Minnesota Community Health Worker Capacity Building Demonstration Grant

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The Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance (MNCHWA) is offering grants to add and/or sustain a Community Health Worker (CHW) position and participate in the Minnesota CHW Registry.

Program objectives:

• Provide funding for new Community Health Worker positions in a variety of settings
• Evaluate the effectiveness of a variety of CHW models
• Evaluate the value added and return on investment of CHW strategies in a variety of work settings

Eligible organizations include healthcare organizations, public health agencies, tribal nations, community health boards, and community-based organizations.

Eligibility criteria:

• Projects must be implementation ready
• Utilization of evidence-based and community driven/promising practice models such as CHW Apprenticeship, CHW Pathways, IMPACT, Transition Clinic Network, Health Care Home, Behavioral Health Home, home visiting, or community driven/promising practices
• Must be located and providing services in Minnesota
• Must be willing to create and maintain a CHW Apprenticeship Program
• Demonstrate a commitment to health equity
• Have the ability to bill for CHWs services for medical, dental, behavioral and/or mental health services, or to add CHW billing
• Demonstrate effective grant management experience
• Commits to partner with the Alliance, participate in evaluation, and share data
• Commits to invest in/sustain community health worker strategies and/or the CHW Apprenticeship model
• Must have a CHW engaged with MNCHWA either through the Minnesota CHW Alliance Registry, through volunteer engagement, and/or support this engagement through the project
• Finalists must complete an organizational readiness assessment to complete the application process

Award ceiling: $99,000
Project period: February - June 15, 2025
Estimated number of awards: 3-6
Estimated total program funding: $300,000

A link to the online application is available on the program website.