The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking applications for its Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health
State: Minnesota
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $45,000 – $125,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
Minnesota Statutes, Section 144.148 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to eligible rural hospitals for modernization projects to update, remodel or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment that are necessary to maintain the operations of a hospital.
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 program awards grants to eligible rural hospitals for modernization projects to update, remodel or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain the operations of a hospital.
Grant outcomes will include:
- Facilities will purchase and install equipment to improve offerings to rural, underserved populations
- Facilities will engage in activities to modernize aging hospital facilities necessary to maintain the operations of the hospital
Funding Information
- Minimum Grants is: $45,000
- Maximum Grants is: $125,000
Timeframe
June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2026
Eligible Projects
The Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program funds modernization projects to update, remodel or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain the operations of a hospital. There are two categories of eligible projects:
- Purchase and installation of new hospital equipment (including establishing an electronic health records system)
- Construction of new or existing hospital spaces
Eligibility Criteria
An eligible applicant for this grant program is a not-for-profit, nonfederal, general acute care hospital in Minnesota that also satisfies the following criteria:
- Hospitals outside of the seven-county metropolitan area Small, nonprofit hospitals with 50 or fewer beds
- Hospitals providing general, acute care is located in a rural area, or in a community with a population of less than 15,000 according to United States Census Bureau statistics, and is outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area
- Small, nonprofit hospitals with 50 or fewer beds
For more information, visit Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant.
