The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is seeking applications for its Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program, authorized, is established to award grants for the development of new or existing pediatric mental health training programs that are located in outpatient primary care clinics. The training programs are designed to increase confidence, skills, and awareness of mental health resources among pediatric primary care providers caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients. An overarching goal of this grant program is that pediatric patients served by participating outpatient primary care clinics will receive more effective, timely, longitudinal care for mental health needs.
The goals of the Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program are to:
- Increase confidence, skills, and awareness of mental health resources among pediatric primary care providers caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients.
- Provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy.
- Provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences, in real time when possible.
- Emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs.
Grant outcomes will include:
- Pediatric primary care providers who participate in the training report increased confidence and skills when caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients.
- Pediatric primary care providers who participate in the training report increased awareness of mental health resources.
- This grant program will begin to contribute to a decrease in pediatric mental health hospitalizations in the counties in which training sites are located.
Eligible Projects Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training grants may be awarded to eligible primary care training programs to plan and implement new programs or expand existing programs in pediatric mental health training. Training programs must:
- be located in outpatient primary care clinics,
- focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams,
- provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy,
- provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences, in real time when possible,
- emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs, and
- develop partnerships with community resources.
Funding Information
- Estimated Amount to Grant: $900,000
- Estimated Award Maximum: $250,000
- Estimated Award Minimum: $50,000
Project Period
- Grant agreements begin (estimated): May 1, 2024
- Grant agreements end: June 30, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training grant, a training program or proposed training program must:
- be located in an outpatient primary care clinic,
- focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams,
- provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy,
- provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences,
- emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs, and
- develop partnerships with community resources
For more information, visit MDH.
