In 2008, Minnesota lawmakers recognized that controlling health care costs would require more than just changes in medical care - additional investments in prevention were needed. With bipartisan support in the legislature, Minnesota passed a groundbreaking health reform law. A key component of that reform was to create SHIP, which invests in preventing chronic diseases before they start.

• 5,250 partner sites.
• 2,000 collaborative partnerships.
• 850 engaged community leaders.
• 41 Community Health Boards, covering all 87 counties plus the cities of Bloomington, Edina and Richfield; the City of Minneapolis; and the City of St. Paul (with Ramsey County).
• 10 Tribal Governments.

• Cost of obesity in Minnesota: $3.2 billion per year.
• Cost of smoking in Minnesota: $3.3 billion per year.

• Fiscal Year 2010-11: $47 million.
  Grants were awarded to 53 Community Health Boards and two Tribal Governments (representing eight nations).
• Fiscal Year 2012-13 funding: $15 million.
  Grants were awarded to 17 Community Health Boards and the Leech Lake Tribal Government.
• Fiscal Year 2014-15 funding: $35 million.
  Grants were awarded to 38 Community Health Boards and 10 Tribal Governments.
• Fiscal Year 2016-17 funding: $35 million.
  Grants were awarded to 41 Community Health Boards and 10 Tribal Governments.
• Fiscal Year 2018-19 funding: $35 million.
  Grants were awarded to 41 Community Health Boards and 10 Tribal Governments.

• To learn more about SHIP in your community or to inquire about partnership opportunities, contact your local public health office.
• Our local SHIP staff represents 41 Community Health Boards, covering all 87 counties plus the cities of Bloomington, Edina and Richfield; the City of Minneapolis; and the City of St. Paul (with Ramsey County).

SHIP provides Mini-Grants to partner sites periodically throughout the year. Mini-Grants help our partners make Policy, System, and Environmental Changes at their organization. If you are interested in a Mini-Grant, please reach out to us.

• SHIP Mini-Grants can cover a wide variety of projects. Please contact us so we can discuss allowable and unallowable projects.
• SHIP funding Mini-Grant funding varies each year. Please contact us to learn more about partner funding.

• For health promotion and disease prevention strategies to be successful, policies, systems, and environments (PSE) must be supportive of health. Policy, systems, and environmental change strategies are designed to promote healthy behaviors by making healthy choices readily available and easily accessible in the community. PSE change strategies are designed with sustainability in mind.
• Examples of Policy Changes: implementing a smoke-free worksite policy or establishing healthy food options in a vending machine at a business.
• Examples of Systems Changes: processes, procedures, practices, relationships, and power structures involved in making decisions that impact access to facilities and opportunities or establishment of committees for developing or expanding public transit systems or change in the membership of a committee to include more community members impacted by the committee's work.
• Examples of Environmental Changes: Installing signs that promote use of walking and biking paths or increasing the availability of fresh, healthy foods in schools, restaurants, and cafeterias.

• Our Community Leadership Team serves as an advisory group to help establish and grown community support for policy, systems and environmental (PSE) change work. They play a key role to help with community engagement and communication.
• Every SHIP grantee is required to establish a Community Leadership Team.

• Community Leadership Teams meets quarterly to network and give updates on SHIP-related projects.
• They also provide opportunities to assess community needs, identify key decision makers related to our SHIP projects, identify potential SHIP partners, help identify and set priorities to work throughout the year, take on necessary project roles, help with communication and community engagement strategies, explores and addresses how policies and ordinances could potentially impact health, and provider leadership for health within their workplace and communities.

While your local public health and SHIP contacts are able to help you find what you are looking for, you can also view additional preventive health information here:

• Breastfeeding.
• Community-Clinical Linkages (Healthcare).
• Early Care and Education.
• Healthy Eating.
• Obesity.
• Physical Activity (Active Living).
• Tobacco Prevention and Control.
• Tribal SHIP and Tribal Tobacco Grants.
• Workplace Wellness.