Minnesota Live Well at Home Grants

Andrea Lingl
Andrea.Lingl@state.mn.us

Live Well at Home Grants offer funding to develop and /or provide services to allow for older Minnesotans to live in the community. Funded projects will improve capacity to develop, strengthen, and integrate programs; maintain home and community-based services for individuals' age 65 and older and at risk of long-term nursing home use and/or spending down into medical assistance; and strengthen services for the caregiver support network.

Of particular interest are:

• Proposals from cultural and ethnic community organizations
• Models that propose to serve culturally and racially diverse older adult populations and/or Native American elders
• Models that serve older adults in rural areas

Awards will be made in 3 categories.

1. Capital and renovation requests:
   • New construction
   • Renovation
   • Retrofitting
   • Home modification
   • Transportation
   • Technology
2. Long-term services and supports development requests:
   • Chores
   • Homemaker
   • Supporting family, friends, and neighbors in caregiving
   • Respite
   • Transportation
   • Chronic disease management
3. Core home and community-based services: Covering fixed costs for small nonprofit providers offering community services and additional services such as, but not limited to: transportation, home modification, chore, and companionship

Eligible applicants are nonprofits, for-profit organizations, governmental units, and Tribal Nations in Minnesota working to improve community-based, affordable long-term care for the elderly and supporting infrastructure that allows seniors to remain at home.

Award ceiling: $350,000
Estimated total program funding: $8,000,000

There is a dollar-for-dollar matching funds requirement.

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.