The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is requesting proposals for its organizations engaged with youth to implement the 988 Minnesota Lifeline – Someone to Talk to Youth Peer Leader program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The grant program is a peer-to-peer engagement strategy with the following goals:
- Build youth capacity to create a supportive peer community with knowledge of the 988 Minnesota Lifeline as a resource for support to encourage help seeking behaviors.
- Empower and train youth as leaders to facilitate the 988 Minnesota Lifeline Someone to Talk to Youth Peer Leader program.
- Support youth to measure impact and success of the 988 Minnesota Lifeline – Someone to Talk to Youth Peer Leader program utilizing evaluation resources.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $30,000 per year
- Estimated Award Maximum: $10,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $10,000.
Grant Period
Jan. 2, 2026, through Aug. 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have state or federal recognition as a formal organization or entity, such as a Federal Identification Number. Organizations or groups that do not have state or federal recognition must apply with a fiscal agent.
- Applicants could include, but are not limited to, youth-serving organizations, peer-driven initiatives, youth collectives, youth advocacy teams, and out-of-school time programs. Applicants should have demonstrated capacity to engage with youth and support youth leaders. MDH recognizes the sovereignty of Tribal nations and will only fund non-Tribal projects led in Tribal communities if the applicant has full support of the Tribal government. Applicants within the Minnesota GLS grant prioritized counties will be given priority. Priority areas were selected that had greater than 20 youth suicides between 2011-2020 and includes: Beltrami, Sherburne, St. Louis, Anoka, Scott, Dakota, Stearns, Washington, Wright, Olmsted, Hennepin, and Ramsey counties, and Minnesota Tribal nations and communities. Applicants must be located and conduct grant activities within the State of Minnesota.
For more information, visit MDH.
