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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Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing State Services is seeking proposals from Minnesota TV news broadcasters to provide real-time captioning of live local news programming. Real-time captioning makes programming accessible to people in Minnesota who are deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing.
The goals of this project are to:
Full details about the scope of work and deliverables are in the request for proposals, available from the Request for Proposals to Provide Real-Time Captioning of Live Local News Programming webpage.
Grant period: July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028
Grant amount: $263,000 per fiscal year
Submit a proposal if you are a qualified television station in Minnesota and able to accomplish the deliverables outlined in the request for proposals (RFP). See Introduction and Scope of Work sections of the RFP for this information.
Proposals are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2026. Late proposals will not be considered.
Find complete instructions and forms on DHS’s Grants and RFPs webpage.
The RFP can be downloaded from the Request for Proposals to Provide Real-Time Captioning of Live Local News Programming webpage.
For more information about this project, please contact Taryn Pollard, Phone: 952-214-0678.
You can learn more about this grant by attending the responders conference. The responder’s conference will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2026, from 11 a.m. to noon.
Grant period: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026
Grant recipient name: KAAL-TV, Lakeland Public Television, Twin Cities Public Television
Grant amount: $147,224 per fiscal year
For information about the grantees or to report captioning issues, visit the grant recipients’ websites:
