The Minnesota Department of Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Section is seeking proposals to provide services for drug overdose prevention in Minnesota.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
This grant opportunity aims to reduce overdose deaths and enhance overdose prevention efforts. Programs should adhere to the following best practice approaches in service delivery. Programs and activities must be:
- Trauma-informed,
- Person centered,
- Strength-based,
- Culturally responsive,
- And use harm reduction principles
This request for proposal will fund projects focused on four broad overdose prevention categories. If responders apply for more than one category, they must submit a separate application for each category. The categories and anticipated funding available for each category are as follows.
- Category 1: Provide culturally specific overdose prevention programs.
- Category 2: Implement Tackling Opioids With Networks (TOWN), a clinic-based model utilizing a multi-strategy approach, by increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and increasing community coordination and overdose prevention efforts.
- Category 3: Provide technical assistance to the TOWN primary care clinics (4-6 clinics) who are funded in Category 2.
- Category 4: Provide low-threshold telehealth MOUD bridging services for patients of the TOWN primary care clinics (4-6 clinics) who are funded in Category 2.
Funding Information
The department will award up to approximately $2,050,000 annually.
- Category 1: Culturally-Specific Overdose Prevention Programs
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $1,050,000 per year; $800,000 per year dedicated to initiatives intentionally designed to serve U.S-Born African Americans for a 4-year total of $4,200,000/$3,200,000.
- Category 2: TOWN Program – for Communities
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $800,000 per year for a 4-year total of $3,200,000.
- Category 3: TOWN Program – Technical Assistance
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $100,000 per year for a 4-year total of $400,000
- Category 4: TOWN Program – Telehealth MOUD Bridging
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $100,000 per year for 4 years ($400,000 total)
Project Period
- MDH is seeking proposals for the grant period June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, community health centers, federally qualified health centers, tribal governments, faith-based organizations, educational institutions, county governments/community health boards, and any other public or private non-profit agency. Applicants must have state or federal recognition as a formal organization or entity, such as a Federal Employer Identification Number or an active registration with the MN Secretary of State. Organizations or groups that do not have state or federal recognition must apply with a fiscal agent. Applicants must be located and conduct grant activities in the state of Minnesota, but fiscal agents may be located outside of Minnesota. Eligible applicants who wish to work together but have not formed a legal partnership must designate one organization as a fiscal agent.
For more information, visit MDH.
