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DEVELOPING MINNESOTA'S BLUEPRINT

Learn more about this major community-driven effort to build a 10-year multisector plan for Minnesota

DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

2019 - In December, Governor Walz signed EO 19-38, establishing an Age-Friendly Minnesota Council at the MN Leadership Council on Aging Summit.
2020 - In August, the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council completed the first phase of work by submitting a preliminary set of recommendations to the Legislature.
2021 - In the 2021 Special Session, the Legislature passed language continuing the Council. In December, community engagement work began through AGEnda.
2022 - In January, the first staff were hired and Minnesota became the 10th state to to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
2023 - In September, seven Regional Exchanges and a virtual statewide conference captured community input to further develop Blueprint priorities.
2024 - In May, a draft Multisector Blueprint for Aging was released for public comment (through July 31, 2024) and in October and November Action Team convenings were held to prioritize tactics, followed by a December release.
2025 - In October and November, seven more Regional Exchanges are being convened to share updates and seek additional community input on next steps.

PROCESS MILESTONES

A flow chart that shows a process starting with seeking input, moving to co-developing plan elements, and ends with the release of a blueprint

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WHAT IS A BLUEPRINT?

In under an 15 minutes, learn about what a Multisector Blueprint is and see an early iteration of Minnesota's.

2024 BLUEPRINT RELEASE

In under an hour, learn more about Minnesota's first iteration of the Multisector Blueprint for Aging, released in December, 2024.

PRESENTATION SLIDE DECK

GROUNDING VISION

In September 2021, these eight issue briefs were developed to inform the Multisector Blueprint for Aging and other age-friendly work across the state.

INCLUSION AND EQUITY

LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

CAREGIVING AND DEMENTIA

RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

AGE-FRIENDLY INTEGRATION

STARTING A COLLECTIVE APPROACH

In December 2021, hundreds of Minnesotans gathered for the MN Leadership Council on Aging annual Summit. Grounded in a detailed scan of emerging issues developed by Olivia Mastry at the Collective Action Lab and using a process designed by Richard Lum of Vision Foresight Strategy, leaders from across the state engaged in conversations designed to look back and understand the last 50 years of major milestones in aging, to explore together where Minnesota sits today, and to identify common priorities for potential futures that could be forged by working through a bold, multi-sector approach to planning.

AGEnda Background Materials

COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DESIGN

From initial input gained at the AGEnda Summit and insights from Minnesotans participating in a national cohort of states advancing multisector work, the four domains of Minnesota's Blueprint started to take shape. Next, a major undertaking of statewide community engagement efforts that included tribal engagement and surveys to a series of seven free Regional Exchanges on September 29, 2023 and a virtual statewide conference produced detailed regional feedback.

Click on the videos below to hear the regional exchange summary sessions.

NORTHEAST MN SESSION

CENTRAL MN SESSION

SOUTHERN MN SESSION

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NORTHWEST MN SESSION

Or click on each city below to download a detailed regional report developed from each 2023 exchange session.

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2024 INITIAL ACTION TEAMS

FOUR SESSIONS

The Multisector Blueprint for Aging is a bold statewide undertaking, organized into four domains. To process the hundreds of ideas proposed by Minnesotans, we held a half-day, in-person convening for each.

WHAT OCCURED

These free convenings offered facilitated conversations designed to explore, vet and prioritize public ideas and capture any missing ideas as well as lay a foundation for shared work to implement in 2025.

WHO ATTENDED

Hundreds of Minnesotans attended from across the state, including subject matter experts, older Minnesotans, and the key decision-makers from state agencies and community organizations leading this work.

November 20, 2024

9 a.m. - 12 noon