On the application form you will be asked to identify your areas of expertise based on the following categories. For help completing the application email engagementroster@hennepin.us.
Types of engagement services you provide
Communications
- Creating and implementing communications for a community audience
- Reviewing county communications and making recommendations for community friendly communications
- Amplifying county messaging to community networks.
Community assessment research
Research community for a specific project such as:
- Demographics
- Languages groups
- Cultural groups
- Key stakeholders and other key information – qualitatively and quantitatively
Community storytelling
Document community voice through social media, video, and in writing.
Engagement planning
Create plans for specific projects that includes strategic approaches and outcomes for authentic engagement.
Engagement training
Run training sessions on engagement services skills including cultural diversity and inclusion.
Engagement report on activities and outcomes
Document community engagement outcomes and activities in a report form.
Event planning and implementation
Create and implement community events that successfully engage the community(s) of focus and achieve the identified outcomes.
Facilitation
Facilitate, virtual and in-person:
- Meetings
- Listening sessions
- Open houses
- Focus groups
- Large group community meetings, and
- Other engagement sessions
Implement and lead engagement plan
Lead and manage a community engagement plan.
Mediation
Manage the interaction between community and county along with facilitating open communication that navigates tensions and conflicts.
Other services
Describe other community engagement services you provide on the application.
My organization is a topic expert on these issues
- Community Economic Development
- Community Safety
- Criminal Justice System
- Education
- Employment
- Environment
- Health
- Housing
- Racial Equity
- Transportation
- Other – describe other topic expertise on the application
Communities you serve
- African Immigrant – if selected the following options appear:
- Somali
- Kenyan
- Sudanese
- Liberian
- Oromo
- Nigerian
- Other – please describe
- Asian Pacific Islanders – if selected the following options appear:
- Hmong
- Lao
- Vietnamese
- Chinese
- Thai
- Karen
- Asian Indian
- Other – please describe
- Black/African American
- Elders/seniors
- Latino/Hispanic
- LGBTQIA
- Native American and Alaska Native
- People experiencing homelessness
- People with disabilities
- Russian
- Youth
- Other – please describe
Languages you provide services in
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Hmong
- Lao
- Oromo
- Russian
- Somali
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Thai
- Vietnamese
- Other – please describe
Hennepin County districts you serve
District 1
Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, New Hope, Osseo, and Robbinsdale
District 2
Golden Valley, Medicine Lake, southeast Plymouth, St. Anthony, and north and northeast Minneapolis, including the North Loop and Bryn Mawr neighborhoods
District 3
St. Louis Park, and parts of southwest Minneapolis
District 4
Minneapolis as its border lines extend south from Downtown to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport, west to Highway 35 and east to the Mississippi River; it also includes the Unorganized Territory of Fort Snelling
District 5
Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Richfield
District 6
Deephaven, northern Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Greenwood, Hopkins, Long Lake, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach, northern Mound, Orono, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Wayzata and Woodland
District 7
Champlin, Corcoran, Dayton, Greenfield, Independence, Loretto, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetrista, southern Mound, Rogers, St. Bonifacius, Hanover, northwest Plymouth, Rockford