Healthy Community Grants available through Crow Wing Energized – Brainerd Dispatch

Grant applications to Crow Wing Energized, a community movement led by Essentia Health and Crow Wing County Community Services to improve health and wellness in the community by making healthy choices essential, are being accepted, a news release stated. The first application deadline is April 15.

Organization criteria for applying includes serving or being located within Crow Wing County, including but not limited to: neighborhood, youth or environmental groups; faith-based organizations; health care organizations; civic or citizens' associations; economic development agencies; local government entities; local businesses; school districts and other similar groups. Applicants are not required to be incorporated 501(c)3 organizations.

Applicant projects need to align with the Crow Wing Energized guiding principles as well as Minnesota Department of Health Statewide Health Improvement Partnership's financial guide:

Creating and sustaining a united approach to improving health and wellness in Crow Wing County

Collaborating towards solutions with multiple stakeholders (e.g. schools, worksites, medical centers) to improve community engagement and commitment focused on improving community health

Being anchored in evidence based efforts around greatest community good that can be achieved through available resources.

The Healthy Community Grants are made available through SHIP funding that was awarded to Crow Wing Energized. Grant applications are reviewed by the Crow Wing Energized community leadership team and goal groups:

The healthy choices goal group develops sustainable strategies and encourages healthy choices by increasing access to healthy foods, increasing active living opportunities and helping to promote and support the healthy environments.

The mental fitness goal group encourages and equips citizens in achieving and maintaining mental fitness by building networks throughout the county for achieving resilience, increasing the practice of intentional choices to help reduce stress and anxiety and educating communities to increase the knowledge of mental fitness so it will help to make positive choices regarding their overall health.

The workplace wellness goal group helps to create a healthy and energized workforce by increasing employee satisfaction, maximizing productivity, minimizing absenteeism and helping to reduce health care costs.

For a Healthy Community Grant Application visit http://www.crowwingenergized.org and click on "Resources," or to learn more about Crow Wing Energized and what its community partners are currently doing, contact Cassie Carey, Crow Wing Energized coordinator, at cassie.carey@crowwingenergized.org or 218-828-7443.

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