Program:  Health Improvement

Budget Activity:  Community and Family Health

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Grant (State)  M.S. 145.9265

Provide prevention and intervention services related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Statewide non-profit organization (1 grantee)

$2,000

$2,000

Local Public Health Grants to CHBs (State)

M.S. 145A.131

Develops and maintains an integrated system of community health services under local administration and within a system of state guidelines and standards.

Community Health Boards (53 grantees)

$20,771

$20,771

Local Public Health Grants to Tribal Governments (State) M.S. 145A.14, subd. 2a

Develops and maintains an integrated system of American Indian tribal health services under tribal administration and within a system of state guidelines and standards.

Tribal Governments (9 grantees)

$1,060

$1,060

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant (Federal)

Title V, SSA and

M.S. 145.88 – 145.883

Supports public health services to low-income, high-risk mothers and children.

Community Health Boards (53 grantees);

Statewide SIDS program  (1 grantee)

$5,551

$5,975

Family Home Visiting Program  (Federal TANF funds)

M.S. 145A.17

Promote family health and self-sufficiency.

Community Health Boards  (53 grantees) and Tribal Governements (9 grantees)

$7,827

 $7,827

Family Planning Special Projects ( State and Federal TANF funds)

M.S. 145.925

Provide pre-pregnancy family planning services to high risk low income individuals.

Government and non-profit organizations

( 26 grantees)

$4,862

$4,862

Family Planning Grants Greater Minnesota (State) M.S. 145.925

Support family planning clinics serving out state Minnesota that are experiencing financial need.

Government and non-profit organizations serving out state Minnesota (14 grantees)

$491

$491

Positive Alternative Grants (State)

 M.S. 145.4235

Provide support encouragement, and assistance to pregnant women and caring for their babies after birth.

Non-profit organizations  (3 3grantees)

$2,357

$2,357

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) I  (Federal)

Promotes evidence-based home visiting in high risk communities

Community Health Boards and Tribal Governements (18 grantees)

$1,200

$1,200

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) II Expansion Grant

Expands evidence-based home visiting to additional communities

Community Health Boards

0

$6,100

Young Student Parents (Federal) Public Law 111-148

Support pregnant and parenting young women and men (under age 26) to accomplish their higher education/post secondary education goals.

Minnesota Institutions of Higher Education/Post Secondary Education (16 grantees)

$1,329

$1,321

 Children with Youth with Special Health Needs Clinics (State)

Provide specialty diagnostic services in underserved regions of the state.

Government and non-profit organizations (1 grantees)

$160

$160

Hearing Aid Loan Bank (State)

Support statewide hearing aid and instrument loan bank to families with children newly diagnosed with hearing loss from birth to the age of ten.

Government and non-profit organizations

(1 grantee)

$69

$69

Families with Deaf Children

(State)

Parent to parent support for families with young children who are deaf or have a hearing loss.

Non-profit organizations (1 grantee)

$241

$241

Universal Newborn Hearing/Screening (Federal) Title III, Sec. 399M of Public Health Services Act

Support for local public health agencies to reduce the number of infants lost to follow-up after a failed newborn hearing screening.

Community Health Boards and Tribal Governments

$36

$60

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

Agriculture Appropriation Act

Provide nutrition information and supplemental foods to elderly and age 5 children.

Government and non-profit organizations        ( 5 grantees)

$ 839

$ 825

WIC (Federal)

Provides nutrition education and healthy foods to low-income pregnant women and young children.

Community Health Boards, non-profit organizations and tribal governments (57 grantees)

$112,274

$114,000

WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counsel (Federal)

Promote and support breastfeeding among WIC recipients.

Community Health Boards, non-profit organizations and tribal governments who provide WIC services (13 grantees)

$ 693

$650

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) (Federal) Section 513 of the Social Security Act

Promote personal responsibility and educate high risk adolescents regarding prevention of pregnancy and STIs utilizing evidence based curricula.

