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Date: March 9, 2022
To: All interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To announce a grant opportunity for community engagement with rural and underserved communities regarding home and community-based services
Application deadline: 5 p.m. CDT, March 31, 2022
Contact: carol.anthony@state.mn.us
Forwarded on behalf of our partners in the DHS Continuing Care for Older Adults Administration.
DHS invites organizations to apply for community-engagement grants to help improve the delivery of home and community-based services (HCBS) in Minnesota. Selected grantees will lead community research efforts with rural and underserved communities to help inform DHS on HCBS grants and spending initiatives made available through the American Rescue Act. Areas of focus will include ways to improve/expand access for older adults and people with disabilities around:
- Capacity building for alternative methods of service delivery
- Technology access
- Workforce development
- Caregiver respite
- Support services.
Details
Awarded grants may range from $5,000 to $50,000. Selected grantees will conduct engagement efforts with specific target populations. Grantees will identify ways to improve inequitable systems and disparities faced by underserved communities who need HCBS services. Grants are awarded through a “quick-call” application, which uses a streamlined submission process.
Target audience
Target audiences for engagement efforts are:
- American Indian and indigenous people (inclusive of Minnesota sovereign tribal nations)
- Asian and Pacific Islanders
- People who are Black and/or African-born
- People who are of Latin/Hispanic descent
- LGBTQ communities
- People who are from rural and regional centers outside the seven-county metro area.
Proposal information and questions
For more information on the grant and information about how to apply, review PT3751: Professional/Technical Service Contracting Opportunities (state.mn.us). All applications must be submitted before 5 p.m. CDT, March 31, 2022.
For a copy of the grant language, email Carol Anthony at carol.anthony@state.mn.us.
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