<div>From: Association of Minnesota CountiesOutstanding county programs were recognized with Association of Minnesota Counties’ (AMC) 2025 County Achievement Awards for exhibiting excellence and innovation in their counties. 2025 AMC President and Dakota County Commissioner Mike Slavik presented the County Achievement awards at the association’s annual conference December 9 in Bloomington, Minn. The recipients were nominated by their counties and selected by a committee of county officials.Eleven Southeast Minnesota counties — Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona Counties — received an achievement award for their work on the Southeast Minnesota Regional Population Health Data Model.Turning data into information is key for public health departments, but staff capacity and skills can limit smaller jurisdictions’ ability to access and summarize data. Olmsted County Public Health Services implemented a regional population health data model with 10 neighboring counties (Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona) in the southeast region for data needs.The project provides one model of how a larger public health department can support smaller jurisdictions with epidemiological population health data support, including not only securing and analyzing the data but teaching staff how to interpret and use the data in public health practice.This model not only benefited the smaller partners, but through this work, Olmsted County Public Health Services gained access to real-time public health data instead of waiting years for final data to be released. Dashboards were built for all counties, and a comparison group of the southeast region was created to compare trends against counties in the area. Counties in the southeast are now able to monitor fatalities from overdoses and suicides in near real-time through easy access data dashboards leading to more effective timing of prevention and intervention efforts.</div>

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Outstanding county programs were recognized with Association of Minnesota Counties’ (AMC) 2025 County Achievement Awards for exhibiting excellence and innovation in their counties. 2025 AMC President and Dakota County Commissioner Mike Slavik presented the County Achievement awards at the association’s annual conference December 9 in Bloomington, Minn. The recipients were nominated by their counties and selected by a committee of county officials.

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Outstanding county programs were recognized with Association of Minnesota Counties’ (AMC) 2025 County Achievement Awards for exhibiting excellence and inno

SE MN counties awarded for health data project

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