Non-profit organizations, community health boards and tribal governments

0

$521

Abstinence Education (Federal) Section 510 of the Social Security Act

Promote healthy youth development through education, community activities and parent support.

Community Health Boards (1 grantee)

$173

$173

Abstinence Education (State) M.S. 145.9255

Promote healthy youth development through education, community activities and parent support

Community Health Boards (1 grantee)

$71

$71

Birth Defects Information System  (State) M.S. 144.2215

Prevention of birth defects through preconception educational efforts

Community Health Boards, Tribal Governments and non-profit organizations (6 grantees)

0

$290

Birth Defects Information System (State) M.S. 144.2215

Support and linkage to community resources for infants born with a birth defect and their families

Community Health Boards (48 grantees)

$150

$150

Program:  Health Improvement

Budget Activity:  Health Promotion and Chronic Disease

Minnesota Poison Control System (Both)

M.S. 145.93

Identify appropriate home management or referral of cases of human poisoning; provide statewide information and education services.

Government, non-profit and for-profit organizations; competitive (1 grantee)

$1,229

$1,210

Arthritis Program (Federal) M.S. 144.05

Promote self-management education and physical activities to improve the quality of life for those affected by arthritis.

Non-government organizations and health care providers; noncompetitive

$71

$0

Comprehensive Cancer  (Federal)  M.S. 144.05

Support development and implementation of the comprehensive cancer plan.

Cancer centers; non-profit organizations; noncompetitive

$87

$65

Colorectal Cancer (Federal) M.S. 144.05

Promote and provide colorectal cancer screening.

Private and community clinics, other health care providers and Community Health Boards; noncompetitive

$420

$327

Sage Screening Program  (Both)      

M.S. 144.671 and M.S. 145.928

Provide breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic and follow-up services. Recruitment/outreach activities to increase and provide breast and cervical cancer screening.

Private and community clinics, other health care providers and Community Health Boards; noncompetitive

$3,094

$3,099

Comprehensive Cancer Control Policy (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Support policy, systems, and environmental changes for cancer control.

Cancer centers; non-profit organizations; noncompetitive

$40

$18

WISEWOMAN Screening (Federal) M.S. 144.05

Heart disease risk factor screening and lifestyle counseling for age-eligible Sage Screening Program clients.

Private and community clinics, other health care providers and Community Health Board;  noncompetitive

$481

$209

Rape Prevention and Education (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Build primary prevention capacity of Minnesota’s sexual assault coalition.

Non-profit, statewide sexual assault coalition; noncompetitive (1 grantee)

$275

$220

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Support activities that reduce the risk and burden of heart disease and stroke.

Local public health, non-profit organizations, health care providers; noncompetitive

$15

$25

Sexual Assault Prevention (Federal)

Prevent sexual assault, provide services to victims of sexual assault, and provide public education regarding sexual assault.

1 noncompetitive grantee with competitive sub-grants to government organizations, schools, non-profit organizations

$23

$108

Stroke Registry (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Support Minnesota hospitals to improve the quality of care to stroke patients by developing and using the stroke registry.

Minnesota hospitals; noncompetitive

$58

$0

Addressing Asthma (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Implement strategies that support the “Strategic Plan for Addressing Asthma in Minnesota.”

Tribal organizations and Indian Health Service

noncompetitive

$57

$71

Asthma Environmental Triggers (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Reduce or eliminate environmental triggers of asthma for children who reside in public and assisted multi-family housing.

Local public health, tribal governments; noncompetitive

$316

$0

Traumatic Brain Injury Support & Information Services (State Special Revenue)

 (M.S. 144.661-665)

Provide information and support for injured persons and their family members in order to improve life quality and outcomes.

One grant contract; non-competitive.

