Strategies 1.2.3: Increase physical activity for all in Minnesota
Strategy from the 2011-2020 Minnesota Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Plan
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2010 Healthy Kids/Physical Education Bill |
2010 Minnesota Complete Streets Law Chapter 351, Sec. 52 as passed by the Minnesota Legislature includes a requirement for Mn/DOT to consult with stakeholders and then implement a Complete Streets Policy in Minnesota for the state highway system. The law also encourages local agencies to adopt their own policies. The Commissioner of Transportation assigned the Mn/DOT Director of Context Sensitive Solutions to lead this effort. Website: www.mncompletestreets.org/gfx/MNCompleteStreetsLaw.pdf |
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota - Active Living Minnesota
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Health Promotion and Prevention Partnership (HP3) Contact: Gayle Ober |
Legislative Advocacy - Physical Activity Contact: Rachel Callanan, American Heart Association |
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MDH - SagePlus Program* SagePlus provides low-income, underinsured or uninsured 40-64 year old women with knowledge, skills, and opportunities to improve their diet, physical activity, and other life habits to prevent, delay or control cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. After an initial screening, which includes blood pressure, blood glucose, lipids, and weight, women receive risk reduction information tailored to their results and are offered the opportunity to participate in a year-long effort to improve their heart health. Women may choose to work on diet, physical activity, tobacco cessation, or other health behaviors that impact their heart health. Women who agree to commit to lifestyle change are assisted in designing specific, achievable, measurable steps to reach their goals. SagePlus provides counseling, support, encouragement, as well as coordinating two optional activities designed to help women become more active and to increase their fruit and vegetable consumption. Contact: Trisha Barney |
MDH - Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives*
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Parks and Trails Legacy Grant Program The Parks and Trails Legacy Grants program provides grants to local units of government to support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance. Funding for this grant program is from the Parks and Trails Fund created by the Minnesota Legislature from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment passed by the voters in 2008. This program is established in Minnesota Statutes 85.535. The Parks and Trails Fund receives 14.25% of the sales tax revenue and may only be spent to support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance. This grant opportunity further increases opportunities for regular physical activity. The DNR has allocated over $7 million in 2012 and 2013. Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/recreation/pt_legacy.html |
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Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) - Bicycle Planning MnDOT recognizes bicycling as an important component of Minnesota’s transportation system. The purpose of the bicycle planning work is to provide foundational information to assist MnDOT in better integrating bikeway facility planning and implementation into its day-to-day business. MnDOT granted funds to GroupLens at the University of Minnesota to research and develop a multi-modal tool for Cyclopath. MnDOT is also developing a statewide policy and data plan for bicycling in Minnesota and will include a new state bicycle map. Website: www.dot.state.mn.us/bike/ |
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MnDOT - Minnesota Go MnDOT launched the Minnesota GO visioning process to better align the transportation system with what Minnesotans expect for their quality of life, economy and natural environment. It is now informing the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan (SMTP). This multimodal plan establishes guidance and priorities for state transportation decisions and into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) which identifies priority projects and how money will be spent. The SMTP and the different modal plans are updated every 4-6 years; the STIP is updated annually to keep pace with changing priorities, opportunities, and challenges. Website: www.minnesotagoplan.org/ |
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MnDOT - Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS) The Safe Routes to School program provides communities with the opportunity to improve the built environment and promote bicycling and walking to school with infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. In 2012, the MnDOT awarded $768,000 in federal funding for SRTS. The grants will support SRTS plans at 70 schools in 35 communities and implementation grants at 22 schools in 9 communities. Also, SRTS is now established in law as a state program. Governor Mark Dayton signed the Omnibus Transportation bill into law on May 10, 2012. Website: www.dot.state.mn.us/saferoutes/ |
| If you would like to report current activity around this strategy, please contact Sueling Schardin at (651) 201-4051 or sueling.schardin@state.mn.us |
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