Public Health System Transformation Update Newsletter
April 2025 | View all system transformation newsletters

Public health supports thriving communities: A report on Minnesota’s public health system 

Earlier this year, the Joint Leadership Team for Public Health System Transformation released a report describing how Minnesota’s public health leaders, elected officials, and community members work together to help our communities thrive by:

• doing the foundational work of public health in innovative and collaborative ways,
• partnering across sectors and geographies, and
• working together to meet today’s health needs while anticipating tomorrow’s.

Members of the Joint Leadership Team presented this report to the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee in January 2025 and to the State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC) in February 2025.

Borrow some talking points

Joint Leadership Team members used a research-based, values-driven messaging frame to talk about the goals we share across Minnesota, the people doing the important work of public health, the value that public health brings to communities, the problem facing Minnesota in an aging and stressed public health system, and the solution we’re reaching toward together: a seamless, responsive, publicly-supported public health system that serves all Minnesotans.

Dig into the report

Read the full report (PDF) or an executive summary (PDF) online, and let us know what you think.

Where does this report resonate with your work, and how do you see today’s public health landscape changing while your jurisdiction adapts? Let us know!

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