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00ll0Flarr;%%%0000000000%% <br />unt <br />AD INISTRATION <br />(7.)it z)ar.;,.; <br />January 19, 2023 <br />Contact: Erik Thorson, Communications Director, 763-324-4612, or e-mail: <br />Erik.Thorson@co.anoka.mn.us <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />SHIP Funding Available for Projects that Improve Community Health <br />Anoka County Public Health is once again offering an opportunity for neighborhoods and <br />community organizations to submit project proposals for Statewide Health Improvement <br />Partnership (SHIP) funding designed to help improve the health of area residents. <br />The funding, which will be given in the form of SHIP Partner Awards of up to $3,000 per <br />project proposal, is designed to increase sustainable opportunities to improve community health <br />through healthy eating, increased physical activity, mental wellbeing and reduced commercial <br />tobacco use. Examples of the types of projects the funding could be used for include expanding <br />access to fresh fruits and vegetables, organizing a bike share program, or offering tobacco- <br />free/vaping-free resources and support. <br />Past projects have been successful at helping to improve health in Anoka County. Last <br />year, a SHIP Partner Award was provided to Rise, a nonprofit organization that supports people <br />who have disabilities and other barriers, for the purchase of supplies and equipment designed to <br />increase physical activity and healthy eating opportunities for 165 program participants at their <br />Coon Rapids location. The funding was provided, in part, because people with disabilities are more <br />likely to experience chronic health conditions than adults without disabilities. Rise staff have <br />shared great positive feedback about the new equipment and impact on program participants, and <br />after being able to use the equipment thanked Anoka County for opening doors for people to have <br />new experiences and new ways to stay healthy. <br />-more- <br />f'°00'0,m;00p00000pissf'o,„0II, IIireireovatli pa00a„ 05as a0,00a 0 Ity 10000,000000poire l0lbIIm;00 <br />:01c0 yarn aria lll f'Ic"I"A. .k 00 311%yt\(F.'P.11,If., 30,„1 to 700 A %ytY"'IC7 00,0a, M553 030-5'; <br />A Etta Act In / Ih.gv.„11 0 Oppo rt 0,„up ally Eat 0 <br />0c00000E.00 i II0ty,1.atm?, <br />