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Leadership Training and Planning Programs: <br />• The Healthy Community Parrnership (HCP) Program: Through this multi-year training <br />and assistance program we provide diverse teams with the tools, education and resources <br />they need to develop the capacity of citizens to create a locally shared vision and plan, and to <br />mobilize local and regional assets to implement that plan. Most of these plans include goals <br />around environmental, economic, and social well-being that are necessary to build <br />sustainable communities. To date, over 1,300 people, representing 60 teams from over 120 <br />communities have participated in the HCP program. <br />• The Healthy Lakes and Rivers Partnership (HLRP) Program: Since 1999 the HLRP <br />program has offered this leadership and capacity-building program for members of lake and <br />river associations in Central Minnesota. Supported by The McKnight Foundation and others, <br />this integrated assistance program trains local leaders to develop comprehensive lake (or <br />river segment) management plans. When they complete the training, teams then become <br />eligible for follow-up funding to implement the goals identified in their plan. Since its <br />inception, the HLRP program has trained over a thousand people, representing more than 150 <br />lake or river associations. <br />• The Healthy Organizations Partnership (HOP) Program: The HOP program is supported <br />by the Otto Bremer Foundation and USDA Rural Development, and is designed to increase <br />the capacity of regional nonprofit organizations and government officials so they can more <br />effectively carry out their respective missions to serve their communities. <br />Grants: The Initiative Foundation makes grants to support citizen-based planning and <br />implementation of community and economic development projects and conservation or resource <br />preservation programs. These activities result in healthier communities and/or tangible outcomes <br />designed to protect "key places" within our 14 county area. <br />Planning and Preservation Fund: This "field of interest" fund can receive tax-deductible <br />donations from individuals and entities interested in keeping their gifts at work within Central <br />Minnesota to preserve and enhance the natural and historic heritage of our region. <br />Dan Frank Don Hickman <br />Community Development Planning and Preservation <br />Email: dfrank@ifound.org Email: dhickman(~ifound.org <br />Initiative Foundation <br />405 First Street SE <br />Little Falls, MN 56345 <br />(320) 632-9255 <br />(877) 632-9255 <br />Fax: (320) 632-9258 <br />Website: www.ifound.org <br />