02013378104A stipend program for American Sign Language Interpreting students completing their internship in Greater Minnesota.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-643467" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />A stipend program for American Sign Language Interpreting students completing their internship in Greater Minnesota.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The goal of the program is to provide financial support for ASL interpreting students completing internships in Greater Minnesota.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The financial support is intended to cover living expenses so that students may successfully complete an internship in a Greater Minnesota location. Examples of expenses may include, but are not limited to lodging, food, mileage/transportation, lost wages.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">To be eligible for this stipend, you must:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Be a resident of Minnesota.</li> <li>Be currently enrolled in one of the three interpreter education programs in Minnesota*:</li> <li style="list-style: none">a) North Central University, Minneapolis <br /> b) St. Catherine University, St. Paul <br /> c) St. Paul College, St. Paul <br /> *Consideration may be given to students who are residents of Minnesota and enrolled in a non-Minnesota based interpreter education program offered by an accredited institution.</li> <li>Approved by your Internship Faculty Supervisor for an internship in Greater Minnesota.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">How to apply</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact the Interpreting Internship Stipend Program Coordinator, <a href="mailto:paulagmick@gmail.com">Paula Gajewski Mickelson</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> Grant period: July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026 <br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" /> Grant amount: $41,500 total funding <br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" /> Individual stipend total: up to $5,000 per student.6434672025-07-03T19:29:09Z378104401002<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-495484" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant supports community-based mental health services for people who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing and have a mental illness.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing State Services Division supports community-based services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind and have a mental illness. The provider must be able to offer a drop in service center in the Twin Cities metro area.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant supports:</p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Community-based mental health support providers who are fluent in American Sign Language.</li> <li>Opportunities for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people to work on their individual goals with culturally and linguistically affirmative providers virtually or in person.</li> <li>Accessible services through the drop-in center. Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people can meet with trained mental health workers, either in-person or virtually, to work on their individual goals.</li> </ul> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027 <br /> Grant amount: $105,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: People Incorporated</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have questions or need more information about services available from People Incorporated, please contact <a href="mailto:ryan.sandquist@peopleincorporated.org">Ryan Sandquist</a>, People Incorporated's Deaf Mental Health Services Program Manager. If you have other questions about the grant, please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023 <br /> Grant amount: $80,000 per year <br /> Grant recipient: People Incorporated</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2020 <br /> Grant amount: $80,000 per year <br /> Grant recipient: People Incorporated</p>4954844010025029133646674007934010032025-07-24T20:35:49Z378104<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-495468" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant supports statewide specialized deafblind communication training.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant supports statewide specialized deafblind communication training.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Training may include, but is not limited to, the following communication methods:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>How to guide deafblind consumers and help them navigate their environment.</li> <li>Tactile interpreting skills.</li> <li>Tactile interpreting practice.</li> <li>Information about community intervener and support service provider careers.</li> <li>Other topics chosen by deafblind community members.</li> <li>Protactile training.</li> <li>Specialized training on working with individuals who are deaf with low vision and individuals who identify as speaking deafblind.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2022-June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $23,049 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: ASLIS</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this project, you may <a href="mailto:info@aslis.com">email ASLIS</a> or visit ASLIS's <a href="https://www.aslis.com/deafblind/" target="_blank">Specialized Deafblind Training Program webpage</a>. </p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have other questions about this grant, please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/">contact us</a>. </p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: March 1, 2018-June 30, 2022 <br /> Grant amount: $130,000 <br /> Grant recipient: ASLIS</p>4954684010354007935029765029772025-07-03T19:28:46Z378104<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-495465" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant promotes empowerment, independence and self-sufficiency of adults who are deafblind.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant promotes empowerment of people who are deafblind through a self-governed deafblind consumer organization, Minnesota DeafBlind Association (MDBA). MDBA provides educational and community engagement activities to maintain and improve the independence and self-sufficiency of adults who are deafblind.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2023-June 30, 2027 <br /> Grant amount: $18,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: Minnesota DeafBlind Association</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about programs and services available through this grant, you may contact the Minnesota DeafBlind Association president by email at <a href="mailto:presmdba@gmail.com">presmdba@gmail.com</a>.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have other questions about this grant contract please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2016-June 30, 2023 <br /> Grant amount: $128,000 <br /> Grant recipient name: Minnesota DeafBlind Association</p>4954654007932025-07-03T19:28:41Z378104<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-495454" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant supports a consumer-directed program offering services, technology and training access to Minnesotans who are deafblind or have combined hearing and vision loss.