The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) awards grants to support the capacity of eligible organizations to plan, establish or operate clinical services for populations with low income and/or living in rural areas of the state.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $45,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
2022 program funding will support clinic efforts to improve:
- Mental health services for adolescents and young adults ages 12-25 (minimally ages 12- 17), 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.
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
- How well applicant demonstrate the capacity to implement program for long term sustainability.
Funding Information
- Estimated Award Maximum $45,000
- Funding will be provided for one year, June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023.
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 Community Clinic Grant.
