Grant Funding for Clinics to Hire, Evaluate Community Health Workers

January 23, 2025

The Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance (MCHWA) is accepting grant proposals from clinics and health systems that are interested in hiring Community Health Workers (CHWs) and/or evaluating models for clinical integration of CHWs. 

The grant funding pool of $300,000 is available to fund three to six proposals. No single award will exceed $99,000. Applications and Letters of Intent are due on January 31, with funding available on a reimbursement basis from February 7, 2025, to June 15, 2025. 

Eligibility criteria include: 

• 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.    

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

• 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. (See example on MN DHS website) 

• 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. 

• CHWs from applicant organizations can join the registry now using promotional code “demogrant25” to waive the registry fee. 

• Finalists must complete an organizational readiness assessment to complete the application process.   

To learn more about the grant program or to submit a proposal, visit the program’s landing page on the MCHWA website. Email Ann Nyakundi, MCHWA executive director, with questions.