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant supports consumer-directed programs offering services, technology and training access to Minnesotans who are deafblind or have combined hearing and vision loss.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The goals of this project are to:</p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Provide services and supports for Minnesotans who are deafblind so they can: <ul> <li>Maintain their independence.</li> <li>Become more self-sufficient.</li> <li>Participate in their communities.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Provide technology and training access: <ul> <li>For adults who are deafblind.</li> <li>For children who are deafblind and their families.</li> <li>Using a consumer-directed design.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $438,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient name: A New Direction, Inc. DBA Consumer Directions</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about grant services, you may contact Christy Leach, <a href="mailto:Christy@yourfse.com">Christy@yourfse.com</a> or <a href="https://anewdirection.info/deaf-blind-consumer-directed-services-dbcds/" target="_blank">visit A New Direction's website</a>.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have other questions, please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: April 6, 2018-June 30 2022 <br /> Grant amount: $438,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: Consumer Directions, Inc.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2014-June 30, 2018 <br /> Grant amount: $770,359 <br /> Grant recipient name: Consumer Directions, Inc.</p>4954544007934010352025-07-03T19:28:30Z378104Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division seeks a responder to coordinate in-person and/or virtual Video Remote Interpreting training to Greater Minnesota Interpreters. Proposals are due May 14, 2021.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-476873" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />Grantee coordinates in-person and/or virtual Video Remote Interpreting training to Greater Minnesota interpreters.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant funds development and coordination of in-person and/or virtual Video Remote Interpreting training to Greater Minnesota interpreters. Training will be delivered in the following topic areas: </p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Introduction to VRI for the novice interpreter </li> <li>Communication and environmental management skills. For example: the Demand Control Schema as it applies to the VRI setting </li> <li>Effective use of a Deaf Interpreter (DI)/Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) in the VRI setting </li> <li>Effective teaming in VRI </li> <li>Specialized training when working with individuals who are deafblind, low-vision and speaking deafblind. </li> <li>Reimburse the cost of quality equipment for interpreters living in greater Minnesota in order to increase the number of interpreters capable of taking video remote work.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $49,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: ASL Interpreting Service</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about training available through this grant, you may contact ASLIS at <a href="mailto:info@aslis.com" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">info@aslis.com</a>. For other questions about this grant, please <a href="https://minnesotadhs.wufoo.com/forms/r115yz5k0ui68mz/" target="_blank">contact us</a>. </p>4768735029765029772025-07-03T19:29:15Z378104 Grant from Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division to provide culturally affirmative psychological assessment and follow-up services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing children and their families in Greater Minnesota.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-462541" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant supports provision of culturally affirmative psychological assessment and follow-up services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing children and their families in Greater Minnesota.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">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.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tasks under this grant include:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>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; </li> <li>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; </li> <li>Promote the program and its services in Greater Minnesota through marketing efforts; </li> <li>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; </li> <li>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.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $200,000 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: <a href="https://www.brightworksmn.org/explore-our-programs/special-education/greater-mn-launch-pad" target="_blank">BrightWorks GM LaunchPad</a> (formerly Metro ECSU)</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have questions about services, you may email <a href="mailto:deanna.rothbauer@brightworksmn.org">Deanna Rothbauer</a>, LaunchPAD Project Program Coordinator. For more information about this grant, please <a href="https://minnesotadhs.wufoo.com/forms/r115yz5k0ui68mz/" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 <br /> Grant amount: $244,000 ($122,000 per fiscal year) <br /> Grant recipient: Metro ECSU</p>4625414010025029133646674007934010034382254382262026-06-08T21:13:39Z378104Grants are available to qualified TV stations in Minnesota, and enables them to add real-time captions to their local news programs and make them accessible to viewers who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-441090" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant supports qualified TV stations in Minnesota adding real-time captions to their local news programs and making them accessible to viewers who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. 1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant is funded to provide real-time captioning of live local news programming. The goal is to make live local news accessible through captioning to people in Minnesota who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. </p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tasks include:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Provide real-time closed captioning of live local news programming.</li> <li>Promote availability of real-time closed captioned news broadcasts.</li> <li>Solicit feedback from viewers who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing for improvement of captioning services.</li> <li>Maintain quality real-time closed captioning services.