The Minnesota Department of Health’s, herein after MDH, Injury Prevention and Mental Health Division is seeking proposals to strengthen Minnesota’s response to overdose fatalities through the implementation of an Overdose Fatality Review process.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goal of this funding is to ensure that communities, whether newly establishing an OFR process or building upon existing experience, have the resources, support, and guidance necessary to reduce overdose deaths and improve public health outcomes statewide.
The Overdose Fatality Review Team Development and Implementation program focus:
Support communities establishing new Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) teams, providing the foundational support needed to build capacity, infrastructure, and partnerships from the ground up.
Support communities with Existing OFR teams, helping them sustain, enhance, and expand their efforts to conduct more comprehensive reviews, improve data use, and implement effective prevention strategies.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $20,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $10,000
- Estimated Award Maximum: $20,000
Project Period
The grant period will be for eighteen months, contingent on satisfactory performance and funding availability.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations or groups that do not have state or federal recognition must apply with a fiscal agent. Eligible applicants include county, tribal, city, or local public health and public safety organizations, American Indian-led nonprofit organizations, recovery community organizations, and culturally specific non-profit organizations. 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. 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.
Examples of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:
- County, tribal, city, or local governments
- American Indian-led non-profit organizations
- Recovery Community Organizations
- Culturally specific non-profit organizations
- Hospitals and health care organizations
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- 245G Chemical Health Treatment programs
For more information, visit MDH.
