Ramsey County Public Health is offering a new round of grants to support innovative activities, programs and community engagement initiatives that improve public health outcomes in racially and ethnically diverse communities.
Donor Name: Ramsey County Public Health
State: Minnesota
County: Ramsey County (MN), Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Ramsey County Public Health is looking for local community organizations to be a part of the Trusted Messenger Initiative.
The purpose of these grants is to generate and grow innovative ways to deliver a variety of public health services, resources and information and to build public health relationships within and beyond Ramsey County.
With this grant, they can improve trust and collaboration between Saint Paul — Ramsey County Public Health, Washington County Public Health, local agencies and community organizations. They can also raise resident awareness, trust and participation in programs by Ramsey County and Washington County.
Focus Areas
The primary services include:
- Healthy Communities: The applicant collaborates with Public Health to increase awareness and access to culturally informed public health information and programs which include healthy aging, Hmong health promotion, sexual violence services, adolescent health, child and teen checkups, mental health and wellbeing. Extra effort is made to reach racially and ethnically diverse communities, immigrant families and new Minnesotans who face the greatest health inequalities, language barriers, or may be isolated from county and other community services.
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): The applicant collaborates with Public Health to increase WIC program awareness and referrals of pregnant and postpartum women and their children so they may receive healthy food, nutrition education and lactation support. Extra effort is made to reach people early in pregnancy and multigenerational African American populations.
- Family Health and Home Visiting: The applicant collaborates with Public Health to promote equity in birth outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse communities, especially African American, Native American, Latino/x and immigrant populations. Extra effort is made to support families, fathers and other caregivers, to navigate care before and after birth and to increase cultural and community connections using a holistic approach.
- Clinical Services: The applicant collaborates with Public Health to increase awareness and access to vaccines and immunizations, tuberculosis care, sexual and reproductive health services such as HIV and STD testing and treatment, syringe services, wound care, naloxone training and outreach with people who use drugs and communities disproportionately impacted by overdose.
- Environmental Health: The applicant collaborates with Public Health to find creative ways to increase participation in food scraps collection, household hazardous waste drop-off and electronics recycling programs, especially within racially and ethnically diverse communities. They also increase awareness of the Environmental Center, the “one stop shop” for recycling and waste collection.
- Emergency Preparedness and Response: The applicant collaborates with Public Health to increase awareness and access to culturally informed public health information before, during and after public health emergencies such as localized and pandemic infectious disease outbreaks, severe weather incidents and mass casualty and fatality incidents. Extra effort is made to reach racially and ethnically diverse communities.
Funding Information
Up to 10 grants of around $34,000 each will be awarded to support the work of local organizations through June 30, 2026.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Those who have never contracted with Ramsey County before.
- Ethnically and culturally diverse, women-owned or veteran-owned organizations.
- Organizations with less than 50 employees.
- Organizations serving not only Ramsey County but also adjacent counties including Washington County.
For more information, visit Ramsey County Public Health.
