Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota's American Indian and Black/African American Populations

Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota's American Indian and Black/African American Populations is sponsored by Minnesota Department of Health. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

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us Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota’s American Indian and Black/African American Populations The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) seeks proposals to fund one organization with the capacity and expertise to create, manage, and support Community Action Teams (CATs) to implement culturally appropriate, data driven solutions to reduce sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) in Minnesota’s American Indian and Black/African American populations.

The organization selected for this grant must be uniquely positioned to support the CATs in implementing community prioritized solutions to improve infant sleep safety that align with the American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep recommendations. The awarded applicant must also be immediately ready, upon being notified about the award, to begin forming the CATs and executing other duties as contractually agreed upon.

This RFP aligns with both state and national goals to reduce infant mortality by addressing SUIDs in communities that are disproportionately affected by sleep-related tragedies during infancy. The source of funding for this grant opportunity is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, through NU58DP007698. Funding is currently available for $134,000 from July 15, 2026, to Sept.

29, 2027 . However, the grant may be extended for an additional year contingent on the availability of funds and the awarded applicant’s performance during the initial project period. Funding will be allocated through a competitive process.

Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: Community health boards (CHBs) / local public health Institutions of higher learning Application deadline: Completed applications must be submitted to the grant interface portal , Foundant, by 4:30 p. m. on Friday, May 22 .

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. MDH is not responsible for technological issues that prevent the application from being submitted on time. Additional funding details and application instructions can be found in the Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota’s American Indian and Black/African American Populations (PDF) request for proposal (RFP) document.

Event title Date Time RFP release date April 13 RFP information session April 27 Noon-1 p. m. Questions deadline May 15 4:30 p.

m. Applications deadline May 22 4:30 p. m.

Estimated grant start date July 15 Appendix D: Work plan template (Word) Appendix E: Budget template (Excel) Appendix F: Application scoresheet (PDF) Appendix G: Conflict of interest form (PDF) Appendix H: Due diligence form (PDF) Appendix I: Standard grant agreement template (PDF) Appendix J: Incentive guidelines for MDH grantees (PDF) MDH offered one Technical Assistance (TA) session on April 27, at noon .

Questions from the TA session will be included in the FAQ document found in the link below. The presentation slides from the session are available for applicants to view or download below. SUID RFP Information Session Presentation Slides (PDF) Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota’s American Indian and Black/African American Populations FAQ document (PDF) Questions about this RFP must be submitted by email to health.

infantmortality@state. mn. us .

All questions and answers will be posted every Monday on this webpage. The final date to submit questions regarding this RFP is 4:30 p. m.

on May 15. Questions submitted after this date will not be answered. The final questions and answers will be posted to the website on May 18 .

Application submission instructions All applications must be submitted electronically by no later than 4:30 p. m. on May 22, to the grant interface portal, Foundant .

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. MDH will not be responsible for delays caused by computer or technology problems. New Users: Please click on “Create New Account” to complete the registration process and create your logon credentials.

Not Sure: If you think that you or someone at your organization has already registered in Foundant, do not create a new account. Please contact our MDH Maternal and Child Health staff at health. infantmortality@state.

mn. us for assistance. Once in the system, click on the “apply” button located on the upper tool bar on the home page.

You will be redirected to a list of open applications in the system. Select Submit all required application materials to the open application for Grant to Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Minnesota’s American Indian and Black/African American Populations. Acknowledgement of application receipt.

MDH will “reply all” to the email address that submitted the application to acknowledge receipt of your application within two business days. If you submitted your application through Foundant but did not receive an email confirmation within two business days, please contact health. infantmortality@state.

mn. us for further instructions.