The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking applications for its Rural Health Assessment Grant Program to support collaboration in rural Minnesota between hospitals, community health boards, tribal health, and/or community stakeholders working on community level health assessments and implementation planning.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Type of Entity: Hospitals, Community Health Boards, Tribal Health, and/or Community Stakeholders
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/22/2022
Size of the Grant: $200,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Funds will support collaborative efforts to improve health equity, reduce health disparities, and address social determinants of health through community level health assessments and implementation planning.
The Rural Health Assessment Grant Program is being administered by the Office of Rural Health and Primary Care within the Minnesota Department of Health.
Funding Information
100% of the costs, or $200,000, are funded with federal money, and 0% of the costs, or $0, are funded by nongovernmental sources.
Project Dates
Funding will be provided for one year, April 15, 2022 to April 14, 2023. It is expected that applicants will be able to complete the proposed project during the grant period.
Eligible Applicants
- Eligible applicants include:
- Hospitals;
- Community health boards;
- Tribal health;
- A consortium of these entities
- Applicants must be located in and serve communities in rural Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities Seven County Metro Area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.)
- They must be collaborating on a health assessment and/or implementation plan with the goal of improving health equity, reducing health disparities, and addressing social determinants of health within their community. Eligible assessments and implementation plans include:
- Community Needs Health Assessment (CHNA)required of nonprofit hospitals under the Affordable Care Act
- Community Health Assessment (CHA) required of community health boards under Minn. Stat. 145A
- A joint assessment that will be submitted as both the CHNA and CHA
- A CHNA implementation plan
- A Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
- A joint implementation plan supporting needs identified by the CHNA, CHA, or joint assessment
Collaboration
Collaboration between the applicants and key stakeholders, for example hospitals, local public health, community health boards, tribal health, and community stakeholders, is required. Grantees will report on new partnerships established or expanded on through this process. The goal of this program is to support new collaborations that advance health equity and address social determinants of health, creating a stronger infrastructure to support populations experiencing health disparities, including disparities identified during, or resulting from, COVID19.
For more information, visit Minnesota Department of Health.
