MULTISECTOR BLUEPRINT FOR AGING

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A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR


My Fellow Minnesotans,


Thanks to the active engagement of community leaders like you, along with leadership from government  and community partners, our grantees, subject matter experts, and older people spanning a variety of areas, the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council is pleased to release the first Minnesota Multisector Blueprint for Aging.

Take a journey through the four framing domains or download an accessible copy of the full Blueprint below. Then, sign-up to join an Action Team to make this plan a reality starting in 2025.


Mike Saindon, Interim Director

Age-Friendly Minnesota Council

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RELEASE: MINNESOTA'S MULTISECTOR BLUEPRINT FOR AGING

We invite you to join the statewide effort now unfolding to move this work forward. Share your thoughts, sign-up to be a subject matter expert, or commit your organization or agency as a champion of a specific tactic. We'll need all the collective ingenuity, knowledge and life experience of Minnesotans from every sector and corner of the state to advance the core elements of this bold 10-year plan!

In under an hour, learn more about Minnesota's first iteration of the Multisector Blueprint for Aging, released in December, 2024.

TAKE A JOURNEY

THROUGH THE BLUEPRINT

We invite you to review the general framework for Minnesota's Multisector Blueprint for Aging and then download the first version of this 10-year plan.

LEARN ABOUT THE FOUR DOMAINS OF WORK DOWNLOAD A COPY OF MINNESOTA'S MULTISECTOR BLUEPRINT FOR AGING

TIMELINE

  • 2019 - In December, Governor Walz signed in-person EO 19-38, establishing an Age-Friendly Minnesota Council at the MN Leadership Council on Aging Summit.
  • 2020 - In August, the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council completed the first phase of work by submitting a preliminary  set of recommendations  to the Legislature.
  • 2021 - In the 2021 Special Session, the Legislature passed language continuing the Council. In December, community engagement work began through AGEnda.
  • 2022 - In January, the first staff were hired and Minnesota became the 10th state to to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
  • 2023 - In June, 90 community grants were awarded. In September, seven Regional Exchange sessions and a virtual statewide conference were convened to offer community input into a Multisector Blueprint for Aging.
  • 2024 - In May, a draft Multisector Blueprint for Aging was released for public comment (through July 31, 2024) and in October and November Action Team convenings  were held to prioritize tactics, followed by a December release.
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WHAT IS A BLUEPRINT?

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GROUNDING VISION

These eight issue briefs were developed to inform the Multisector Blueprint for Aging and other age-friendly work across the state.

REGIONAL INPUT

As part of our statewide community engagement efforts, we held a series of seven free regional discussions on September 29, 2023.

Click on each city below to access a detailed regional report from each community or watch the regional summary session videos.

NORTHEAST MN SESSION

CENTRAL MN SESSION

SOUTHERN MN SESSION

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NORTHWEST MN SESSION

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We will also leverage the latest research and tools from the National Center to Reframe Aging, the trusted source for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues. To learn more, the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council is bringing national experts to Minnesota to help leaders from across the state engage in virtual and in-person trainings.

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