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    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.

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    Mental Health: Psychological assessments for children and teens

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    About the grant

    The Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing State Services Division, created this grant to ensure that deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children living in Greater Minnesota receive services from culturally affirmative psychologists who have training and experience in working with these populations. Psychological assessment services include intelligence, diagnostic, neurological, or educational evaluations.

    Tasks under this grant include:

    1. Provide a full range of culturally affirmative psychological assessment and follow-up services to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children and their families in Greater Minnesota; 
    2. Provide follow-up services to track the progress of recommendations made through the assessment process and to assist families and the child’s education team with the implementation of recommendations; 
    3. Promote the program and its services in Greater Minnesota through marketing efforts; 
    4. Develop a network and collaboration efforts with professional service providers and school districts that can assist deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children and adolescents with mental health needs and their families to obtain appropriate services; 
    5. Develop and report on measurable outcomes that demonstrate how families and children are better off as a result of the services provided and that demonstrate satisfaction with services.

    Grant details

    Grant period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026
    Grant amount: $200,000 per fiscal year
    Grant recipient: BrightWorks GM LaunchPad (formerly Metro ECSU)

    Contact

    If you have questions about services, you may email Deanna Rothbauer, LaunchPAD Project Program Coordinator. For more information about this grant, please contact us.

    Past awards

    Grant period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023
    Grant amount: $244,000 ($122,000 per fiscal year)
    Grant recipient: Metro ECSU

    Mental health

    Hard of hearing

    Hearing loss

    Deafblind

    Deaf

    Families

    Children

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