Minnesota Department of Health grant for Transforming the Public Health System Innovation Projects

Minnesota Department of Health grant for Transforming the Public Health System Innovation Projects - REIA

Section 1: Background

Does this impact one of the City's Goal Areas

Policy Goals

Operational Goals

Public Safety	Yes
Housing	No
Economic Development	No
Public Services	No
Environmental Justice	No
Built Environment & Transportation	No
Public Health	Yes
Arts & Culture	No

Workforce	No
Spending	No
Data	Yes
Community Engagement	Yes

Describe the impact on selected goal areas.

The Minneapolis and St. Paul-Ramsey Health Departments will use this grant to study the efficacy, impacts, and feasibility of Safe Recovery Sites by assessing current research, literature, policies, procedures, and systems, engaging communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid crisis, and conducting a national, state, and local legal and environmental scan. Funds will be used to support one staff person in each Department and a research consultant, as well as outreach activities, communications, and data gathering and analysis activities.

Who participated in completing this analysis?

Luisa Pessoa-Brandao and Heidi Ritchie

Section 2: Data

LIST THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF CONSTITUENTS IN THOSE AREAS:

The impact will be citywide, however the opioid epidemic diaparetely impacts the Black and American Indian communities in Minneapolis, with rates of fatal overdoses being 3 and 29 times greater, respectively than among white residents.

What does available data tell you about how constituents from BIPOC communities currently relate to the desired outcome as compared to white constituents?

This grant will provide an opportunity to explore different approaches to addressing the opioid epidemic which disparetly impacts the Black and American Indian communities.

What data is unavailable or missing? How can you obtain additional data?

This grant will provide information on the possible impacts of safe Recovery Sites. This will be helpful in continuing to develop ways to address the current opioid epidemic in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Section 3: Community Engagement

Using the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Public Participation Spectrum, which participation strategy(s) was used when engaging those who would be most impacted?

Inform	Yes
Consult	Yes
Involve	Yes
Collaborate	No
Empower	No

Describe the Engagement and what have you learned?

Through the grant work we plan to conduct outreach to communities and geographic areas particularly impacted by the opioid epidemic. Additionally, we will conduct outreach and education on Safe Recovery Sites to gauge community reaction and collect feedback from impacted residents.

Section 4: Analysis

How does the outcome for this ordinance, amendment, or policy help the city achieve Racial Equity?

Developing new approaches to addressing the opioid epidemic will help reduce existing disparities for communities of color in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Section 5: Evaluation

How will impacts be measured? What are the success indicators and process benchmarks?

N/A

How will those who are impacted be informed of progress over time?

A final report on the results of the feasibility study will be shared with the communities engaged and posted on both Departments websites.

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