$997

$1,000

Oral Health Workforce

(Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Evidence based prevention: School Based Sealant Programs, community water fluoridation and Workforce support

Dental service providers and public schools, municipalities, dental students

$522

$103

Oral Disease Prevention (Federal)

M.S. 144.05

Oral health infrastructure

Providers, dental students, improved communications

$30

$6

Program:  Health Improvement

Budget Activity:  Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives

Statewide Health Improvement Program (State) 145.986

Increase healthy behaviors and prevent the leading causes of illness and death.  Tobacco & obesity.  Improve the health of Minnesotans by reducing the burden of chronic disease through evidence based policy, systems, and environmental change strategies.

Community Health Boards and Tribes. Competitive.

$12,500

$192

MN Nutrition Physical Activity & Obesity (Federal)

Minnesota Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program: promote healthy eating, active living and prevent obesity and chronic disease.

Local public health and non-profit organizations

$0

$0

American Recovery Reinvestment Act Communities Putting Prevention to Work (Federal)

Plan and implement evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental changes that support healthy behaviors related to obesity, physical activity, and nutrition.

Community Health Boards

$1,665

$0

Tobacco Use Prevention (State) 144.395-396

Grant program to reduce youth tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure by creating tobacco-free environments.

Tribes, Community Health Boards (CHB), Nonprofit Organizations, health care organizations and local units of government. Competitive

$3,221

$3,221

Community Transformation Grant (Federal)

Supports tobacco-free communities, active living, healthy eating, and quality clinical and other preventive services, by providing grants to local public health agencies and Indian tribes in rural northern Minnesota, and funding the development of regional systems and state-level coordination efforts. The grant builds off of the community health improvements of SHIP, promoting health equity, controlling health care spending, and improving quality of life in Minnesota.

Community Health Boards (CHB), Tribes, RDC’s, Higher Education, and non-profit organizations.

$2,208

$1,872

American Recovery Reinvestment Act Community Mentoring (Federal)

Provide technical assistance to other CPPW/ARRA funded communities interested in expanding the breadth and depth of their local level efforts to reduce obesity.

Counties, Non-Governmental.

$177

$13

Program:  Health Improvement

Budget Activity:  Office of Minority & Multicultural Health

Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative Grants (Both)

Improves the health of the four minority racial/ethnic groups in MN (American Indians, Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos/Hispanics).  Grants focus on 7 health priorities.

Eligible applicants are local/county public health agencies, community based organizations, faith-based, and tribal governments.

$5,142

$5142

Program:  Policy Quality and Compliance

Budget Activity:  Health Policy

Patient Safety Mini-Grants

(State – 144.7063-144.7069)

Support facilities in developing system/process improvements to prevent reportable adverse health events

Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers licensed in MN and subject to MN adverse health events reporting requirements

$26

$25

e-Health Connectivity Grants (Federal – ARRA)

Expand community-based collaborative HIE efforts

Community health information exchange collaboratives or pharmacies not able to accept electronic prescriptions.

$452

$3,500

Medical Education and Research Cost Trust Fund (Both)

M.S. 256B.69; M.S. 297F.10; M.S. 62J.692

The MERC trust fund was established to address the increasing financial difficulties of Minnesota’s medical education organizations.

Eligible applicants are accredited medical education teaching institutions, consortia, and programs operating in Minnesota (22 sponsoring institutions pass through grants to several hundred training sites)

$52,109,614

$52,103,360

OMH Partnership Grant

To improve data collection and analysis of race/ethnicity data, support activities to prevent infant mortality, and strengthen community connections to eliminate health disparities.

Nonprofit working with youth at community organizations (1 Grant)

$38

$20

OMH-Eliminating Health Disparities (Federal)

To improve data collection and analysis of race/ethnicity data, support activities to prevent infant mortality, and strengthen community connections to eliminate health disparities.

Nonprofit working with youth at community organizations (1 Grant)

$0

$48

Dental Innovations Grants (Both)

M.S. 62J.692

To promote innovative clinical training for dental professionals and programs that increase access to dental care for underserved populations.

Eligible applicants are sponsoring institutions, training sites, or consortia that provide clinical education to dental professionals

$1,122

$1,122

Indian Health Grants (State)

M.S. 145A.14, Subd. 2

Provides health service assistance to Native Americans who reside off reservations.

