Community Solutions for Healthy Child Development Grants
The Community Solutions for Healthy Child Development Grant program is funded by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature. A new request for proposals (RFP) for the next grant cycle was released on Jan. 3, 2024: Community Solutions for Healthy Child Development Request for Proposals 2023.
The purposes of the community solutions grant program are to:
- Improve child development outcomes related to the well-being of children of color and American Indian children from prenatal to grade three and their families. This includes, but is not limited to, the goals outlined by the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ early childhood systems reform effort: early learning; health and well-being; economic security; and safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.
- Reduce racial disparities in children’s health and development from prenatal to grade three.
- Promote racial and geographic equity.
The community solutions grant program works to advance these purposes by funding community-based solutions for challenges that are identified by affected communities.
A community solutions advisory council advises MDH on the development of the community solutions RFP, the selection of grantees, and the management of the grant program.
For grantees
- Grantee Portal – one-stop-shop for grantee guidelines, templates, etc.
Additional resources
- Free information on starting a nonprofit - Includes forms, fees, and publications from the Minnesota Council on Nonprofits (MCN)
- Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence from MCN
- Trainings and Events via MCN (Offers scholarships for all-events, and provides a pay-what-you-can model for conferences.)
About the grantees
Projects
Current grantees (2023-2027)
MDH funded the following grantees for the 2023-2027 grant period:
- All Nations Rise
- Children’s Dental Services (CDS)
- Cultivating Family Services, LLC
- Division of Indian Work
- Fond du Lac Tribal College
- Friendships Community Services
- Hmong Early Childhood Coalition
- Korean Adoptees Ministry Center
- La Red Latina de Educacion Temprana
- Legacy Family Center
- Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
- Montessori American Indian Childcare Center
- Morning Glory Montessori
- Multicultural Autism Action Network
- Network for the Development of Children of African Descent
- NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center, Inc.
- Roots Community Birth Center
- Parents In Community Action, Inc.
- STIM Learning Center
- Sunny Side Day Center
- WE WIN Institute