Past funding opportunities
Dakota County Cities Active Living Community Partner Award (2021-2022)
Dakota County Food Shelf Community Partner Award (2022)
SHIP School Wellness Community Partner Award (2023)
Newsletter
SHIP sends a monthly newsletter that shares resources, events and funding opportunities.
Sign up for the Public Health News for Schools newsletter.
Reports
SHIP creates reports to share progress and evaluations of program efforts. The following are the most recent reports:
SHIP Cumulative Progress Report (2017-2025)
SHIP Rapid Response Food Shelves Report (2025)
SHIP Digital Well-Being Report (2025)
SHIP Worksite Wellness Report (2024)
SHIP School Wellness Report (2024)
SHIP Healthy Neighborhoods (2025)
SHIP Power of Produce (2023)
In 2022 and 2023, Dakota County Public Health and Live Smoke Free worked with the City of Burnsville to gather data to inform smoke-free housing opportunities in the city. The
Burnsville Survey Summary includes highlights from the 221 residents and six property managers surveyed.
Public health liaisons
Schools should contact their public health liaison for information on future funding:
Partnering with Dakota County
Dakota County SHIP works with individuals and organizations to create policies, infrastructure, programs and activities to make the “healthy choice the easy choice."
If you or your organization would like to discuss how Dakota County could support you, please email
marguerite.zauner@co.dakota.mn.us.