# Presentation: 715359

## Evolving Partnerships – 

**Evolving Partnerships – **
**Building Together :**
***Medical Reserve Corps***
*** ******in Minnesota***

*April 2005*

## Recognizing the Need

- Public Health Preparedness planning begun
- Approach:  local and regional planning
- Emergency PH workforce must include volunteers
- Lists of interested volunteers after 9/11

## A Picture worth 1000 words

## SARS in Toronto 2003

- 2,000 case investigations
- 23,000 people identified as contacts
- 13,374 placed in quarantine
- 300,000 calls received on the hotline
- 47,567 calls on the highest single day
- 200 staff working on the SARS hotline.

##  Regional help for local planning	

- Hennepin County receives OSG MRC grant
- Metro PH preparedness planners, State Departments of Health and Homeland Security, U of Minnesota invited to plan
- Focus groups of stakeholders 
- 	Planning subgroups: Recruitment/Retention, Enrollment/Credentialing, Training, and Deployment

## MRC Growth in MN

- Six counties assisting in Hennepin County planning decided to start local MRCs and  registered with the OSG
- Second year OSG funding to Steele Co.

## MRC Growth in MN cont.

- MN Citizen Corps funding supporting 2 metro counties and Clay Co in rural MN
- U of M developing a MRC
- Sharing resources and materials

## Slide 8

**Notes:**
I deleted the slide with contact information. There was too much information for anyone to copy in time before the next slide. My suggestion would be to reference while this slide is up the handout with the contact information for each MRC in MN

## Meets monthly to coordinate planning

Sharing tools and learnings

Supporting new MRCs 

Working on regional deployment plans

Working with State of Minnesota to coordinate MRCs with the State Registry

- Sharing tools and learnings
- Supporting new MRCs
- Working on regional deployment plans
- Working with State of Minnesota to coordinate MRCs with the State Registry

**MRC Coordinators Group**

## MRC Coordinators Group cont.

- Coordinating recruitment efforts
- Subgroups: Marketing and recruitment, Training, Deployment
- Projects: liability, scheduling database

## Minnesota Department of Health and MRCs

- Developing common vision to build seamless state & local system – still in progress
- On-line application into MDH Registry – linked to local websites (some)
- County/Regional Public Health to receive data via download from MDH Registry

## Minnesota Department of Health and MRCs

- Locals contact applicants from their jurisdiction, train, exercise, cover for liability and activate
- Regional and State Coordinators to be informed when MRCs activated

## Local Variability

- Most MRCs within County public health
- Some partnering – with local emergency management or local volunteer program
- Some developing a regional MRC

**Notes:**
University of MN MRC for students, faculty, and staff – will assist counties

This sounds like it covers all students, faculty, and staff of the UM—suggestion revise to reflect recruitment

## Local Variability cont.

- University of MN MRC for students, faculty, and staff of the Academic Health Center – will assist counties
- Local autonomy to agree to or modify policy decisions, use common materials, etc.

**Notes:**
I’m suggesting another graphic—if you would like to use something else or on another slide I could e-mail you theme pictures if you would like them.

I would reference something about we are accustom to challenges in Minnesota—We do what it takes to cool off on a warm winter or summer day
By using this photo I agree to pay royalties to Cindy K. Johnson for use of a photo of her son . . .oops then again maybe I do not want people to know this is my child with the highest IQ.

## Challenges

- At different stages of development
- Some funded, some not
- Working across different organizational structures and governmental jurisdictions

## Challenges cont.

- Variable internal structures, databases, etc.
- Always evolving - new inputs continue (e.g. ESAR-VHP, new administrative needs)
- Community differences (size, population, rural/urban, etc.)

## Exciting Opportunities

- Pooling resources. Sharing best practices and materials.
-   Working together on:
- Common recruitment materials
- Approaching professional organizations
- Training modules
- Common deployment guidelines

## Exciting Opportunities cont.

- Developing hospital relationships
- Liability and database issues
- Supporting new communities to
- 	develop MRCs
- Coordinating with the State Registry

## Medical Reserve Corps   in Minnesota

- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Clay County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County

- Scott County
- Steele County
- University of MN
- Washington County
- City of Rogers (Hennepin)
- MN Veterinary MRC

## Thank You!

- Brochures and samples available
- Email or call with questions
- 	Kathryn Cook  (952) 351-5262
- 	Kathryn.Cook@co.hennepin.mn.us

## MRC Coordinators’ Contacts

- MRC of Anoka County
- mrc-anoka@co.anoka.mn.us
- MRC of Carver County
- www.co.carver.mn.us/CHS/ems.asp
- MRC of Clay County
- cheryl.sapp@co.clay.mn.us
- MRC of Dakota County
- www.co.dakota.mn.us/public_health
- MRC of Hennepin County
- 	mrc-hennepin@co.hennepin.mn.us
- 	www.mrc-hennepin.org

## MRC Coordinators’ Contacts (cont.)

- MRC of Ramsey County
- mrc-ramsey@co.ramsey.mn.us
- www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/mrc
- MRC of Scott County
- jfleming@co.scott.mn.us
- MRC of Steele County
- louise.troyer@co.steele.mn.us
- MRC of Washington County
- 	www.volunteercvs.org   (Community Volunteer Services)
- MRC of the University of Minnesota
- berg0031@umn.edu