The Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (CYSHN) Section seeks proposals from qualified applicants to provide oversight of implementation of the Innovations for Maternal and Perinatal Care and Improvement (IMPLICIT) model into practice.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/20/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goal of this grant is to improve birthing parent’s health care in order to prevent birth defects. Through demonstrated clinical systems changes, the IMPLICIT model addresses smoking, maternal depression, multivitamin/folic acid use, and family planning, all modifiable risk factors related to many common birth defects in Minnesota.
This grant will serve:
- People of all gender identities who can become pregnant across the state of Minnesota who attend their child’s well-child visit.
- Clinics and health centers who serve populations that are disproportionately impacted by adverse birth outcomes.
- Clinics whose clientele are racially, geographically, and socioeconomically diverse from one another to ensure that the IMPLICIT grant has a large and equal reach across the state of Minnesota.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant $130,000 annually
- Estimated Award Maximum $130,000.
Grant Period
The estimated start and end dates of this grant program are September 1, 2025, and June 30, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals, not-for-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and health centers with clinical quality improvement experience are eligible. Individual clinics do not qualify for this grant; however, they may be recruited by the awarded applicant as implementation sites.
- Grant funds are not transferrable to any other entity. Applicants that are aware of any upcoming mergers, acquisitions, or any other changes in their organization or legal standing, must disclose this information to MDH in their application, or as soon as they are aware of it.
For more information, visit MDH.
