The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announces the availability of funds to be used to support and strengthen the capacity of metro and rural community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations serving people of color, American Indians, LGBTQIA+, and people living with disabilities.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000.00
Grant Duration: 14 to 15 months
Details:
The Capacity Strengthening Initiative Grant (CSG) funds are specifically designed to support community-based and faith-based organizations in strengthening their organizational infrastructure to be better equipped and prepared for success in procuring grants and contracts at the department and addressing health inequities across Minnesota. The grant may fund activities such as (but not limited to): building organizational infrastructure, including addressing workforce needs, building successful partnerships, enabling grantee research in identifying best practices in the elimination of health disparities and addressing social determinants of health, networking, designing evaluation systems to monitor their success, learning about and implementing successful strategies in other communities, creating processes to document success and areas for growth, and reporting results.
Grant Objectives
- Organizational Partnerships to Improve Health Outcomes
- Developing newer partnerships that would increase participating in or leading collaborative efforts that target specific social and economic conditions for health (also known as the social determinants of health) and contribute to eliminating disparities through partnerships. These amplifying partnerships could involve changing local, regional, Tribal or state policy, transforming the way systems work or reshaping the natural or built environment. Such efforts aim to address the root causes of health disparities fostering more equitable conditions and outcomes in communities affected by these issues.
- Infrastructure Improvement to be better equipped for success
- Implementing or leading efforts that contribute to the organizational success, which will ultimately help achieve goals to strengthen representation of the focus Minnesotan communities most impacted by health disparities.
- Workforce Development to create a positive impact
- Improving workforce capacity directly correlates with the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and create a positive impact on the community it serves. Investing in staff professional development and creating opportunities for skill enhancement, allows an organization to connect, foster, and sustain internal capacities. Activities under this category can be carried out to support – or in conjunction to – the Infrastructure Improvement initiatives mentioned above.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $1.832 million
- Estimated Award Ceiling(Max.): $100,000.00
- Estimated Award Floor (Min.): $50,000.00
Project Period
The anticipated grant start date is April 1, 2024, or when the agreement is fully executed by all parties, whichever is later. The projected end date is June 30, 2025. The grant period will be fourteen to fifteen months, contingent on satisfactory grantee performance and funding availability.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants may include, but are not limited to:
- Community-based organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Faith-based organizations
- Tribal governments
- Social service organizations
This grant will fund organizations that serve:
- African American communities
- African Immigrant communities
- American Indian communities
- Asian Pacific Islander communities
- Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latino communities
- LGBTQIA+ communities
- People living with disabilities
- Faith-based communities
For more information, visit MDH.
