Aging Dashboard

Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) is a cross-sector initiative to ensure that residents of Olmsted County have what they need to live with autonomy and dignity in all life’s stages. When Olmsted County became a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities in early 2020, it officially joined a global movement, with roots in the World Health Organization, to help cities and communities respond to an aging population and prepare for a permanently older society.

Action Plan

2021-07-01 Report Presentation 

America Community for Health ; Community Health Assessment Process ; Creating a 21st Century Community Space ; Housing Alliance Coalition ; In City for Good (In the Shadow of Growth)

Confirmed: 125 Live (aka Rochester Senior Center) ; AARP Rochester, MN ; County of Olmsted, MN ; Diversity Council ; Elder Network ; Family Service Rochester ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Community & Technical College ; Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential: Rochester Area Family Y

AFOC Action Plan Draft

9/10/2021 message from Dave Beal, August 2021 kickoff and inventory meeting

(1) 2021-06-27 Status Community Report;  (2) 2020-01-15:Olmsted County joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.

How well is Rochester meeting your needs as you age? A survey.

A continuing project to realize this purpose: “We are a cross-sector Alliance of organizations and individuals who seek to preserve and increase the supply of affordable housing that meets community needs and priorities in the Rochester area, through shared information, coordination, and collaboration.”

Strategies:

Greater Minnesota Housing Funds (GMHF) Facilitating "Housing Action Plan"

Coordinated with all local planning efforts

Establish housing production goals

Identify financing tools, policy tools, best practices

Consult with State, Federal & Local Government & Foundations

Plan for increased local development capacity

Innovative policies, strategies & Public/Private Partnerships

2021 Report

Indicators:

Homeless rates reduction and demographics profile improvement

Reduced area Annual Rental Production Trend (2006-2012) and Annual Needs Projections (2014 - 2020) Gaps

1. Rental affordability improvements from current statistics of 58.2% of area renters cannot

afford the average market rent of $957 / Month. Majority of renters are rent burdened.

2. Improved affordable workforce rental general occupancy from 1.2% to xx% and affordable

senior rental housing from 0.8% to yy%.

501 on First Development ; Affordable or Mixed Income Housing Units Above Parking Ramp #6 ; Bryk Apartments ; Century Heights (CH) ; Developing Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan ; Empowerment Center/Gage East Apartments ; Executing on Planning 2 Succeed: Rochester 2040 Comprehensive Plan ; Jeremiah Program (Campus for Single Mothers and their Children) ; Mayowood Apartments (MA) ; SE Mn Together: A regional community growth initiative ; South-of-Downtown Waterfront Small Area Plan

Confirmed: AARP Rochester, MN ; Center City Housing (Silver Creek Corners) ; City of Rochester, MN ; Coalition for Rochester Area Housing ; Communities United for Rochester Empowerment (CURE) ; Community Development Department (Formerly Rochester-Olmsted Planning Department) ; Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; County of Olmsted, MN ; DMC EDA ; Diversity Council ; Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMH) ; Homes for All ; Olmsted County Community Services ; Olmsted County HRA ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Area Foundation ; Three Rivers Community Action

Potential:

(A) Aug 2022 status: Request for Proposals for Senior Housing Development;  (B) Dec, 2021 status: (1) Senior Housing Community Co-Design Project Report;  (2) Project Background: Describing Senior Housing Project and Recruiting Co-Designing Team Members

 Olmsted County and the City of Rochester commit to federal housing solutions effort, House America

Mayo Clinic announced an additional $5 Million contribution to affordable housing bridge. 

   Work Products: 2021 Housing Profile and Coalition Report 2020

 Maxfield Study Updates. 

2020-02-04 PB Reporting: Process improvement needed. 

The two local projects selected are Century Heights, a 76-unit project from Rochester-based Joseph Development, and Mayowood Apartments, a 30-unit development from Center City Housing Corporation.

2019 Presentations : September DMCC, meeting, May DMCC meeting and Feb DMCC meeting.

Housing coalition has invested $3 million in 16 months.

Here are 6 comments / Suggestions that that Councilman Wojcik sent do the DMC EDA and Board pertaining to how DMC can have a positive impact on the affordability of housing in the district and beyond.

The Community Health Assessment Process is about improving the health and well-being of residents in Olmsted County. Every three years the community conducts a health needs assessment to determine Olmsted County’s leading health priorities; formulate a plan to address the needs; and publish an annual progress report. Olmsted County Public Health Services, Mayo Clinic, and Olmsted Medical Center engage with diverse partners across our community to lead this process.

Work with partners: 

• Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
• Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages

Obesity:

1. Promote a culture of health eating
2. Promote a culture of physical activity

Diabetes

1. Promote and increase diabetes screening throughout the community
2. Improve collaboration to expand health education and awareness

Mental Health

1. Develop a framework to improve mental health for all populations
2. Engage existing collaboratives to enhance and connect current and future strategies

Vaccine Preventable Disease

1. Increase immunization rates
2. Expand health education and awareness

Financial Stress/Homelessness

1. Increase the availability of affordable housing
2. Ensure people have access to safety net programs
3. Increase the proportion of living wage jobs

All community Members:

Have high-quality, longer lives--free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death.           

2019 Work Products Include: 

Obesity:

Financial Stress and Homelessness

By December 31, 2020, decrease the percentage of Olmsted County adults reporting living in financial stress from 26.0% to 20.0%

America Community for Health ; COVID-19 Impact Study Olmsted County, MN ; Community Dashboard ; Developing Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) Plan ; Diversity Council Health Equity Plan ; Families Matter Mental Health Collaboration ; Healthy Living Rochester ; Housing Alliance Coalition ; Joint Studies on tackling Racism as a Public Health Issue ; Pathways Toward Prosperity and Well-Being Program ; Rochester Y Community Health Living Index Assessment (CHLI) ; Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan ; Update Intercultural Cities Initiative (ICI) Index

Confirmed: Community Health Services ; County of Olmsted, MN ; Diversity Council ; Mayo Clinic ; Olmsted County Public Health Services ; Olmsted Medical Center ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Area Foundation ; United Way of Olmsted County ; Zumbro Valley Health Center

Potential: Community Mobilization Resource Coalition (CMRC) ; PossAbilities ; Rochester-area Chamber of Commerce ; Southeastern Minnesota Disaster Health Coalition

Community Health Assessment & Planning (CHAP) co-designers wanted. 

Residents can help Olmsted County identify top community health issues.

Status reports: September 2021, March 2021 from CHAP quarterly meetings

Coalition of Community Health Improvement (CHIP) releasing 2021-2023 health improvement plan. 

March 2020 Olmsted County Health Assessment & Planning Process (HAPP) Meeting Recap

CHNA 2019 October / June Status Reports

December 13, 2018 CHNA meeting minutes. 

Recruiting members to join Community Engagement Workgroup.

OpenBeam facilitated a 2018-05-8 meeting with Josh May, the Y; Dee Sabol, Diversity Council and Meaghan Sheridan, Olmsted Public Health to introduce each organization's community health related activities.