DEPARTMENT: Public Health
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Minnesota Department Of Health Cannabis And Substance Use Prevention Grant Funds, Execute Grant Agreement, Add 1.0 Grant-Funded Full-Time Equivalent, And Amend 2025 Public Health Budget
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize acceptance of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Cannabis and Substance Use Prevention (CSUP) grant funds, execution of the grant agreement, addition of 1.0 grant-funded full-time equivalent (FTE), and amendment to the 2025 Public Health Budget.
SUMMARY
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. ? 375A.04, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners is, and performs the duties and exercises the powers of, a community health board under Minn. Stat. ch. 145A, and is required to govern and administer those functions as fully as other Dakota County functions, including the responsibility to prevent disease and to promote and protect the public health of Dakota County residents.
During the 2023 legislative session, local and tribal public health agencies in Minnesota were allocated ongoing funding focused on cannabis prevention beginning in state fiscal year (SFY) 2025 (Chapter 121 - MN Laws; Article 1). When the cannabis conference report passed, it contained language changing how local and tribal cannabis funding could be spent (Chapter 121 - MN Laws; Article 3). Eligible uses of the funds include prevention of use of other substances, including cannabis.
In October 2024, Public Health was notified by MDH of a CSUP grant allocation of $283,568 for the period of November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2025. These grant funds were awarded to all Community Health Boards throughout the state to create prevention, education, and recovery programs focusing on substance misuse prevention and treatment options, with the main focus on primary prevention of substance use/misuse (Attachment: Grant Guide).
Public Health plans to utilize these grant funds to support the salary and...
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