SD Good & Healthy Community Grant

South Dakota Good & Healthy Community Grant

The South Dakota Department of Health Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion will provide funding and technical assistance to South Dakota community coalitions or workgroups to conduct a community health needs assessment and improvement planning process to understand the health of a community regarding chronic disease prevention and control.

The process is guided by the South Dakota Good & Healthy Community Health Needs Assessment and Improvement Planning Toolkit. The goal of the grant is to support the assessment of community health and all of its residents, as well as develop health promotion and disease prevention strategies for future implementation.

Letters of Interest are accepted on an ongoing basis and reviewed monthly.

Visit http://goodandhealthysd.org/communitytoolkit/ for the complete details and the toolkit.

Grant Period: 1 year

Anticipated Award Amount: up to $10,000 per applicant

Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants include entities who represent a local governmental or non-profit community-based organization with 501(c)3 status that supports the mission of the OCDPHP. Examples include, but are not limited to, schools, post-secondary institutions, civic associations, service clubs, healthcare organizations, faith-based organizations, parent groups, neighborhood associations, and local community coalitions.

Application Procedure:

Step 1: Letter of Interest j Interested applicants should download and complete the

Letter of Interest, and email it to DOH.info@state.sd.us.

Include “Healthy Community LOI” and your applicant name in the subject line. j For questions regarding the proposed project applicants may email slmelstad.consulting@gmail.com. j Letters of Interest are accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis. j Applicants will be notified within two to three weeks after the receipt of an LOI of their application status.

Step 2: Full Proposal – Invitation Only j Applicants invited to submit a full proposal will be invited to participate in a phone call with the South

Dakota Department of Health to discuss the grant deliverables to ensure thorough understanding of the expectations of the grant. Invitations to submit a full proposal do not indicate a commitment of funding. j Applicants will be provided with the full application materials if their LOI is accepted. j The full application must be emailed within five weeks to DOH.info@state.sd.us. Include “Healthy Community

Application” and your applicant name in the subject line. j Applicants will be notified within four weeks after receipt of an application of their application status.

Drug Control Fund Awards Distributed to Law Enforcement Agencies

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that several law enforcement agencies throughout the state have been given awards from the Attorney General’s Drug Control Fund. The Drug Control Fund is funded by drug forfeiture monies to be used for enforcement in drug control and apprehension purposes. The award money distributed for this most recent cycle totaled $394,509.91.

“The Drug Control Fund helps law enforcement to better protect communities by funding local programs with monies seized from drug arrests. We are funding a number of requests including several for body worn cameras to assist agencies throughout the state to improve their levels of public trust and improve public safety,” said Jackley.

Below are the list of agencies and their awards: j Brookings PD $49,700.00 Vehicle, in-car camera system, computer j Campbell County SO $14,200.00 Body Worn Cameras,

Rifle, Body Armor j Chamberlain PD $7,600.00 K9 replacement j Codington County SO $9,690.00 Body Worn Cameras j Corson County SO $35,000.00 K9 Vehicle j Deadwood PD $39,751.80 Vehicle j Dewey County SO $24,555.00 In-Car Camera Systems j Grant County SO $1,538.00 Binoculars j McCook County SO $15,887.00 Body Worn Cameras j Meade County SO $7,567.36 Spike Strips j Mobridge PD $50,426.00 Audio Surveillance & K9

Equipment j Oglala Lakota Co SO $16,684.00 Body Worn Cameras,

In-Car Camera j Pennington County SO $46,911.75 Vehicle, Radios,

Continued Education j SD Highway Patrol $56,675.00 Narcan & K9 vehicle, dog and kennel j Stanley County SO $1,100.00 Cameras and tripods j Tea PD $3,614.00 Computer, cameras, heat sealer, cell recorders j Whitewood PD $12,610.00 In-car camera and body worn cameras systems & UA Kits