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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

Strategy

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.

A series of assessments and data gathering sessions

Geographically and linguistically diverse public events

Hiring 21+ cross-culturally adept outreach personnel to implement all facets of the work

Comprehensive deployment of media/communication strategies

Coordinated individual engagement activities with culturally/linguistic appropriate materials

Expected Results

Unknown

Outcome Indicators

Unknown

Metrics

Unknown

Key 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."