The Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) works with communities to invest in opportunities that lead to equitable, healthy, and positive conditions that promote the health and well-being of all Minnesotans. SHIP’s purpose is to:

• Address the leading preventable causes of illness and death by expanding opportunities for active living, healthy eating and commercial tobacco-free living.
• Promote evidence-based, community-driven, comprehensive strategies to create healthy communities.
• Measure the impact of community health improvement practices which, over time, work to contain health care costs and reduce chronic diseases.