Grants and Loans:
Open Grant Opportunities

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Open grant opportunities are organized by date posted. Visit the program site for more information and to view the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Please note: information provided on the program site takes precedence over any information presented here. If you have questions about the grant opportunity, please follow the question and answer instructions as outlined in the Request for Proposal.

Open Opportunities

Grant Information:

Regional Health Equity Network Grant
Letter of intent to apply deadline: na
Application deadline: April 28, 2023

Eligible applicants: Organizations advancing health equity in their communities or within their region within the state of Minnesota.

• Community Health Boards
• Public Health Departments
• Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations
• Tribal governments

2023 Community Clinic Grant
Letter of intent to apply deadline: n/a
Application deadline: March 27, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. CDT

Eligible applicants:

• Clinics
• Community Health Boards/Local Public Health
• Hospitals
• Institutions of Higher Education
• Local Units of Government (cities, towns, counties)
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Tribal Governments

Safe Harbor
Letter of intent to apply deadline: February 23, 2023 (optional)
Application deadline: April 4, 2023

Eligible applicants:

• Local public health
• Social services agencies
• Nonprofit organizations
• Tribal governments
• Units of government
• Schools and/or school districts
• Health care organizations
• Other interested agencies demonstrating experience and/or expertise in working with sexually exploited youth and/or youth at-risk for sexual exploitation.

Community-based Suicide Prevention Grant
Letter of intent to apply deadline: February 1, 2023
Application deadline: March 22, 2023, 11:59 p.m. CST
RFP informational meeting: January 17, 2023

Eligible applicants:

• Local public health
• Social services agencies
• Nonprofit organizations
• Tribal governments
• Tribal organizations
• Urban tribal organizations
• Units of government
• Schools and/or school districts
• Health care organizations
• Faith communities
• Emergency response organizations
• Other interested agencies demonstrating experience (or that desire the experience) to provide evidence-based or practice-based-evidence suicide prevention.

*Applicants must be located within and conduct grant activities in the state of Minnesota.

Home Care and Assisted Living Advisory Council (Health Regulation Division)
Letter of intent to apply deadline: NA
Applications due: None. Application opens on January 3, 2023 and will remain open for 30 days or until all funds have been distributed, whichever comes first.

Eligible applicants:

• Home Care and Assisted Living providers who have not previously been awarded a Social Connection Grant

Plan Implementation Grant
Applications for this grant program are accepted between Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 8:00 a.m. and Friday, March 31, 2023, at 4:30 p.m.

Public water suppliers with an Source Water Protection (SWP) plans.

SWP plans are, 1) wellhead protection plans that have been approved by MDH under requirements of Minnesota Rules Parts 4720. 5100 to 4720.5590, or 2) MDH approved wellhead protection action plans, or 3) surface water intake protection plans that have been endorsed by MDH.

Noncommunity Transient Grant
Applications for this grant program are accepted between Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:00 a.m. and Friday, March 31, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

• Be a noncommunity transient PWS and
• The PWS is not currently subject to administrative penalty action by MDH for violation of state or federal PWS regulations. A PWS that is subject to administrative penalty action from MDH for violating PWS regulations should not receive any type of grant until a compliance agreement is in place. The PWS may apply for a grant to implement the actions scheduled in the compliance agreement.

Competitive Grant
Applications for this grant program are accepted between Monday, April 3, 2023 8:00 a.m. and Friday, April 28, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

Eligible applicants:

A Source Water Protection (SWP) competitive grant is intended to support implementation of the drinking water protection measures that address a potential source of contamination exhibiting a high risk that is either 1) described in a SWP plan or an extension or 2) recognized by MDH through formal correspondence with the Public Water Supplier (PWS) (most recent sanitary survey; Notice of Violation / Administrative Penalty Order with compliance agreement; or project evaluation form from MDH Drinking Water Protection staff). Although only qualifying PWS may apply for a SWP competitive grant, they may use this funding to support the work of other parties. A PWS must meet the following conditions in order to qualify for a grant:

• Be a community or a nontransient noncommunity PWS.
• The PWS is not currently subject to administrative penalty action by MDH for violation of state or federal PWS regulations. A PWS that is subject to administrative penalty action from MDH for violating PWS regulations should not receive any type of grant until a compliance agreement is in place. The PWS will apply for a grant to implement the actions scheduled in the compliance agreement.
• All prior SWP competitive grant awards must be closed out.