ORHPC Grants and Funding

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Clinical training is a requirement for dental professionals to become licensed, but opportunities to receive clinical training are limited. Under the authority of Minnesota Statutes Section 62J.692, Subdivision 7a, the Commissioner of Health is authorized to award grants to sponsoring institutions and clinical dental training sites for projects that increase dental access for underserved populations and promote innovative clinical dental education or clinical training programs. Individual providers applying alone are not eligible for grants, nor are clinical training sites or institutions outside of Minnesota.

Potential uses of grant funds include expanding existing clinical training programs that have demonstrated success in providing dental services to underserved populations and in developing or implementing new programs designed to improve access for underserved populations. Programs must use dental occupations residents or students in dental professional training programs. Grants must be used to fund costs directly related to the established or ongoing operation of an accredited clinical dental education program or to establish or expand an accredited clinical dental training program at a Medicaid-eligible site.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• FY2024 Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant RFP (PDF)
• Clinical Dental Education Innovations Budget Worksheet (Excel)
• MDH Due Diligence Form (PDF)
• Clinical Dental Education Innovations Budget Worksheet (Excel)

Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant Recipients:

• 2023 Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant Recipients (PDF)
• 2022 Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant Recipients (PDF)
• 2021 Clinical Dental Education Innovations Grant Recipients (PDF)

For more information please contact:

brenda.flattum@state.mn.us, or
health.PrimaryCarePrograms@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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Not open for applications at this time.

Minnesota Statute 145.9268 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support the capacity of eligible organizations to plan, establish or operate clinical services for populations with low income and/or living in rural areas of the state.

List of Community Clinic Grant recipients:

• Fiscal Year 2023 Community Clinic Grant recipients
• Fiscal Year 2022 Community Clinic Grant recipients
• Fiscal Year 2021 Community Clinic Grant recipients

For more information please contact:
health.CommunityClinicGrant@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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Not open for applications at this time.

This opportunity is provided by the MN Flex Program that provides funding for training or technical assistance to CAHs to build capacity, encourage innovation, and promote sustainable improvements in the rural health care system. Visit the Minnesota Rural Hospital Flexibility Program to learn more about the Flex Program.

The MN Flex Program provides funding for training or technical assistance to CAHs to build capacity, encourage innovation, and promote sustainable improvements in the rural health care system. This grant will serve critical access hospitals and their boards by equipping them with information to understand population health and skills necessary to communicate key concepts for healthcare decision making to improve healthcare delivery in rural Minnesota. Funds will be awarded after a competitive review process.

Eligible applicants include for-profit or non-profit entities with a history of working with critical access hospitals and rural health care. Applicants will be selected based on their ability to complete proposed projects, evidence of experience providing training, evidence of experience working with health care leaders and hospital boards and experience with the proposed subject matter.

It is estimated that approximately $49,000 will be available for the grant program.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• Critical Access Hospital Board Training on Engagement, Leadership and Population Health (PDF)
• CAH Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) Updated November 13, 2023
• MDH Due Diligence Form (PDF)

Informational webinar: 

An information webinar was held on Monday, November 13.
 

For more information please contact:

health.flex@state.mn.us or 651-201-3528.

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Not open for applications at this time.

MDH is soliciting proposals for grants to eligible dental providers who serve the uninsured. Funds will be awarded each year proportionally among all eligible programs, based on the total number of uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by providers.

The Legislature appropriates up to $113,000 each Fiscal Year. Annual funding will be allocated by formula, among eligible applicants over a 3-year project period.  

The current grant project period is from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025. 

Dental Safety Net Grant recipients:

• 2023-2025 Dental Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)
• 2022 Dental Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)
• 2021 Dental Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)

For more information please contact:
health.SafetyNetGrants@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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Not open for applications at this time.

Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services.

Per legislation passed during the 2007 MN Legislative session, Minnesota Statute 145.9269 empowers the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health to distribute grants to FQHCs and FQHC Look-Alikes "operating in Minnesota to continue, expand, and improve federally qualified health center services to low-income populations."

The Legislature has appropriated up to $2,644,000 each Fiscal Year. Funding will be allocated by formula, among eligible applicants over a 3-year project period.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• FY23-25 FQHC Subsidy Request for Proposal (PDF)
• FQHC Budget Worksheet (Excel)

2023 Federally Qualified Health Center Subsidy Grant Recipients:

• 2023 FQHC Subsidy Grant Recipients (PDF)
• 2022 FQHC Subsidy Grant Recipients (PDF)
• 2021 FQHC Subsidy Grant Recipients (PDF)

For more information please contact:
health.PrimaryCarePrograms@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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Applications are not being accepted at this time.

