The Minnesota Department of Health is soliciting proposals for grants to eligible dental providers who serve the uninsured. Funds will be awarded each year proportionally among all eligible programs, based on the total number of uninsured patients under the age of 21 served.
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 $113,000
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 dental patients under the age of 21
Grant outcomes will include:
- An increase in the number of served and/or treated uninsured dental patients under the age of 21.
Funding Information
The Legislature appropriates up to $113,000 each Fiscal Year. Funding will be distributed based on the number of uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by the provider. Annual funding will be allocated by formula, among eligible applicants over a 3-year project period.
Project Dates
January 1, 2023-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 who fulfill all the following criteria:
- The provider is a current Critical Access Dental provider, as designated by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS);
- The provider is a nonprofit organization;
- The provider is not affiliated with, owned by, or managed by a hospital or medical group;
- The provider offers free or reduced-cost oral 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 oral health care services; and
- The provider is able to demonstrate that more than 80 percent of patient encounters in the last 12 months were with patients under the age of 21 who are uninsured, or covered by Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare.
For more information, visit Minnesota Department of Health.
