DEPARTMENT: Public Health
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With Independent School District 196 And Independent School District 200 For Smoke-Free Mentoring Cohorts
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of joint powers agreements (JPA)s with Independent School District (ISD) 196 and Independent School District (ISD) 200 for Smoke-Free Mentoring Cohorts.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Board of Commissioners acts as the Community Health Board and has the responsibility to prevent disease and to promote and protect the public health of Dakota County residents.
Dakota County Public Health (Public Health) has over 15 years of experience working with local school districts in Dakota County through the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP). Health Promotion supports community-driven solutions to expand opportunities for active living, healthy eating, commercial tobacco-free living, and preventing chronic disease. One effective strategy is collaborating with school districts to develop smoke-free peer mentoring programs. Public Health contracts with the Minnesota Tobacco Free Alliance (TFA) to oversee these peer-mentoring cohorts within participating districts, train youth in vaping prevention best practices as part of school engagement tactics, and work on school policies that positively impact student health. This initiative supports youth empowerment to take ownership in preventing vaping among their peers and practice leadership skills in the community. There is no money exchange between these districts and Dakota County. It is simply a notice to both governing bodies of the intent to work together and bring a contractor onsite to provide technical assistance.
Under Minn. Stat. ?471.59, subd.1, two or more governmental units may enter into an agreement to cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties, and one of the participating go...
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