Family Home Visiting (FHV)

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Funding and Grants Management

Family Home Visiting programs at state, local and tribal levels are funded by a variety of sources. The Minnesota Department of Health administers the TANF Family Home Visiting funding for Community Health Boards (CHBs) and Tribal Governments, the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Grant (state funded), the Evidence-Based Home Visiting (EBHV) Grant and the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Formula and Expansion grants funded under the federal Affordable Care Act.

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Funding Opportunities

MN Strong Foundations: Evidence-based Home Visiting Start Up Request for Proposals

The Minnesota Legislature directed the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to establish the Evidence-based Home Visiting grant program in 2017. The focus of this Request for Proposals is to increase the availability of evidence-based home visiting programs through the start-up of new evidence-based home visiting models in a county, tribal reservation, or community. Eligible applicants include community health boards, nonprofits, and tribal nations. Applicants must be located in and conduct grant activities in the state of Minnesota.

Request for Proposal and Required Forms

General Information

Announcement title: Minnesota Strong Foundations: Evidence-based Home Visiting Start Up
Questions and answers: Applicants may submit RFP questions to health.homevisiting@state.mn.us.

Deadline for submitting questions: January 15, 2021, 4 p.m. Central Time.
Answers to all submitted questions will be posted by: January 20, 2020, 4 p.m. Central Time

Application deadline: February 5, 2021, 4:30 p.m. Central Time
Estimated number of awards: 5-10
Estimated award amount: $40,000 - $200,000 annually
Estimated project dates: April 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022

Informational Webinar Recording

Tues, Jan. 6, 2021 9-10 a.m. Central Time
Recorded Webinar

Submission Timeline

Date	Activity
Monday, Dec. 21, 2020	RFP released
Tues, Jan. 6, 2021 9-10 a.m. Central Time	Informational webinar Informational webinar (recorded)
January 15, 2021 4:30 p.m. Central Time	Deadline to submit RFP questions
February 1, 2021	RFP Questions and Answers posted
Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 4:30 p.m. Central Time	RFP applications due Submit online application form

Submission Instructions

Submit application via the online form:

Applications must be submitted using the online application form below by 4:30 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 5, 2021. All instructions must be followed as laid out in the RFP and Application. Incomplete applications will be rejected and not evaluated. Do not provide any materials that are not requested in the RFP, as such materials will not be considered nor evaluated. The form allows applicants to upload required documents.

MN Strong Foundations: Evidence-based Home Visiting Start Up online application form

Current Award Funding

Family Home Visiting Program (TANF)

Since state fiscal year 2001, the Minnesota Legislature has authorized MDH to administer family home visiting services for families at or below 200 percent of poverty and who are at risk for poor maternal and child outcomes. The Minnesota Legislature provides funding of $7,827,300 annually to all local public health departments and tribal nations for services provided under the statute.

TANF Community Health Board (CHB) Grant Allocation 2019-2021 (PDF)
TANF Tribal Nations Grant Allocation 2019-2021 (PDF)
To view guidelines for using TANF funds, go to Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Grant Guidelines (PDF).

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Grants for CHBs

The federally funded Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, administered through MDH, targets high-risk families who are most likely to benefit from intensive home visiting services. In 2017, $14.6 million was provided to 13 grantees to provide evidence based home visiting services from March 2017 to September 30, 2019. Awardees were selected based on designation as an at-risk community in a statewide needs assessment.

Evidence Based Home Visiting (EBHV) Grants

In 2017, the MN Legislature appropriated $6 million per year in state fiscal years 2018 and 2019 ($12 million total) and $16.5 million per year starting in state fiscal year 2020. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) distributed the new state funding for evidence based home visiting services in three phases. Information about grantees in each phase are below.

Phase 1 (October 2017 – September 2019) $4.86 million was awarded beginning in October 2017 to five grantees that were scheduled to lose funding due to federal MIECHV reductions. Phase 1 allowed MDH to continue home visiting services to families who were receiving home visiting services and to sustain critical home visiting infrastructure in out-state MN.

Phase 2 (May 2018 – December 2022) involved a release of a competitive request for proposals for start-up or expansion of evidence based home visiting services. Community Health Boards, tribal nations, and non-profits were eligible to apply. A little over $25 million was awarded to 12 grantees for implementation grants and 4 grantees for planning grants.

Phase 3 (May 2019 – December 2022) included awards totaling $32 million to 24 grantees through a request for proposals.

Information about grantees in each phase:

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Grant Allocations

The 2015 Minnesota Legislature authorized $575,000 in State Fiscal Year 2016, and $2,000,000 in State Fiscal Year 2017 and thereafter, to provide grants to local public health agencies and tribal nations to create or expand Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) programs.