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $147,224 per fiscal year</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant recipient names: </p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li><a href="https://www.kaaltv.com/captioning/" target="_blank">KAAL-TV</a> (based in Rochester)</li> <li><a href="https://lptv.org/about/closed-captioning/" target="_blank">Lakeland Public Television</a> (based in Bemidji)</li> <li><a href="https://www.tpt.org/about/contact/" target="_blank">Twin Cities Public Television</a> (based in St. Paul)</li> </ul> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this project, please <a href="https://minnesotadhs.wufoo.com/forms/r115yz5k0ui68mz/" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For information about the grantees or to report captioning issues, visit the grant recipients’ websites:</p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li><a href="https://www.kaaltv.com/captioning/" target="_blank">KAAL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="https://lptv.org/about/closed-captioning/" target="_blank">Lakeland Public Television</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tpt.org/about/contact/" target="_blank">Twin Cities Public Television</a> </li> </ul> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021   <br /> Grant amount: $1,331,259 <br /> Grant recipient names: </p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>KAAL-TV (based in Rochester)</li> <li>KBJR 6 (based in Duluth)</li> <li>Lakeland Public Television (based in Bemidji)</li> <li>Twin Cities Public Television (based in St. Paul)</li> </ul> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016  <br /> Grant amount: $1,090,000 <br /> Grant recipient names: </p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>KAAL-TV (based in Austin) </li> <li>Granite Broadcasting/KBJR-TV (based in Duluth) </li> <li>Lakeland Public Television (based in Bemidji) </li> <li>Twin Cities Public Television (based in St. Paul) </li> </ul>4410904010352026-03-24T20:22:56Z378104The Greater Minnesota interpreter access grant supports improving access to quality interpreting services for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing consumers in Greater Minnesota.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-439541" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />The Interpreting Services for Greater Minnesota grant supports improving access to quality interpreting services for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing consumers in Greater Minnesota. 1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant supports solutions that increase the number of skilled interpreters for people who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing in Greater Minnesota. The goals of this project are to ensure that people in Greater Minnesota who are deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing have:</p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Access to sign language interpreters so that they can participate in 12-step programs or attend funerals when no one else is legally responsible to provide interpreters.</li> <li>Access to sign language interpreters in remote areas of the state or when no local or nearby qualified interpreters are available.</li> <li>Increased access to more skilled sign language interpreting services.</li> </ul> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Projects include:</p> <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Provide interpreters with deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing mentors &amp; trainings to enhance their skills and ability to fill freelance interpreting requests.</li> <li>Coordinate interpreting services for 12 Step Program meetings, funerals and other events where no one is obligated to pay for communication access.</li> <li>Compensate travel expenses for interpreting requests that serve critical needs.</li> <li>Provide interpreters with skill enhancement opportunities through specialty programs and workshops.</li> <li>Statewide interpreting mentoring program.</li> <li>Establish and operate an ASL interpreter internship collaborative.</li> <li>Interpreter certification preparation program.</li> <li>Interpreter profession recruitment efforts.</li> <li>Maintain and build the capacity of interpreters working in secure facilities.</li> </ul> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $290,966 per fiscal year</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Questions?</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this project, <a href="mailto:erin@aslis.com">email Erin Bunting</a> or visit ASLIS's <a href="https://www.aslis.com/greatermn/" target="_blank">Greater Minnesota webpage</a>. If you have other questions about this grant, please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/">contact us</a>. </p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 <br /> Grant recipient name: ASL Interpreting Services <br /> Grant amount: $1,454,830 <br /></p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2019 <br /> Grant recipient name: ASL Interpreting Services <br /> Total amount for grant period: $1,009,806</p>4395415029774010352025-10-07T19:53:20Z378104The Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division seeks proposals from qualified responders to provide Support Service Provider and Intervener services for individuals who are deafblind, and family support events and activities for children who are deafblind.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-422937" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant funds support service provider and intervener services for individuals who are deafblind, and family support events and activities for children who are deafblind.1121<h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant </h1> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant provides support service providers, co-navigators and community intervener services for people who are deafblind.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027 <br /> Grant amount: $620,756 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient: DeafBlind Services Minnesota</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about programs and services available through this grant, <a href="mailto:Mattk@vlrw.org">email Matt Kramer</a> or visit <a href="https://visionlossresources.org/" target="_blank">Vision Loss Resources' website</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 <br /> Grant recipient name: DeafBlind Services Minnesota <br /> Grant amount: $3,028,780</p>4229374007934382254010354382262026-04-27T16:51:25Z378104Department of Human Services grant to provide mental health services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing children and teens in Minnesota.mental healthdeafchildreneng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-418479" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />Grant recipients provide culturally affirmative mental health services to children and teens who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing in Minnesota.1121<h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h1> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grantees provide direct mental health services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing children and teens living in Minnesota. They:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>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.</li> <li>Deliver culturally-affirmative mental health services, including individual therapy, family therapy, or group therapy as the State directs.</li> <li>Offer telemental health services via secure videoconferencing to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children and adolescents, when needed.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Use third-party reimbursement (health insurance, private pay, etc.) and service fees (sliding fees, cost-sharing, etc.) for mental health services whenever possible.</li> <li>Promote the program in its Service Areas. This can be done through listservs, emails, print, social media or live presentations.</li> <li>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.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Service Area 1</h3> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">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.