The Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program provides funding to develop new or expand existing pediatric mental health training programs in outpatient primary care clinics.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The training programs are designed to increase confidence, skills, and awareness of mental health resources among pediatric primary care providers caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients. An overarching goal of this grant program is that pediatric patients served by participating outpatient primary care clinics will receive more effective, timely, longitudinal care for mental health needs.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $900,000
- Estimated Award Maximum: $400,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $50,000.
Grant Period
June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2028.
Eligible Projects
Funds may be spent to cover the costs of:
- Planning related to implementing or expanding pediatric mental health training in an outpatient primary care clinic setting;
- Training site improvements, fees, equipment, and supplies required for implementation of the training programs; and
- Supporting clinical training in the outpatient primary clinic sites. Indirect expenses are allowable but may not exceed the rates in an organization’s federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement. If an organization does not have a federally negotiated indirect rate, indirect costs may not exceed 15% of direct costs.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training grant, a training program or proposed training program must:
- be located in an outpatient primary care clinic,
- focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams,
- provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy,
- provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences,
- emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs, and
- develop partnerships with community resources. Trainees of the grantees’ programs may include, for example:
- Residents in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, or other primary care fields serving pediatric patients,
- Nurse practitioners in training,
- Physician assistants in training, and
- Already practicing physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants providing pediatric primary care.
For more information, visit MDH.
