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SHIP Active Communities Intervention Technical Assistance
ARDC has formed another partnership with public health professionals to provide technical planning assistance nine communities in the Arrowhead Region as part of a Region-wide State Health Improvement Program(SHIP) grant.
ARDC has formed another partnership with public health professionals to provide technical planning assistance nine communities in the Arrowhead Region as part of a Region-wide State Health Improvement Program(SHIP) grant.
The Minnesota Department of Health has awarded the Carlton-Lake-Cook-St Louis Community Health Board (CHB) with a two year grant to implement five interventions in the seven county region with the aim towards MDH overall goal of helping Minnesotans live longer, better, healthier lives by reducing the burden of chronic disease. ARDC is providing technical assistance for the Active Communities Intervention. Below are the five interventions the CHB will work on over the next two years . 1. Active Communities 2. School Health Policies 3. Tobacco Free Campuses and Cessation Services 4. Breastfeeding Policies in healthcare systems 5. Worksite Wellness Program ACTIVE COMMUNITIES INTERVENTION To implement policies and practices that create active communities by increasing opportunities for non-motorized transportation (walking and biking) and access to community recreation facilities. View ARDC Technical Assistance Summary Sheet HERE ARDC is working closely with local SHIP coordinators and coalitions in the communities listed below on the Active communities Intervention: 1. Aitkin 2. Duluth 3. Grand Rapids 4. Grand Marais 5. Hibbing 6. International Falls 7. Moose Lake 8. Silver Bay 9. Thomson Township (Esko) ARDC Technical Assistance Presentation Bovey/Coleraine Map Click HERE |
| Active Living Initiatives
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| Please use the following web links to other ARDC pages to learn more about active living in the Arrowhead Region. State of Health- link coming soon Active Living Community Vision Comprehensive Planning Safe Routes to School Planned Improvements Helmet Hero Bicycle Safety Education Transit Planning Healthy Government Policies- link coming soon ARDC participates in Healthy Northland- more information can be found at: www.healthynorthland.org/activeliving (when the website becomes available). |
| Contact Information
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| Ellen Pillsbury phone: 218.529.7554 (direct) epillsbury@ardc.org or Bonnie Hundrieser phone: 218.529.7527 (direct) bhundrieser@ardc.org ARDC information: Arrowhead Regional Development Commission 221 West First Street Duluth, MN 55802 |
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