America Community for Health

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: DMC EDA

Contact: Kevin Bright ; Email: kevinbright@dmceda.org ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: DMC EDA ; Diversity Council ; Lotus Health Foundation ; Olmsted County Community Services ; Olmsted County Housing Redevelopment Authority ; Olmsted County Public Health Services ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Area Family Y ; Rochester Community & Technical College ; Rochester Public Library ; United Way of Olmsted County ; Well Living Lab (A Delos and Mayo Clinic collaboration)

Potential Collaborators: AARP Rochester, MN ; Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; Salvation Army/Samaritan Medical Clinic

Related Projects

Bus Rapid Transit (2nd Street SW Link) ; Community Health Assessment Process ; DMC Discovery Square ; Destination Medical Center (DMC) ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Envisioning a 21st Century City: Regional Issues, Global Perspectives ; Executing on Planning 2 Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan ; Families Matter Mental Health Collaboration ; Housing Alliance Coalition ; Lifestyle Wellness Awareness Month ; Rochester Y Community Health Living Index Assessment (CHLI) ; The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC) ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Vision/Identity

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Aging, Best Practice, Business Process, Civic Engagement, Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Governance/Public Policy, Health, Housing, International, Intelligence, Mental Health, OpenBeam, Sustainability, Technology Enablement, Transportation, Workforce Development

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Livable City, Health & Wellness, Education/Learning Environment

Community Health Impacts:

Comprehensive

Project Phase

Plan  Phase

Project Type

Planning, Special  

1. Policies that bring potential health and social impacts into the decision-making process.
2. Project approval criteria that evaluate the potential health and social impacts of a project before it is built.
3. Metrics that gauge progress toward positive health and social outcomes that promote and sustain an inclusive and healthy community.

CNG Letter to DMC

Public Health Recommendations

1Q2023: January communications 

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

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

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

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

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

Housing Alliance Coalition BIPOC Co-designing Co-designing report

Data Analyst Job Opening. 

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

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

Mayor Norton Honors 2022 Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients

December 2022 Newsletter; February 2022, Black History Month Newsletter

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

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

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