Drug Overdose Prevention

Contact Info

Injury and Violence Prevention Section

health.injuryprevention@state.mn.us

Utilizing Navigators to Support Linkage to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Care and Harm Reduction Services

General Information

Announcement Title: Utilizing Navigators to Support Linkage to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Care and Harm Reduction Services (PDF)
Letter of Intent: Organizations intending to submit a proposal should email a Letter of Intent (LOI) by Friday November 17, 2023, 4:30 p.m. (CST). Letters of Intent are not required, but they are appreciated. Please email the LOI to MDH Overdose Prevention at: health.preventionrfp@state.mn.us
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Program Website: Opioid Overdose Prevention

Funding and Project Dates:

Funding will be allocated through a competitive process. If selected, you may only incur eligible expenditures when the grant agreement is fully executed, and the grant has reached its effective date. MDH’s fiscal year (FY) starts July 1 and ends June 30.

Funding Estimate Category A: Harm Reduction Navigators

Estimated Amount to Grant: $2,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Estimated Award Maximum: $400,000.

Funding Estimate Category B: Community-based Linkage to SUD Care Navigators

Estimated Amount to Grant: $2,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Estimated Award Maximum: $400,000.

Match Requirement

There is no match requirement for this grant.

Project Dates

RFP published: October 25, 2023.
Letter of Intent due to MDH: November 17, 2023.
Grant Announcements to Applicants: December 22, 2023.
Grant Agreements begin: March 1, 2024.

Application Deadline:

Application Deadline: The complete application must be submitted by Friday, December 22, 2023, 4:30 p.m. (CST) to health.preventionrfp@state.mn.us. Late or incomplete application will not be accepted. It is the applicant’s sole responsibility to allow sufficient time to address all potential delays caused by any reason whatsoever. MDH will not be responsible for delays caused by email, delivery, computer, or technology problem.

Eligible Applicants

Applicants must have state or federal recognition as a formal organization or entity, such as a Federal Employer Identification Number. Organizations or groups that do not have state or federal recognition must apply with a fiscal agent. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations and tribal nations. Applicants must be located and conduct grant activities in the state of Minnesota, but fiscal agents may be located outside of Minnesota. Eligible applicants who wish to work together but have not formed a legal partnership must designate one organization as a fiscal agent. Applicants must allow participants to utilize FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) including methadone, buprenorphine products, including single-entity buprenorphine products, buprenorphine/Naloxone tablets, films, buccal preparations, long-acting injectable buprenorphine products, buprenorphine implants, and injectable extended-release naltrexone.

Category A: Harm Reduction Navigators

Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit or tribal syringe services programs (SSPs) operating in Minnesota. Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including linkage to substance use disorder treatment; access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment; and vaccination, testing, and linkage to care and treatment for infectious diseases.

*For the purposes of this grant, only organizations who distribute no-cost syringes can apply

Category B: Community-Based Linkage to SUD Care Navigators

Eligible applicants are limited to non-profit community-based organizations. A community-based organization, for the purpose of this RFP is an organization aimed at making desired improvements to a community's social health, well-being, and overall functioning. Communities may be geographically, psychosocially, culturally, and/or spiritually bounded. In addition, a community-based organization is one that is driven by the community, in all aspects of its existence. Examples of this may include:

The majority of the governing body and staff consists of individuals bound by location, experience or culture.
The main operating offices are in the communities they intend to serve.
Priority issue areas are identified and defined by members of the community.
Solutions to address priority issues are developed with the community.
Program design, implementation, and evaluation components have the community intimately involved, in leadership positions.

Examples of eligible applicants include, but are not limited to:

Recovery Community Organizations.
Tribal Nations and/or Tribal-led non-profit organizations.
Culturally-specific non-profit organizations.

Ineligible applicants include, but are not limited to:

Hospitals and healthcare organizations.
Federally Qualified Health Centers.
245G chemical health treatment programs.
Law enforcement organizations.
County, city, or local governments.

Collaboration

Collaboration is welcome. Eligible applicants who wish to work together but have not formed a legal partnership must designate one organization as a fiscal agent.

Questions and Answers

All questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by email to: health.preventionrfp@state.mn.us.

Please submit questions no later than 4:30 p.m. CST, on Dec. 8, 2023. Every attempt will be made to provide answers within five days of receiving the question but no later than Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Answers to each question will be provided on the MDH RFP FAQ page.

To ensure the proper and fair evaluation of all applications, other communications regarding this RFP including verbal, telephone, written or internet initiated by or on behalf of any applicant to any employee of the Department, other than questions submitted to as outlined above, are prohibited. Any violation of this prohibition may result in the disqualification of the applicant.