Minnesota Statutes Sec. 144.1505 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support the establishment or expansion of clinical training for eligible health professional training programs. The grant program provides funding for planning clinical training programs and/or expanding existing clinical training programs in rural and underserved urban areas of Minnesota. Funds are awarded through a competitive review process.

Eligible, accredited training programs must be located in Minnesota and must train students enrolled in at least one of the following programs: advanced practice nursing, dental therapy, pharmacy, physician assistant, or mental health professional programs.

For more information please contact:
health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us
651-201-3895

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Not open for applications at this time.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) will award grants to eligible health professional training programs to administer scholarships to students enrolled during the 2023-24 school year. Scholarships will be in the amount of $25,000 per student and must be awarded prior to March 31, 2024.

Grantees will provide both academic and professional counseling, and prioritize rural clinical placements, for all scholarship recipients.

Students selected for scholarships must enter into an agreement with MDH to practice in a rural area of Minnesota for two years following graduation. For this grant program, rural is defined as areas outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Grant recipients will be selected through a competitive review process. This pilot program is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will inform future programs.

Eligible, accredited training programs must be located in Minnesota and must train students enrolled in at least one of the following programs: advanced practice nursing, dental therapy, mental health professional programs, or physician assistant programs.

During this cycle it is estimated that approximately $400,000 will be available for the grant program.

For more information please contact:
Health.ORHPC.WorkForceGrants@state.mn.us

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Applications due Friday, January 5, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) employee scholarship grant program, authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1503, was established for the purpose of assisting qualified HCBS providers fund employee scholarships for education and training in nursing and other health care fields. Grant funds must be used to cover costs related to a course of study that is expected to lead to career advancement with the provider or in the HCBS field.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Employee Scholarship Grant RFP (PDF)
• MDH Due Diligence Form (PDF)
• HCBS Frequently Asked Questions (PDF), last updated 12-29-2022

Informational webinar

An informational webinar will be held on December 5, at 10:0 a.m. Central Time. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device. 
Click here to join the meeting. 
Meeting ID: 268 487 160 16 
Passcode: JHgHRc

List of HCBS grantees:

FY2023 HCBS Employee Scholarship grantees and Loan Forgiveness grantees (PDF)

For more information please contact:
Health.HCBSgrant@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

Minnesota Statute 145.929, Subdivision 3 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support hospitals which provide services to high cost Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA) enrollees. Funds will be awarded proportionally among all eligible hospitals who apply, based on the total dollar amount of qualifying EMA claims of over $50,000 between February 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021.

Up to $1,309,000 is available in Fiscal Year 2021 Funds.

Eligible applicants are licensed hospitals in Minnesota who serve EMA enrollees.

Hospital Safety Net Grant recipients:

• 2019 Hospital Safety Net Grantees (PDF)
• 2018 Hospital Safety Net Grantees (PDF)
• 2017 Hospital Safety Net Grantees (PDF)

For more information please contact:
health.safetynetgrants@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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Not open for applications at this time.

The FY 23-24 Indian Health Grant Program provides assistance to eligible applicants to furnish clinical health services for American Indians who live off reservations. Nonprofit organizations, governmental and tribal entities are eligible to apply.

Grants were awarded for a two-year project period: January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.

List of Indian Health Grant recipients:

• 2023-2024 Indian Health Grant Awards (PDF)
• 2020-2022 Indian Health Grant Awards (PDF)
• 2018-2019 Indian Health Grant Awards (PDF)

For more information please contact:
Brenda Flattum
651-201-3870

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Not open for applications at this time.

The International Medical Graduate (IMG) Career Guidance and Support Grant Program provides the foundation for a comprehensive program authorized by the Minnesota State Legislature, to address barriers to medical practice and facilitate pathways to assist immigrant international medical graduates (IMGs) with integrating into the Minnesota health care delivery system, with the goal of increasing access to primary care in rural and underserved areas of the state.

The IMG Career Guidance and Support Program serves as an entry point for IMGs in Minnesota to participate in navigation and support programming that will assist them to overcome barriers to the testing and application processes for residency program acceptance or help them to prepare for other health care related career opportunities that utilize their extensive medical education and background.

Current IMG Career Guidance and Support grantee:

The current IMG Career Guidance and Support grantee is the International Institute of Minnesota.

Find more information about this program on their International Medical Graduates Program webpage.

For more information please contact:
MN_health.IMG@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1911 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support clinical preparation for Minnesota immigrant international medical graduates (IMGs). A Minnesota IMG is defined as an international medical graduate who:

• was born outside the United States,
• now resides permanently in the United States as a citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident,
• has resided in Minnesota for at least 2 years, and
• did not enter the United States on a J1 or similar nonimmigrant visa following acceptance into a United States medical residency or fellowship program.

The grant program supports clinical preparation for Minnesota IMGs who are certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and who agree to practice post residency in rural or underserved areas of the state. Funds will be awarded after a competitive review process.

Eligible applicants are programs and sponsors of clinical medical education or healthcare providers that fulfill all of the following criteria:

• Are located in Minnesota,
• Have a history of providing clinical medical education or clinical preparation, and
• Are willing to provide clinical preparation in primary care, including exposure to ambulatory and inpatient medicine in one or more of the following specialties: family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry and rural medicine.

For more information please contact:
MN_health.IMG@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

Health care professionals who receive training in other countries face multiple barriers in transferring their credentials after relocating to the United States. These professionals would be at an advantage to serve minority and immigrant populations and help Minnesota foster strong healthy communities and address health inequities. To address these barriers and integrate this unique resource, the Minnesota Legislature allocated funding to create a program to assist these professionals.

Minnesota Statutes Section 144.1911 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to eligible grantees to support residency positions for Minnesota immigrant international medical graduates (IIMGs). (An IIMG is an international medical graduate who was born outside the United States, now resides permanently in the United States, and who did not enter the United States on a J1 or similar nonimmigrant visa following acceptance into United States medical residency or fellowship program.)

For more information please contact:
ann.linde@state.mn.us
651-201-5799

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Not open for applications at this time.

Visit IMG Residency Preparation Program – BRIIDGE for more information.

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Not open for applications at this time.

Visit J-1 Visa and Waiver for more information.

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Not open for applications at this time.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) seeks to identify and support projects focused on increasing the number of workers entering the long-term care (LTC) workforce by leveraging educational opportunities, highlighting professional/career pathways, and/or by promoting careers in LTC through public relations and marketing outreach efforts

This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Funding will be allocated through a competitive process.

For more information please contact:
Health.seocltc@state.mn.us
651-201-4233

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Visit MERC webpage for more information.

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The application cycle has been closed and all funds have been dispersed.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) solicited proposals from:

• Individual Grants: Mental health professionals from communities of color or underrepresented communities to become qualified to serve as supervisors for mental health practitioners pursuing licensure (‘Licensing Supervisor’).
• Trainer Grants: Post-secondary educational institutions, or private training entities approved as continuing education providers by respective licensing boards, to offer free trainings to eligible students who wish to become board-recognized supervisors for mental health practitioners seeking licensure.

List of MHCCCE Trainer Grantees:
Grantee Referral List (PDF)

For more information please contact:
health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

The Mental Health Grants for Health Care Professionals program, authorized by 2022 Session Laws Chapter 99, Article 1, Section 46 is established for the purpose of improving the mental health of health care professionals through establishment or expansion of programs that are evidenced-based or evidenced-informed and are focused on addressing the mental health of health care professionals.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• FY23 Mental Health Grant for Health Care Professionals - Request for Proposal (PDF)
• Applicant Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form (PDF)
• MDH Due Diligence Form (PDF)
• Mental Health Grant for Health Care Professionals FAQ Jan 25, 2023 (PDF)

Please view the YouTube video of the informational webinar that answered questions about the grant program.

List of Mental Health Grant for Health Care Professionals awardees grantees:
FY2023 Mental Health Grant for Health Care Professionals awardees (PDF)

For more information, please contact:
health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

Minnesota Statute 145.929 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support eligible mental health providers who serve the uninsured.

This grant will serve uninsured mental health patients under the age of 21. Grant outcomes will include an increase in the number of served and/or treated uninsured mental health patients under the age of 21.

The Legislature appropriates up to $394,000 each Fiscal Year. Annual funding will be allocated by formula, among eligible applicants over a 3-year project period. The grant project period will be January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025.

List of Mental Health Safety Net Grant recipients:

• 2023-25 Mental Health Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)
• 2022 Mental Health Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)
• 2021 Mental Health Safety Net Grant recipients (PDF)

For more information please contact:
health.SafetyNetGrants@state.mn.us
651-201-3870

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The application cycle for Hospital Registered Nurses is now CLOSED. 

Applications for all other eligible professions are due Saturday, January 6, 2024.

Visit Minnesota Health Care Loan Forgiveness Program for more information.

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The SLRP program is now CLOSED for 2023.

Visit Minnesota State Loan Repayment Program for more information.

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Applications are due January 29, 2024. 

The Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program, authorized by 2023 Session Law Chapter 70, Article 5, Section 8 [144.1509], is established to award grants for the development of pediatric mental health training programs that are located in outpatient primary care clinics. The training programs are designed to increase confidence, skills, and awareness of mental health resources among pediatric primary care providers caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients.

To be eligible for a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training grant, a training program or proposed training program must:

• be located in an outpatient primary care clinic,
• focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams,
• provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy,
• provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences,
• emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs, and
• develop partnerships with community resources.

Approximately $900,000 will be available to grant in this cycle.

Applications must be submitted online through the ORHPC Grants Portal. 

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program Request for Proposal (PDF)
• MDH Due Diligence Form
• Sample Budget Worksheet (Excel) 

Informational webinar:  
An informational webinar will be held on Wednesday, December 13, at 3:00 pm.  
Click here to join the meeting. 

For more information, please contact:

health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us

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Not open for applications at this time.

The Primary Care Residency Grant program provides funding to expand the training of primary care physicians. The grant program assists existing or proposed primary care residency programs in Minnesota by funding costs associated with creating new residency programs and training eligible residents in newly created slots. Funds will be awarded after a competitive review process.

Eligible, accredited residency programs must be located in Minnesota and must train students in one of the following primary care specialties: family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, psychiatry (including child psychiatry fellowships), geriatrics, or general surgery.

During this cycle it is estimated that approximately $1,900,000 will be available for the grant program.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• FY2024 Primary Care Residency Grant Request For Proposal
• FY2024 Primary Care Residency Budget Worksheet (Excel)
• MDH Applicant Conflict of Interest Disclosure
• Questions and Answers, updated October 18, 2023 (PDF)

For more information please contact:

ann.linde@state.mn.us
651-201-3843

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Applications must be submitted via the MDH online portal by 11:59 p.m., Saturday, December 30. 

The Rural Community Health Center Apprenticeship Grant supports registered apprenticeship programs in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) operating in rural Minnesota. The goal of the funding is to support the rural primary care workforce by establishing new FQHC registered apprenticeship programs or funding costs of existing FQHC registered apprenticeship programs in rural parts of the state.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• Rural Community Health Center Apprenticeship Grant RFP (PDF)

For more information please contact:

laura.sutter@state.mn.us
651-201-3855

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Not open for applications at this time.

Minnesota Statute Sec. 144.1912 authorizes the Commissioner of Health to award grants to support rural Family Medicine Residency programs. The grant program assists Family Medicine Residency programs outside the 7–county metropolitan area by funding costs associated with training eligible residents.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• 2024 Rural Family Medicine Residency Request for Proposal (PDF) 
• 2024 Rural Family Medicine Residency Budget Worksheet Form (EXCEL) 
• MDH Grant Agreement - Sample (PDF) 

For more information please contact:
health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us
651-201-3895

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Not open for applications at this time.

The Rural Health Assessment Extension Grant provides funding to previous recipients of the Rural Health Assessment Grants to continue work on the project that was originally funded. The goal of the funding is to support collaboration in rural Minnesota between hospitals, community health boards, tribal health, and/or community stakeholders working on community level health assessments and implementation planning. Funds will support collaborative efforts to improve health equity, reduce health disparities, and address social determinants of health through community level health assessments and implementation planning.

Grant application forms and guidance:

• Rural Health Assessment Extension Grant RFP (PDF)
• Applications must be submitted online through the MDH Grants Portal

For more information please contact:
Laura Sutter
651-201-3855

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Applications are due 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2024.

This program awards grants to eligible rural hospitals for modernization projects to update, remodel or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain the operations of a hospital.

Grant application forms and guidelines:

• 2024 Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant RFP (PDF)
• Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Board Resolution (PDF)
• Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Competitive Bidding Form (PDF)
• Due Diligence Form (PDF)

Informational webinar
An informational webinar will be held on January 9, 2024 at 10 a.m. Central Time. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device: Click here to join the meeting. Materials from the meeting, including questions and answers will be posted by 4:30 p.m. Central Time on January 14, 2024.

List of Rural Hospital Capital Improvement grantees:
FY2023 Rural Hospital Capital Improvement award grantees (PDF)

For more information please contact:
Health.RuralHospitalGrants@state.mn.us
 

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