Behavioral Health Workforce Capacity Grants

The Minnesota Department of Human Services, Abdi Ali, Asian Media Access, Increasing Life Changes 4 You, Turning Point, Youth Leadership Solutions, and Social Motion are partnering with state-wide community organizations and behavioral health providers to reduce disparities and inequities experienced by priority populations in Minnesota’s behavioral health care systems. By June 30, 2020, this initiative will:

1. engage and gather feedback from diverse communities and behavioral health providers about how to address health disparities;

2. provide 3-5 learning opportunities to build MN BH provider cultural capacities and cultural responsiveness; and

3. develop recommendations for future community engagement, policy/governance and training to further advance health equity in Minnesota’s behavioral health community.

• Abdi Ali
• Asian Media Access
• Social Motion LLC
• Turning Point
• Youth Leadership Solutions

• Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative grant request for proposals RFP (PDF)
• Supplementary Modules to the Core Cultural Formulation Interview (PDF)
• Cultural Responsiveness specific and broad deliverables per grantee (PDF)
• Cultural Providers Resource List (PDF)
• Governor’s Task Force On Mental Health Executive Summary & “Cultural Lens” Recommendation (PDF)
• Bi-Cultural Score Card Assessment (PDF)