partnerships
The Minnesota Cancer Alliance community is a group of people with diverse characteristics, linked by shared interest and engaged in joint action to reduce the human and economic impact of cancer in Minnesota. There is immense power when we stand together. Join us to work in cohesive groups with a variety of skills, backgrounds, expertise and passion to achieve our mission and vision.
You can follow our progress and hear the voices of our members through our monthly newsletter: Collective Action: Connect, Collaborate, Advocate. The success of Cancer Plan Minnesota depends on people taking action to achieve the objectives and strategies it identifies. It is important to remember that this plan marks a starting point, not an endpoint. Its ability to move traditional and non-traditional partners to action will be the plan’s true measure of success.
strategy action group funding
The Minnesota Cancer Alliance is pleased to offer Strategy Action Group seed funding, with support from the Minnesota Department of Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program. This funding supports MCA Strategy Action Groups across Minnesota in implementing new projects related to Cancer Plan MN 2025.
What are Strategy Action Groups? They are formal or informal partnerships between at least two MCA member organizations who have agreed to align their work around at least one objective of Cancer Plan MN 2025. Newly formed and existing teams are eligible to apply for this funding.
Now Accepting Applications!
Strategy Action Group seed funding is now available to support implementation of strategies specific to Objective 5, Strategy 5.4 – Support Services of the Cancer Plan Minnesota 2025 by the Minnesota Cancer Alliance (MCA). This seed money is intended to encourage members working collaboratively. To be eligible, applicants must work together as a Strategy Action Group and include at least two (2) MCA members.
Strategies must aim to:
-Increase support networks that offer group psychosocial support to help survivors express and manage disease-related emotions,
-Increase social support
-Enhance relationships with family and physicians
-Improve symptom control
Each application is limited to $5,000; bigger projects must submit multiple applications from each partner focusing on that partner’s role in the project. The intent for this funding is to get interventions started that can be sustained once this funding period ends on June 30, 2025. Applications are due on January 3, 2025 and will be voted on at the January Steering Committee Meeting.
Applications can be found here. Please email mca.comp.cancer.mdh@state.mn.us with questions or for more information.
