COVID-19 Community Engagement and Diverse Media Grants

The COVID-19 Community Engagement and Diverse Media Grant Program aimed to increase community understanding of and engagement around COVID-19 and community recovery among residents of Minnesota and the 11 Tribal Nations that share its geography – particularly residents from communities of color, American Indian residents, LGBTQ residents, residents with disabilities, and residents with limited English proficiency.

While the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) continues to create and disseminate public health messages related to COVID-19, MDH recognizes that communities vary in the way they consume, understand, and trust the information they receive. These grants aimed to ensure that all communities have access to trusted, timely, and culturally relevant information and resources in their preferred language. Through diverse media messaging and authentic community engagement, grantees worked to reduce inequities in COVID-19, including vaccination rates and overall community recovery from the pandemic.

These grants ended on June 30, 2024.

Grantees

MDH worked with the following grantees in the 2023-2024 cohort:

1. Access Press Ltd.
2. African American Child Wellness Institute
3. American Indian Movement IC
4. Asian Media Access, Inc.
5. Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations
6. BLCK Press, LLC
7. Bottomless Coffee
8. Center For Community Services
9. Centro Tyrone Guzman
10. Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc.
11. Community Health Service Inc.
12. Community of Angels
13. Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0
14. Doll Face Media
15. Encouraging Leaders
16. Global Healthcare Initiatives
17. GoodHealthTV®, a division of KAT & Company
18. Healthy Alliances Matter for All dba health Equity Northland
19. Hmong Outreach Network
20. Hmong Today
21. JR Broadcasting/AM950 Native Roots
22. Kaleidoscope-Kawm thiab Siv, LLC
23. Kaly Somali American Radio
24. Karen Football Association and KFA Digital
25. Keystone Interpreting Solutions Inc.
26. KFAI Fresh Air, Inc.
27. Khoo Consulting LLC
28. Latino Economic Development Center
29. Leech Lake Tribal College
30. LifeGate Services
31. McFarlane Media Interests, Inc.
32. Media Vista Minneapolis LLC
33. Minnesota African Women's Association
34. Minnesota Spokesman Recorder
35. Minnesota State College Student Association
36. MLatino Media, LLC
37. MLW Marketing, LLC/I Got Somethang Ta Say (Podcast)
38. Multicultural Autism Action Network
39. Neighborhood Health Care Network
40. NewPublica, LLC
41. Northfield Healthy Community Initiative
42. Open Path Resources
43. Oromia 11
44. Oromo Community of Minnesota
45. Philanthrofund Foundation
46. Raices Latinas
47. RicoLatino LLC
48. Santamaria Broadcasting/La Raza
49. ShelettaMakesMeLaugh, LLC
50. Somali Success School
51. Somali TV of Minnesota
52. South Sudanese Foundation
53. Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services (SMILES)
54. Sub-Saharan African Young and Family Services in Minnesota
55. The ANIKA Foundation
56. The Center for Communication and Development/KMOJ-FM Radio
57. The Dial Group
58. The University of Minnesota Youth and AIDS Projects
59. Transforming Generations
60. Twin Cities Quorum
61. Xidig TV LLC
62. Youth & Family Circle, Inc.
63. Zintkala Luta

For more information about this grant program, please email health.covidmedia.MDH@state.mn.us.