Community Health Boards (5 grantees)

$164

$174

Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program (State)

M.S. 256B.195

Update, remodel, or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain the operations of small rural hospitals.

Rural hospitals with 50 or fewer beds (21 grantees)

$1,755

$1,755

Small Hospital Improvement Program (Federal)

Supports small hospital Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, patient safety, quality improvement, and Prospective Payment System (PPS) costs.

Rural hospitals of 50 or fewer beds (89 grantees)

$723

$774

Community Clinic Grant Program (State)

M.S. 145.9268

Assist clinics to serve low-income populations, reduce uncompensated care burdens or improve care delivery infrastructure.

Nonprofit community clinics (14 grantees)

$561

$561

Rural Hospital Planning & Transition Grant (State)

M.S. 144.147

Assist with strategic planning; transition projects.

Rural hospitals with 50 or fewer beds (15 grantees)

$300

$300

National Health Service Corp (Both)

M.S. 144.1487

Health education loan forgiveness for physicians in rural and urban underserved areas.

Physicians (4 grantees per year)

$100

$100

Rural Hospital Flexibility (Federal)

Strengthen Critical Access Hospitals and rural health systems; improve quality, safety and access.

Critical Access Hospitals, ambulance services, other rural providers (20 Grantees)

$492

$487

Federally Qualified Health Center (State)

M.S. 145.9269

Support Minnesota FQHCs to continue, expand and improve services to populations with low incomes.

HRSA designated FQHCs and FQHC Look Alikes operating in Minnesota

$2,250

$2,250

Comprehensive Advanced Life Support System (State)

M.S. 144.6062

Training rural medical personnel, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses and allied health care providers, to anticipate, recognize and treat life threatening emergencies before serious injury or cardiac arrest occurs.

Nonprofit Organization

$408

$408

American Recovery Reinvestment Act State Loan Repayment Program (Federal)

Increase access to primary care by providing educational loan repayment for health care providers willing to practice in rural and underserved communities. 

Nurse Practitioner (4), Physician Assistant (2), Dentist (1), LICSW (1), and Family Practice Physician (1)

$246

$0

Program:  Health Protection

Budget Activity:  Environmental Health

Drinking Water Technical Assistance (Federal)

 M.S. 144.383

Provides technical assistance to owners and operators of public water systems.

Minnesota Rural Water Association

$300

$300

Drinking Water (State)

Bridges federal funding for the Drinking Water Technical Assistance funds

Minnesota Rural Water Association

$110

$113

Constitutional Amendment (State)

Minnesota Constitution, Artile XI, section 15

Strengthens drinking water source water protection by 1) determine physical and chemical characteristics of the untreated water that is used by public water suppliers; 2) accelerate development and implementation of wellhead or surface water protection plans for public water suppliers; 3) provide technical assistance to the public and local governments to protect their drinking water; and 4) improve access to drinking water data.

Local units of government

$699

$1,563

Counter Terrorism Coordination (Federal)

Provides support for implementation of security measures for public  water systems

Providers of technical assistance to public water systems such as universities and non-profit organizations

$6

$0

Wellhead Protection (Federal)

Provide technical assistance to small public water systems to initiate their wellhead protection plan.

Minnesota Rural Water Association

$0

$200

Lead Base Program Grants (State)

M.S. 119A.46

For lead training to workers and property owners, and to provide lead cleaning services in housing for residential properties.

Eligible applicants include: qualified lead professionals; cities; local public health agencies; community action groups

$479

$479

Small Cities Lead Hazard Reduction (Federal)

For lead hazard reduction in child-occupied residential units

Eligible applicants including: local housing agencies and small city development organizations

$

$

Health Homes/Childhood Lead Poison Prevention (Federal)

M.S. 144.9507

For Healthy Homes planning and development to create education or research activities aimed at improving housing.

Eligible applicants include local public health agencies and non-profit organizations

$280

$0

State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) (Federal)

For Public education and targeted outreach on radon testing, mitigation, and radon resistant new construction.

