Addressing Gaps Initiative eUpdate: connecting you to resources to improve access to equitable, culturally and linguistically appropriate services for Minnesotans.
Grants
Second round of grants for building HCBS provider capacity in rural and underserved communities awarded
Nearly 14 million dollars has been awarded to 121 organizations to expand their capacity to provide Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) to older adults and people with disabilities. Funds from these grants are targeted to organizations that serve or want to expand their service to rural and underserved communities. The grants also support organizations to become an HCBS provider for the first time.
To learn more about the capacity grants program and the organizations awarded, visit DHS’ Grants, Equity, Access, and Research Division’s website.
Policy changes
**CRISIS phone number to be discontinued amid 988 implementation
To streamline the total numbers available for crisis services, Minnesota has decided to discontinue the **CRISIS phone number that connects people to mobile crisis teams. Starting this month, **CRISIS (also known as **274747) has been replaced by 988. Callers who dial **CRISIS will now get a message indicating they should dial 988.
Learn more about 988 at 988lifeline.org. If you are interested in promotional materials for 988, please see the Minnesota Department of Health’s “You Matter” campaign materials.
Outreach and engagement
Draft Justice Strategic Plan is open for public comment
The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH), led by Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and made up of the Commissioners of 14 state agencies, is requesting your feedback on the draft of its newly developed Housing, Racial, and Health Justice plan for people facing homelessness in Minnesota. This plan has been in development for over a year and the process has been co-lead and co-created with the Council’s 10 Justice Consultants, all people with lived experience of homelessness representing different experiences and different locations across the state.
Review the draft plan and provide your thoughts by visiting MICH’s Public Comment on Justice Strategic Plan webpage. Public comment is open until September 1, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
Request for proposals
Coordinate training logistics for mental health crisis providers
The Department of Human Services (DHS), through its Behavioral Health Division, is seeking to coordinate training logistics for mental health crisis providers across Minnesota. Proposals are due August 18, 2023.
More information about this RFP can be found on DHS’ Grants and RFPs webpage.
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For more information about Gaps or to access past e-updates, visit the DHS Gaps website.
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