The Minnesota Department of Health is accepting applications for Mental Health Safety Net Grant Program to support eligible mental health providers who serve the uninsured.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/28/2022
Grant Size: up to $394,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Priorities
Health Equity Priorities
It is the policy of the State of Minnesota to ensure fairness, precision, equity and consistency in competitive grant awards. This includes implementing diversity and inclusion in grant-making. The Policy on Rating Criteria for Competitive Grant Review establishes the expectation that grant programs intentionally identify how the grant serves diverse populations, especially populations experiencing inequities and/or disparities.
This grant will serve:
- Uninsured mental health patients under the age of 21.
Grant outcomes will include:
- An increase in the number of served and/or treated uninsured mental health patients under the age of 21.
Funding Information
- The Legislature appropriates up to $394,000 each Fiscal Year.
- Annual funding will be allocated by formula, among eligible applicants over a 3–year project period. The grant project period will be January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025.
Eligible Projects
Grant projects should improve access to underserved patients, in particular uninsured children. Eligible expenditures may only be incurred when the grant agreement is fully executed and the grant has reached its effective date. Eligible expenses include:
- Salaries
- Fringe
- Supplies
- Travel
- Equipment and Capital Improvements
- Contracted Services
- Other (Define)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are provider organizations that are either:
- Community Mental Health Centers or Clinics, designated under Minnesota Statute section 245.62; or,
- Nonprofit Community Mental Health Clinics designated as an Essential Community Provider under Minnesota Statute section 62Q.19.
Also, eligible providers must:
- Offer free or reduced-cost mental health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275 percent of federal poverty guidelines who do not have insurance coverage for mental health services.
For more information, visit Minnesota Department of Health.
