Northfield Healthy Community Initiative

Primetime works to expand access to out-of-school time programming across rice county. In fy24, the network served 4,229 students aged 18 and under. Healthy community initiative's torch and rise programs support students in middle and high school to improve on-time high school graduation rates in the cities of northfield and faribault; together they served 798 students in fy24. Nccc supports affordable, local post-secondary participation for non-traditional students. Nccc supported 278 students aged 16 and over in fy24.

Rice county chemical and mental health coalition (rccmhc) aligns and improves the chemical and mental health care systems for youth and their families in rice county, minnesota. It leads the opioid response network, working to reduce the overdose fatality rate. Healthy community initiative convenes the coalition and overdose fatality review board, helps makes naloxone publicly accessible, trains local organizations to administer naloxone, collects unused prescription drugs, and offers mental health awareness and response training. In fy24, 354 community members completed hci's mental health training.

Healthy community initiative's growing up healthy team engages families, caregivers, neighborhoods, and community partners in support of healthy early childhood development, kindergarten readiness, and primary school attendance. In fy24, the team supported 309 children under the age of 10 and 788 households. Healthy community initiative's youth engagement activities amplify youth voice by supporting youth participation on local boards and empowering youth to make decisions relevant to their own experience. In fy24, hci's youth development activities benefited 194 youth aged 14-18 in rice county.