Educational grants to local non-profit organizations.

$0

$15

Program:  Health Protection

Budget Activity:  Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control

Tuberculosis Program (Both)

Outreach Grants for TB case management services and medication purchase

Hennepin, Olmstead, and Ramsey counties; others as TB caseload need & funding allow

$157

$157

Eliminating Health Disparities—Refugee Health (State)

Health screening and follow-up services for foreign-born persons with TB proportionally based on legislative formula.

All Community Health Boards (CHBs) are eligible

$245

$245

Refugee Health (Federal)

Coordination of Refugee Health Assessments.

Counties resettling the largest number of refugees (5 grantees)

$41

$37

Perinatal Hepatitis B (Federal)

Case management for perinatal hepatitis B.

Community Health Boards

$73

$75

Immunization Practices Improvement (Federal)

Clinic site visits by local public health staff to check vaccine storage and handling, review immunization practices, and audit pediatric immunization records.

Community Health Boards

$95

$110

Immunizations (Federal)

Support for Regional Immunization Information Services for the continued statewide deployment of our registry system.  Case management for perinatal hepatitis B in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.

Community Health Boards to support regional immunization information service providers. Saint Paul/Ramsey, Hennepin counties receive perinatal hepatitis B case management awards from this source

$720

$696

New Refugee Disease Surveillance (Federal)

Establish tracking systems for refugees referred for acute care follow-up by Hennepin County Public Health Clinic (HCPHC) and St Paul Ramsey County Department of Public Health (SPRCDPH)

Hennepin County Public Health Clinic and St Paul Ramsey County Department of Public Health

$10

$0

Pandemic Influenza Competitive (Federal)

Promoting use of IISs for pandemic influenza response

Community Health Boards to support regional immunization information service providers. Olmsted County Public Health

$20

$0

Emerging Infections (Federal)

Supports the work of Infection Preventionists with a grant to their professional organization

APIC Minnesota (Minnesota chapter of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control)

$10

$10

AIDS Prevention Grants (Both)

M.S. 145.924

Health education/risk reduction and AIDS/HIV testing for high-risk individuals.

Community-based organizations, clinics (16 grantees)

$1,384,718

$1,281

Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Federal)

M.S. 144.065

Test high risk individuals for STDs.

Community-based organizations and clinics

$212,010

$212,010

HIV Counseling and Testing (Federal)

Testing high-risk individuals for HIV.

Clinical facilities (7)

348,284

348,284

Program:  Health Protection

Budget Activity:  Office of Emergency Preparedness

Local Public Health Preparedness Grants  (Federal)

(PAHPA, P.L. 109-417)

Plan, exercise and prepare local health departments and communities to respond to and recover from events that affect the public’s health. Includes one time funds for H1N1 preparedness and response.

Community health boards (53 grantees) and tribal health departments

$4,640

$5,302

OEP Hospital Preparedness (Federal)

(PAHPA, P.L. 109-417)

Plan, exercise, and prepare individual hospitals and hospital regions to provide health care during emergencies and events that affect the public’s health.

Regional Hospital Resource Centers designated in each of the 8 regions

$4,163

$4,186

Flood Disaster Relief (State 2012)

Funds behavioral health activities for community recovery from 2012 floods in NE MN

Communities, Counties, Non Profits

0

$364

Tribal Preparedness Grants (Federal)

(PAHPA, P.L. 109-417)

Plan, exercise and prepare tribal governments and tribal communities to respond to and recover from events that affect the public’s health. Includes one time funds for H1N1 preparedness and response.

Tribal governments (11 grantees)

$143

$250

Pandemic Influenza Healthcare Preparedness (Federal) P.L. 111-8

One time funds for H1N1 preparedness and response.

Regional Hospital Resource Centers designated in each of the 8 regions

$1,479

$0

Postal Grant (Federal)

One-time funds for a full-scale exercise to test delivering medications in the metro area

Metro public health, law enforcement, and one non-profit

$21

$5