Ambulance Service Training & Staffing (AST&S) Grant – “Earn While You Learn”

Status: Application period closed

The Ambulance Service Training & Staffing (AST&S) Grant Program supports Minnesota ambulance services in developing or expanding paid “Earn While You Learn” EMT training programs. These programs help reduce financial barriers, strengthen local EMS staffing, and ensure communities have access to skilled emergency medical responders.

2025 Application Cycle

The 2025 application period is now closed. Applications were due October 17, 2025, and are currently under review. Award notifications are anticipated in December 2025.

You can still access reference materials from the RFP process below:

2025 AST&S Grant Applicants

The following services submitted proposals under the 2025 AST&S Grant Request for Proposals (RFP):

  • City of Jackson / Jackson Ambulance – $76,719
  • Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service – $83,256
  • Regions Hospital dba HealthPartners Medical Transportation – $292,320
  • Sanford Health Network – $113,885

View the full AST&S RFP Applicants list (PDF)

Seeking Community Reviewers

The Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) is seeking volunteers to serve as community reviewers for the Ambulance Service Training & Staffing (AST&S) Grant Program. Reviewers play an important role in evaluating grant proposals and ensuring funding decisions reflect diverse perspectives across Minnesota’s EMS system.

Community reviewers will:

  • Read and evaluate approximately 10 grant proposals in early November 2025
  • Participate in a remote orientation and scoring session
  • Spend an estimated 10–20 hours total over a two-week period
  • Provide independent feedback that helps guide OEMS grant funding recommendations

Who can serve: Minnesota residents with lived experience or a background in emergency medical services or related areas are encouraged to apply. OEMS seeks reviewers from diverse geographic, cultural, and professional backgrounds to advance equitable and informed decision-making.

Reviewers must:

  • Be Minnesota residents
  • Have computer and internet access
  • Not be applicants for the AST&S Grant
  • Be available to review proposals during the first two weeks of November 2025

If selected, reviewers will receive orientation and access to assigned proposals through an online review system. All participation occurs remotely.

Apply to become a community reviewer:

Questions about the community reviewer process may be directed to melanie.q.riddle@state.mn.us.