Active Living for All (ALfA) is an initiative funded by the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Wilder Research worked with initiative grantees to evaluate their work in promoting active living in their communities.
This summary describes the impact of funded projects’ efforts and lessons learned from the ALfA initiative over five years. It includes recommendations to the Center for Prevention, as well as for funders and organizations working to promote active living through their own work.
This infographic summarizes the PSE changes across all of the projects over the five-year initiative.
This Promising Practices brief describes how three ALfA-funded projects used effective ways to introduce and advance the concept of health equity through their work in greater Minnesota.
This summary describes five years of work for Move Minnesota (formerly Smart Trips and Transit for Livable Communities) and Women on Bikes under ALfA, including accomplishments, factors that contributed to success, project challenges, and plans for the future.
This summary describes the Summit University Planning Councils’ work from 2013-2018 to improve walkability, safety, and accessibility in two Saint Paul neighborhoods. It includes their accomplishments, factors that contributed to their success, project challenges, and plans for the future.
This summary describes the accomplishments and challenges Our Streets experienced in its Bikeways for Everyone campaign and the actions they took to advance equity during the five-year ALfA initiative.
This summary describes five years of Moving Matters’ work under ALfA, including accomplishments, factors that contributed to success, project challenges, and plans for the future.
This summary describes five years of Get Fit Itasca’s work under ALfA, including accomplishments, factors that contributed to success, project challenges, and plans for the future.
This summary describes five years of Live Healthy Red Wing’s work under ALfA, including accomplishments, factors that contributed to success, project challenges, and plans for the future.
Summary of Northside Greenway work completed through five years of the ALfa initiative. In includes accomplishments, factors that contributed to the project’s success, challenges, and plans for the future.
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