The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking proposals for its Community Clinic Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $45,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Fiscal Year 2023 program funding will support clinic efforts to improve:
- Mental health services for young adults, or
- Oral health programs, with preference for projects supporting collaborative practice dental hygienists to provide services in community locations, or
- Clinical services for at-risk youth.
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.
The goal of the Community Clinic Grant program is to increase access to clinical services for underserved populations.
Per state statue, this grant will serve:
- Populations experiencing health care access due to low incomes or living in rural areas.
- Underserved populations may also include, but would not be limited to, subpopulations experiencing known health inequities due to characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, gender, income, geography, education, sexual orientation, disability, military service and veteran status. Some data resources are available through the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics.
Grant outcomes will include:
- The number of MH patients served in rural and/or American Indian adolescents and young adults.
- The number of MH patients screened, and follow-ups conducted.
- The number of patients receiving preventive primary care services.
- The number of collaborative practice authorizations for dental hygienists by the applicant.
- The number of oral patients served.
- The number of oral health services provided by applicant.
- The number of patients served because of oral health equipment replacements.
Other Competitive Priorities
As part of the application process, applicants are asked to submit a program description and a description of how programs will be supported. Reviewers will evaluate:
- How well applicants describe the program’s focus/emphasis and populations served,
- Whether the project will incorporate team-based primary care,
- Whether the project will increase access to primary care, mental health, or oral health services for rural, underserved, and at risk populations,
- How well applicant incorporates health equity and cultural competency in services provided, and what.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant $530,000
- Estimated Award Maximum $45,000
- Funding will be provided for one year, June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024. It is expected that applicants will be able to complete the proposed project during the grant period.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenditures depending on your focus may include, but are not limited to:
- Staff time for service provided coordination, data collection, and reporting.
- Incentives, food, travel, or time reimbursement for youth participation in program treatment plan.
- Equipment or planning related to dental, primary or tele-mental health services.
- Electronic health record updates to support dental and mental health, referral and/or follow-up services.
- Culturally tailored outreach materials to targeted populations
- Dental equipment, instruments and supplies necessary for comprehensive services
- Indirect costs, not greater than 10% of the total direct costs of the grant such as salaries, fringe, travel, materials/supplies, subcontractors/consultants, and training.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects for the Fiscal Year 2023 Community Clinic Grant program are limited to:
- Mental health programs serving low income and underserved adolescents and young adults ages 12-25, or
- Oral health programs, with preference for projects supporting collaborative practice dental hygienists to provide services in community locations, or
- Clinical services for at-risk youth.
For purposes of the Community Clinic Grant Program, the term clinic means an outpatient or ambulatory setting for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or the maintenance of health. Clinics may be stationary or mobile and must not be solely for the purpose of urgent nor emergent care. Eligible health services include preventative, medical, dental and mental health. Clinics may provide one or more of these services and are not required to provide all.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible entities include:
- Nonprofit clinics established to provide preventative, medical, dental or mental health services to low-income or rural population groups.
- A government entity operating a clinic which provides preventative, medical, dental or mental health services.
- An Indian Health Services unit or Indian tribal government operating a clinic which provides preventative, medical, dental or mental health services; or,
- A consortium of these entities.
- Applicant organizations must also have a policy to ensure no person will be denied services due to inability to pay (e.g., sliding-fee scale).
Additionally, mental health screening project applicants must:
- Serve young people, minimally ages 12-17 but preferably ages 12-25.
- Provide directly or partner with a local clinic that provides Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) or preventative health visits for adolescents and young adults.
- Accept Medicaid-eligible patients.
For purposes of the Community Clinic Grant Program, the term clinic means an outpatient or ambulatory setting for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or the maintenance of health. Clinics may be stationary or mobile and must not be solely for the purpose of urgent nor emergent care. Eligible health services include preventative, medical, dental and mental health. Clinics may provide one or more of these services and are not required to provide all.
For more information, visit Minnesota Department of Health.
