NH75OT000032
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will address COVID-19 related health disparities and advance health equity by expanding capacity and services across Minnesota. The goal is to prevent and control COVID-19 transmission among populations that are at higher risk and currently underserved.
The MDH has been raising awareness of and promoting policies to address health disparities long before the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed work will implement an approach that builds on culturally, linguistically, and locally tailored strategies and best practices to reduce COVID-19 risk. This coordinated and holistic approach is essential to build and sustain trust, ensure equitable access to COVID-19 related services, and advance health equity to address COVID-19 related health disparities among populations at higher risk, underserved, and disproportionately affected.
Specific efforts will include:
1) Creation of regional equity hubs across the state that strengthen infrastructure and relationships across state government, local public health, and community partners to embed equity into emergency response frameworks.
2) A health care provider survey ($900K) to better characterize long-term symptoms and complications associated with COVID-19.
3) Sustaining existing community liaisons to raise awareness of risks and coordinate prevention efforts.
4) Capacity grants to local public health, community organizations, and faith communities ($5M), tribes ($3M), and rural primary care facilities ($850K).
5) Creation of a data model for long-term symptoms and complications from COVID-19 ($4.6M).
6) Incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in all MDH human resource activities.
7) Working with Wilder Research to create and assess evaluation measures that are sensitive to equity factors.
8) Increasing capacity to translate public health materials into appropriate languages to ensure awareness of prevention and mitigation steps.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will address COVID-19 related health disparities and advance health equity by expanding capacity and services across Minnesota. The goal is to prevent and control COVID-19 transmission among populations that are at higher risk and currently underserved.
The MDH has been raising awareness of and promoting policies to address health disparities long before the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed work will implement an approach that builds on culturally, linguistically, and locally tailored strategies and best practices to reduce COVID-19 risk. This coordinated and holistic approach is essential to build and sustain trust, ensure equitable access to COVID-19 related services, and advance health equity to address COVID-19 related health disparities among populations at higher risk, underserved, and disproportionately affected.
Specific efforts will include:
1) Creation of regional equity hubs across the state that strengthen infrastructure and relationships across state government, local public health, and community partners to embed equity into emergency response frameworks.
2) A health care provider survey ($900K) to better characterize long-term symptoms and complications associated with COVID-19.
3) Sustaining existing community liaisons to raise awareness of risks and coordinate prevention efforts.
4) Capacity grants to local public health, community organizations, and faith communities ($5M), tribes ($3M), and rural primary care facilities ($850K).
5) Creation of a data model for long-term symptoms and complications from COVID-19 ($4.6M).
6) Incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in all MDH human resource activities.
7) Working with Wilder Research to create and assess evaluation measures that are sensitive to equity factors.
8) Increasing capacity to translate public health materials into appropriate languages to ensure awareness of prevention and mitigation steps.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
Minnesota
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 05/31/23 to 12/31/25.
Minnesota Department Of Health was awarded
Minnesota Department of Health's COVID-19 Equity Expansion Grant
Project Grant NH75OT000032
worth $25,091,524
from Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support in June 2021 with work to be completed primarily in Minnesota United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years 6 months and
was awarded through assistance program 93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 4/25/25
Period of Performance
6/1/21
Start Date
12/31/25
End Date
Funding Split
$25.1M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$25.1M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to NH75OT000032
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
NH75OT000032
SAI Number
NH75OT000032-2685212652
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
75CDC1 CDC Office of Financial Resources
Funding Office
75CQ00 CDC OFFICE FOR STATE, TRIBAL, LOCAL, AND TERRITORIAL SUPPORT
Awardee UEI
DHQVY2WCVHC5
Awardee CAGE
1YBC4
Performance District
MN-90
Senators
Amy Klobuchar
Tina Smith
Tina Smith
Modified: 4/25/25