The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is accepting applications for its 2026 Dental Safety Net Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/29/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Eligible dental organizations will receive a percentage of the available funding based on a simple ratio of the number of individual uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by each provider as a portion of the total number of individual uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by all eligible applicants.
Funding Information
An estimated $113,000 will be available for this grant cycle. Funds will be distributed based on the number of eligible applicants with an estimated maximum award amount of $33,900 and a minimum of $2,230.
Grant Period
January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- The provider is a nonprofit organization;
- The provider is not affiliated with, owned by, or managed by a hospital or medical group;
- The provider offers free or reduced-cost oral health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275 percent of federal poverty guidelines who do not have insurance coverage for oral health care services;
- The provider is eligible to become or is a Critical Access Dental provider, as designated by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and;
- The provider is able to demonstrate that more than 80 percent of patient encounters in the last 12 months were with patients under the age of 21 who are uninsured or covered by Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare.
For more information, visit MDH.
