Funding and SHIP Resources

Current funding opportunities

School ​Wellness Community Partner Aw​​​ards

Schools applying for the Wellness Community Partner Awards should first review the instructions document and Attachment A.

• SHIP Schools Wellness Community Partner Awards Application
  

If you would like any of these documents in a Microsoft Word format, please email kjirsten.anderson@co.dakota.mn.us ​

Watch our presentation on the SHIP 2025 School Wellness Community Partner Award. The presentation goes into detail on the award's funding, requirements, and possible projects.

​Current tr​aining opportunities

School Leadership Coaching Participation

Dakota County's leadership coaching initiative is open to Dakota County public school districts. These specialized leadership coaching opportunities are for school district administrative leaders. They will be led by BrightWorks, our region's Educational Service Cooperative, who specializes in providing high-quality education services and programs to public schools and districts.

• SHIP School Leadership Coaching Participation Interest Form​
  

​Past funding opport​unities

​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)​​

Newsetter

SHIP sends a monthly newsletter that shares resources, events and funding opportunities. S​ign up for the Public He​alth News for Schools newsletter.

Repor​​​​ts

SHIP creates reports to share progress and evaluations of program efforts. The most recent reports are below:

SHIP ​Healthy Neighborhoods (2023)
SHIP Power o​f Produce​ (2023)
SHIP Pro​gress Report (April 2023)
SHIP School Wellness Report (2022)
SHIP Cumulative Progress Report (2015-2022)​​
SHIP Evaluation Report (2020)

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:

• ISD191 Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Public Schools:  erin.ostrowski@co.dakota.mn.us 
• ISD192 Farmington Public Schools:  kjirsten.anderson@co.dakota.mn.us
• ISD194 Lakeville Public Schools:  erin.ostrowski@co.dakota.mn.us 
• ISD195 Randolph Public Schools:  marguerite.zauner@co.dakota.mn.us
• ISD196 Rosemount-Apply Valley-Eagan Public Schools:  kjirsten.anderson@co.dakota.mn.us
• ISD197 West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools: kassy.podvin@co.dakota.mn.us
• ISD199 Inver Grove Heights Public Schools:  erin.ostrowski@co.dakota.mn.us 
  
• ISD 200 Hastings Public Schools:  kassy.podvin@co.dakota.mn.us
• SSD6 South St.​ Paul Public Schools: marguerite.zauner@co.dakota.mn.us
• ISD917 Intermediate School District:  erin.ostrowski@co.dakota.mn.us ​​

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.

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