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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.

Project Information

Collaborators, Project Phase & 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 Community for Health ; Community Mobilization Resources Coalition ; Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Issue

Impacts

Major Impact: Health

PlanScape Impacts :

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

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Mortality, Social Determinants

Project Phase

Available Phase

Project Type

Programming

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

Key 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."

Key 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, Diversity and Inclusion, Health, Medical Services, OpenBeam, Pandemic

February 01, 2023: Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization Plan 2023 Communications

1Q2023: January communications

February 01, 2023: Black History Month Series of Events

(1) 2024 Black History Month Press Release; (2) 2022 Black History Month Press Release; (3) 2021 Black History Month Press Release

January 28, 2023: State of Minnesota

Community Conversation: Building Racial Equity into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid - A focus on U.S.-born Black Minnesotans

January 27, 2023: Community Health Assessment Process

2021 - 2023 CHIP Priorities and Status; 2024 - 2026 CHIP Priorities

January 24, 2023: Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative (OT2)

Rochester-area conversations to explain NIH ComPASS program submission and solicit letters of support from area CBOs.

January 22, 2023: United Way of Olmsted County

Investing in Community-Led Solutions:Centering Black Voices through Participatory Grantmaking

January 19, 2023: Housing Alliance Coalition BIPOC Co-designing

Housing Alliance Coalition BIPOC Co-designing Co-designing report

January 17, 2023: Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan

Data Analyst Job Opening.

January 04, 2023: Targeted Business Enterprise Utilization 2022 Communication

4Q22: December messages and reports; November messages and reports; October messages and reports; 3Q2022: August, July messages and reports; 2Q2022: June, May, April message and report; 1Q 2022 (1) TB report and message (2) An apprenticeship readiness program is now recruiting women, people of color and veterans for careers in the construction industry. (3) Bloomberg news

December 21, 2022: Administration of Rochester's 3.12M award from Minnesota Main Street Economic Revitalization Program

(1) Second Phase Grant; (2) DMC Announces First Recipients of Main Street Grant Funding 30 Businesses ($1.6M) ; (3) Launching of Main Street Grant

December 17, 2022: Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage (CMAH) Newsletter

December 2022 Newsletter; February 2022, Black History Month Newsletter

December 15, 2022: Minnesota Department of Health Eliminating Health Disparities

1. Request for Proposals for Grants with Community-based Organizations, Tribes and Diverse Media Vendors for COVID-19 Communications, Engagement, and Outreach; 2. Seeking Paid Volunteers to Participate in 2022 Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) Grant Review Process

December 14, 2022: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative (BHCL)

(1) December 2022, Featuring Chao Mwatela, DEI Director, Rochester, MN (2) Bloomberg News (local infrastructure Hub (3) Keep it local grant recognized by Bloomberg

December 13, 2022: P-TECH 535

(1) 2022 cohort video (2) RCTC grand opening and IBM video in support of P-Tech.

Last modified by support on 2022/07/30
Created by support on 2021/08/25

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Available - a product, program or service is in production
Develop - program or application is being developed
Plan - idea is solid, stakeholders are identified, and there is strong commitment to go forward from all parties.
Concept Phase - idea scoped out with enough details to give an early sizing and/or to build a proof of concept
demonstration
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THE WORKS

Though a work plan that includes:

More background

Program Kickoff

Press Release

Key reports on: Project HEALINGS of MN

Key reports on: Project HEALINGS of MN

Other Community News and Reports having impacts on: