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    About community-based grants

    Our grant partners provide specialized services to meet the needs of Minnesotans who are deaf, deafblind or have hearing loss. Few providers have the unique skills needed to provide the culturally affirmative and linguistically accessible services required by the populations we serve. To support and sustain the providers, we work closely with our grantees. We appreciate all our grantees do to support Minnesotans who are deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing.

    Grant contracts are effective for two years with the possible extension of additional year(s), up to five years. Funding extensions are based on satisfactory performance by grantee(s).

    If you are interested in applying for Department of Human Services grant opportunities, Request For Proposal (RFP) announcements are published on the Open grants, RFPs and RFIs webpage. You can find other grant opportunities for other agencies through the State Grants page. Grant opportunities are also published in the Minnesota State Register weekly.

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    Mental health: Services for children and teens

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    About the grant

    Grantees provide direct mental health services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing children and teens living in Minnesota. They:

    1. Have one or more qualified or licensed mental health clinicians who are fluent or near fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) and provide direct mental health services.
    2. Deliver culturally-affirmative mental health services, including individual therapy, family therapy, or group therapy as the State directs.
    3. Offer telemental health services via secure videoconferencing to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children and adolescents, when needed.
    4. Serve a minimum of 40 children and teens in their Service Area through face-to-face or tele-mental health therapy sessions in each Fiscal Year.
    5. Use third-party reimbursement (health insurance, private pay, etc.) and service fees (sliding fees, cost-sharing, etc.) for mental health services whenever possible.
    6. Promote the program in its Service Areas. This can be done through listservs, emails, print, social media or live presentations.
    7. Develop and report on measurable outcomes that demonstrate how children who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing are better off because of the services provided.

    Grant details

    Service Area 1

    Includes the following counties: Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Kandiyohi, LeSueur, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Sherburne, Stearns, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Winona, and Wright.

    Grant period: July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027
    Grant amount: $497,000 per fiscal year for Service Area 1
    Grant recipient: Volunteers of America of Minnesota

    For more information about this project, visit Volunteers of America of Minnesota’s website.

    Service Area 2

    Includes the following counties: Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Brown, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kanabec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Rock, Roseau, Saint Louis, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine.

    Grant period: July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027
    Grant amount: $437,000 per fiscal year for Service Area 2
    Grant recipient: Therapeutic Services Agency

    For more information about this project, visit Therapeutic Services Agency’s website.

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    Past awards

    Service Area 1

    Grant period: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025
    Grant recipient: Volunteers of America of Minnesota
    Grant amount: $497,000 per fiscal year

    Service Area 2

    Grant period: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025
    Grant recipient: Therapeutic Services Agency
    Grant amount: $437,000 per fiscal year

    Mental health

    Families

    Accessibility

    Providers

    Sign language

    Children

    Deaf

    Hearing loss

    Hard of hearing

    Deafblind

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