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New Round of Mini-Grants in Near North, Northeast and Phillips Communities!

 

Nine mini-grants, totally more than $177,000, is going help organizations promote better, healthier living to thousands of Minneapolis residents. This latest round of funding also incorporates more of a family approach to physical activity. They will help fund projects for a year, beginning later this month.

 

The nine grant recipients are:

 

  • African Community Service
  • East Side Neighborhood Services
  • Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  • Lao Advancement Organization of America
  • Minnesota FoodShare
  • Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
  • Pillsbury United Communities Oak Park Center
  • Resources for Child Caring
  • YWCA of Minneapolis

For more information about these organizations and the specific grant programs, click here. 

 

Minneapolis designated Governor’s Fit City!

 

Minneapolis earned the recognition by making a commitment to support and encourage its residents to be more physically active and to improve the overall health of the community. To read the press release, click here.

 

The Governor’s Fit City initiative is part of an overall push by Governor Pawlenty to encourage fitness. The governor declared 2005 “The Year of Fitness” in Minnesota and created the “Governor’s Fitness Challenge.” More information about the Governor’s Fit City program can be found at www.health.state.mn.us/fitcity.

 
 
About Minneapolis

Welcome to Minneapolis, MN!

 

·        Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota with a population of 382,618.

·        In the past decade, the city’s population has become increasingly diverse (34.9 percent are residents of color).

·        The Minneapolis Public Schools include 63 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 7 high schools and 31 alternative schools.

·        The Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support is the lead agency for Steps to a HealthierMN - Minneapolis.

 

 
 
Monitoring and Evaluation

Creating a movement toward better health and well-being is what Steps to a Healthier Minneapolis is all about. But how do we know when we get there? How do we know when health is improving? When people are living healthier lives?

One of the important things Steps to a Healthier Minneapolis does is track day-to-day activities of the grant, report on the progress of community partners, and monitor the health of the community through surveys.

 

Our progress is measured in the community through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). The BRFSS is a telephone survey of Minneapolis adults. Questions ask about residents’ general health, health risks, and access to health care.

 

Another survey is the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).  This survey is administered to students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade and contains questions intended to measure progress towards attaining the objectives of the Steps to a Healthier Minneapolis program such as questions regarding basic demographics, dietary habits, physical activity, tobacco use and exposure, and asthma.

 

Individual projects are measured to ensure plans are carried out and that behavior changes are tracked.

 

Download and view indcators from:

BRFSS
YRBS
 
 
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