The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is seeking proposals to prevent cannabis and other substance use among Minnesota youth using the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention program within local communities.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
CTC is a community-based prevention system proven to reduce youth health and behavior problems across communities. The CTC program provides a framework for local coalitions to develop community-specific prevention plans based on their unique levels of health risk behaviors and risk and protective factors. CTC’s five-phase process provides communities with a step-by-step guide and tools to build a high functioning community prevention coalition, develop a community profile using a community youth survey, create a community action plan for prevention, and then implement and evaluate those activities.
Grant Program Goal
Prevent youth substance use, including but not limited to alcohol, cannabis, and commercial tobacco use, through a multi-faceted approach. Reducing risk factors associated with substance use and enhancing protective factors in a community-wide, sustainable way will reduce youth substance use as well as impact other health (e.g., mental health, violence), and social areas (e.g., academics). Funding will be provided to organizations with the capacity to develop and lead local coalitions, implement prevention strategies, and evaluate progress based on measurable outcomes.
MDH is committed to supporting communities around capacity building and multi-sector partnerships to focus on youth substance use prevention. MDH will fund up to 12 communities to implement the CTC prevention system, with a focus on strengthening protective factors and reducing risk factors for substance use.
Funding Information
- An annual amount of $1,500,000 is available for up to 12 communities to implement the CTC prevention system for five years.
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $1,500,000
- Estimated Award Maximum: $150,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $100,000.
Grant Period
June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030.
Eligibility Criteria
MDH seeks to fund organizations that have experience engaging and mobilizing a diverse coalition of community partners for substance use prevention or youth programming. Applicants must serve as the lead agency and fiscal agency responsible for leading the work.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be a nonprofit organization, government agency, health care system, or other local entity with experience and capacity for coalition building.
- Be committed to implementing the CTC prevention system, which includes but is not limited to, developing a prevention coalition that meets regularly, administering the Minnesota Student Survey, and creating a community action plan.
- Have demonstrated partnership (or have capacity to build partnership) with key multisector partners (individuals and organizations) in the community.
- Have knowledge and influence with leaders in formal and informal systems within the community.
- Have demonstrated ability to collect and analyze data to assess the effectiveness of prevention strategies.
- Have a plan to implement the Minnesota Student Survey in their community or include funding to implement the CTC survey.
For more information, visit MDH.
