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The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), through its Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) School-Based Team, is seeking applications from qualifying school districts to implement, enhance or expand a sustainable infrastructure to provide reimbursable behavioral health services within their schools. This grant program will provide start-up funding to develop the necessary framework and overcome barriers for delivering and sustaining critical mental health services for students eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
This grant will fund up to $23,763 per applicant to and will prioritize Minnesota school districts serving rural school districts and/or tribally enrolled students. Grant funds can be utilized to support hiring qualified staff to support the Medicaid billing infrastructure, establish supervision structures for effective service delivery, enhance telehealth capabilities to expand access to care and/or implement Medicaid billing systems that support financial stability for behavioral health services in Minnesota schools.
Qualifying school districts are Minnesota local education agencies, including BIE-funded schools, as defined in 2 C.F.R. § 303.23 and educational service agencies, as defined in 2 C.F.R. § 300.12, that provide/intend to provide children’s behavioral health services.
To apply for this funding, a responder must be a qualifying school district that currently provides or plans to provide children’s behavioral health services. School districts serving rural areas, Tribal Nations, Indigenous communities, and populations experiencing significant health disparities are strongly encouraged to apply. Responders must apply using Behavioral Health Administration’s (BHA) online grant management system. All applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Central Time on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
It is solely the responsibility of each responder to ensure that its proposal is submitted electronically, in the specific format and prior to the deadline for submission. Failure to abide by these instructions for submitting proposals may result in the disqualification of any non-complying proposal.
For more information contact Erin Danielson. Erin is the only person designated to answer questions by potential responders regarding this request. To receive an email when new opportunities become available, subscribe to the Grants and RFPs email list.
This request does not obligate the State to complete the work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the right to cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
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