The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is currently accepting proposals for its Mpox Prevention Funding.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $59,200
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to make mpox services more available to increase mpox vaccination and education, particularly in individuals and communities with the highest rates of new diagnoses. An additional purpose is to maintain or expand activities to support current response activities to prevent future outbreaks.
MDH seeks to make the greatest impact possible with the amount of available federal funding by focusing on prioritized populations experiencing the greatest burden of the epidemic. The overarching goal of this funding is to prevent as many new mpox infections as possible. Mpox program activities should strive to support the following key objectives:
Ensure Vaccine Accessibility and Address Vaccine Disparities
- Increase vaccine uptake by providing the JYNNEOS vaccine in communities most impacted by mpox (gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; and people of transgender experience) in venues frequented by community members through mobile clinics and special vaccine events and through collaboration with community-based organizations.
- Address vaccine disparities by focusing vaccine education and availability on Black and Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and people of transgender experience.
- Implement communication strategies to create demand for and increase uptake of vaccination, including use of social media and websites.
- Ensure vaccine is available in HIV clinics and sexual health clinics, such as sites that offer HIV testing and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Community Engagement, Outreach, and Education
- Implement focused efforts to increase education about mpox and vaccine availability in communities disproportionately impacted by mpox.
- Provide vaccinations or education at events or in venues frequented by gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and people of transgender experience.
- Collaborate with community-based organizations to offer vaccine clinics.
- Use social media and web-based communication strategies to reach greater numbers of people with mpox education and vaccine awareness.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $296,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $59,200
Project Period
The funding cycle for this program announcement begins on Dec. 1, 2023, and ends on Jan. 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include community-based organizations, community health centers, federally qualified health centers, tribal governments, faith-based organizations, educational institutions, county governments/community health boards, and any other public or private non-profit agency.
- Grant funds will maintain or expand activities to support outbreak response activities to prevent future outbreaks. Eligible applicants’ experience may include:
- Offering activities to support other syndemic conditions (such as HIV and other sexually transmitted infections) affecting the populations most impacted by mpox. Experience working with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; people living with HIV; and people of transgender experience, including transgender men, transgender women, and non-binary people.
- History of and demonstrated ability to collaborate with agencies and community-based organizations serving the LGBTQ+ community.
- Ability to provide direct mpox prevention and vaccination services (testing, vaccination) or a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an agency that can provide these services in a culturally responsive way. MOU must be included with the agency’s application.
- Ability to provide or make referrals to wraparound sexual health services in an HIV statusneutral way, including HIV testing, linkage to PrEP, linkage to HIV care, and STI testing (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis) and treatment.
- If the agency intends to provide mpox vaccination, they must be able to enter vaccine data into the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC).
For more information, visit MDH.