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027 <br /> Grant amount: $497,000 per fiscal year for Service Area 1 <br /> Grant recipient: Volunteers of America of Minnesota</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this project, visit <a href="https://www.voamnwi.org/dhh-mental-health" target="_blank">Volunteers of America of Minnesota’s website</a>.</p> <h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Service Area 2</h3> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">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.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027 <br /> Grant amount: $437,000 per fiscal year for Service Area 2 <br /> Grant recipient: Therapeutic Services Agency</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this project, visit <a href="https://www.hoperealized.com/programs-services/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing" target="_blank">Therapeutic Services Agency’s website</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have other questions about these grant contracts, please <a href="https://minnesotadhs.wufoo.com/forms/r115yz5k0ui68mz/" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Service Area 1</h3> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025 <br /> Grant recipient: Volunteers of America of Minnesota <br /> Grant amount: $497,000 per fiscal year</p> <h3 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Service Area 2</h3> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025 <br /> Grant recipient: Therapeutic Services Agency <br /> Grant amount: $437,000 per fiscal year</p>4184794010024382254010354012594008054382264010033646675029134007932026-04-27T16:50:58Z378104This new grant seeks proposals for a part-time project coordinator to screen English/ASL students for internships in Greater Minnesota.eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-417855" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />This grant funds a coordinator who screens English/ASL interpreting students to ensure that they meet eligibility criteria and assists them in completing and submitting applications for stipends.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The stipend coordinator screens English/ASL interpreting students who agree to complete internships in locations outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area to ensure that they meet eligibility criteria and assist them in completing and submitting applications for stipends.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The coordinator provides the following:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Program materials: <ul> <li>Assists the state in maintaining stipend application materials.</li> <li>Maintains promotional materials.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Interpreter Education Programs: <ul> <li>Conducts informational sessions at each interpreter education program to promote the stipend program.</li> <li>Works with the internship placement staff at Minnesota’s interpreter education programs to identify potential stipend applicants and assist with non-academic internship arrangements if needed.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Stipend application: <ul> <li>Assists students with the state's stipend application process.</li> <li>Monitors student compliance with stipend requirements.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Monitoring: <ul> <li>Schedules check-in appointments with students during their internships to assist with stipend-related issues.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Host site compensation: <ul> <li>Will develop a process and materials to compensate internship host sites that are identified by the interpreter education program.</li> <li>Coordinate compensation to the internship host site.</li> </ul> </li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026 <br /> Grant amount: $20,500 per fiscal year <br /> Grant recipient name: Paula GM Interpreting and Consulting, LLC</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">For more information about this stipend program, you may email <a href="mailto:paulagmick@gmail.com">Paula Gajewski Mickelson</a>. For general questions about this or other grants, please <a href="https://mn.gov/deaf-hard-of-hearing/contact/">contact us</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023 <br /> Grant amount: $25,000 <br /> Grant recipient: Paula GM Interpreting and Consulting LLC</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: June 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021   <br /> Grant amount: $25,000 <br /> Grant recipient: Jamillah Hollman</p>4178555029765029772025-07-03T19:29:00Z378104eng<custom:Link urlOnly="true" type="Component" destination="tcm:1121-378115" templateURI="tcm:0-0-0" origin="tcm:0-0-0" />Grant for community partners to provide deaf mentors to families with deaf and hard of hearing children.1121<h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">About the grant</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This grant was created to provide statewide family mentor services to families with infants and children who are deaf and hard of hearing. It serves families who would like to learn American Sign Language (ASL) and are seeking ASL exposure and language acquisition for their children.</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tasks under this grant include:</p> <ol xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <li>Provide statewide family mentor services to families with newly identified infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing who use ASL as primary mode of communication.</li> <li>Establish an advisory committee to advise the family mentor services program on development, planning, and implementation of services.</li> <li>Provide additional resources (e.g., educational) to families to enhance their ability to communicate with their child and support their child’s development.</li> <li>Provide technology and other opportunities to support families’ access to family mentor services.</li> <li>Maintain collaborative relationships with other relevant agencies, programs, and stakeholders to support and enhance program services.</li> <li>Identify and implement quality program improvements based on program outcomes and other input to ensure that family mentor services meet the identified needs of families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing who use ASL as primary mode of communication.</li> <li>Promote availability of program services and seek additional program support.</li> </ol> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant details</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026  <br /> Grant amount: $392,224 ($196,112 per fiscal year) <br /> Grant recipient: Lutheran Social Services</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact</h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">To learn more about the current project or to request mentoring services, <a href="mailto:DMFS@lssmn.org">email the Deaf Mentor Family Program</a> or visit the <a href="https://www.lssmn.org/services/families/deaf-hard-of-hearing/mentor-services" target="_blank">Deaf Mentor Family Program webpage</a>.</p> <h2 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Past awards </h2> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021  <br /> Grant amount: $890,560  <br /> Grant recipient: Lifetrack</p> <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Grant period: January 15, 2012 to June 30, 2016 <br /> Grant amount: $521,715 <br /> Grant recipient: Lifetrack </p>3781154010094008054382254382262026-04-27T16:51:21Z