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February 21, 2024
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The Power of Stories to Create Change Webinar
Register for The Power of Stories to Create Change webinar to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 27 from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The MN StoryCollective is an exciting new way to engage with community, local government, and state agencies. This initiative invites individuals and communities across the state to share their stories and what these experiences mean to them. MN StoryCollective connects the voices of residents with those making decisions. The experiences storytellers share can help generate ideas for change at the local and state levels. Learn more about how you can be part of the MN StoryCollective and how you can utilize this resource in your work. When your registration is approved, you will receive an invitation to join the webinar.
2024 Minnesota Rural Health Conference
Save the date for this year's Minnesota Rural Health Conference, the state’s premier event for rural health professionals, on June 17-18, in Duluth. If you would like to receive updates about the conference, subscribe to the conference email list. Please email the MNRural Health Conference email with any other questions.
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Reminder: Mental Health Cultural Community Continuing Education (MHCCCE) Grant for Trainers
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) is soliciting grant proposals from postsecondary educational institutions or other entities to offer free trainings to eligible mental health professionals who wish to become board-recognized supervisors. The MHCCCE Grant was established for the purpose of assisting mental health professionals from communities of color and underrepresented communities to qualify to serve as supervisors for mental health practitioners pursuing licensure. Eligible applicants are accredited universities, other postsecondary training institutions, and other entities offering continuing education courses within the mental health field.
Applications must be submitted online through the ORHPC Grants Portal by 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 4. For more information, please contact: health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us.
Reminder: Mental Health Grants for Health Care Professionals program
The Mental Health Grants for Health Care Professionals program awards grants to health care entities for the purpose of establishing or expanding evidence-based or evidence-informed programs focused on improving the mental health of health care professionals. The following types of health care entities are eligible to apply for the Mental Health Grants for Health Care Professionals program: health care systems, hospitals, clinics, nursing facilities, community health clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health clinics, consortium of clinics or other health care entities, health professional associations, community mental health clinics, and Indian Health Services (IHS).
Applications must be submitted online through the ORHPC Grants Portal by 11:59 p.m., Friday, March 8. For more information, please contact: health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us.
OPEN: Community Clinic Grant
The Minnesota Statute 145.9268 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award Community Clinic Grants to eligible organizations to plan, establish or operate clinical services for populations with low income and/or living in rural areas of the state. Fiscal Year 2024 program funding will support clinic efforts to improve:
- Mental health services for adolescents and young adults ages 12–25 (minimally ages 12–17), or
- Oral health programs for all ages, with preference for projects supporting collaborative practice dental hygienists to provide services in community locations, or
- Clinical services for at-risk youth ages 12–25.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 25. For more information, please contact: health.CommunityClinicGrant@state.mn.us
OPEN: Minnesota Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Quality and Population Health
The Minnesota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) receives funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to help critical access hospitals (CAHs), emergency medical services and health professionals work together. This Program Quality and Population Health grant seeks to create training or provide education to CAHs that will show and improve rural healthcare quality by way of activities that support implementation of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) measures, quality reporting, quality improvement and population health education that addresses changing community needs, and ensures patient care is integrated throughout the rural health care delivery system.
Critical access hospitals are not the intended applicant organization(s). CAHs and CAH staff will be the recipients of any proposed education, training or resources developed with these grant dollars. CAHs that have questions about the funding should contact health.flex@state.mn.us.
Applications must be submitted via the ORHPC Grants Portal by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 29.
OPEN: International Medical Graduates (IMG) Clinical Preparation Grant
Minnesota Statues Section 144.1911 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support clinical preparation for Minnesota immigrant international medical graduates (IMGs). This IMG Clinical Preparation Grant program addresses barriers to practice and facilitates pathways to assist immigrant IMGs to integrate into the Minnesota health care workforce, specifically by preparing IMGs for admission into medical residency programs. Integrating IMGs into our physician workforce increases access to primary care, particularly in rural and underserved areas of Minnesota. IMGs are well-positioned to serve Minnesota’s diverse communities by providing linguistically and culturally responsive care. Eligible applicants for this grant funding are existing clinical medical education programs that fulfill the following criteria:
- Are located in Minnesota,
- Currently provide clinical medical education, and</span
- Have the capacity and expertise to provide clinical preparation in primary care, including exposure to outpatient and inpatient medicine in one or more of the following specialties: family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and psychiatry.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 5. For more information, please contact MN_health.IMG@state.mn.us
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NOSORH Rural Health Capital Resources Master Class
The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) is holding the online Rural Health Capital Resources Master Class. It is designed for working professionals who want to learn more about accessing and utilizing capital from federal, state, and private sources for rural health development projects. The first two sessions offer introductory information and are available at no cost.
- The second session, #102 Introduction to capital resources for financing rural health infrastructure and community development projects, will be held on Wednesday, March 6 from 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Registration is required.
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