health?

The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”

July 01, 2024: First Half 2024 Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan Reports

2Q 2024: June 2024; May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report

1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report

Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development

June 26, 2024: City of Rochester - Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (JEDI) Audit Status

June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session: Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough

Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec

June 21, 2024: Somali American Social Service Association

SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment.

The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.

June 20, 2024: Community Building Fund

The City of Rochester welcomes applications for the Community Building Fund. This fund is all about supporting projects, programs, and events in the city that actively promote equity and inclusion.

June 19, 2024: RISE for Youth Learning

Updates from NAACP with Media Links

"Example of careers they are interested in include radiology, artificial Intelligence, surgery, aeronautical engineering, psychology, sports, business administration and many more!"

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