Minnesota Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant

health.orhpc.workforcegrants@state.mn.us

The Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant will provide funding for the development of new or existing pediatric mental health training programs that are located in outpatient primary care clinics in Minnesota.

Program goals:

• Increase confidence, skills, and awareness of mental health resources among pediatric primary care providers caring for the mental health needs of pediatric patients
• Provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy
• Provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences, in real time when possible
• Emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs

Competitive priorities:

• Emphasis on serving rural communities
• Trainee demographics representative of the communities they are placed in during their training

Proposed training programs must:

• Be located in an outpatient primary care clinic
• Focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams
• Provide training on conducting comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and potential pharmacological therapy
• Provide psychiatric consultation to pediatric primary care providers during their outpatient pediatric primary care experiences
• Emphasize longitudinal care for patients with behavioral health needs
• Develop partnerships with community resources

Award ceiling: $250,000
Award floor: $50,000
Project period: 1 year
Estimated number of awards: 4
Estimated total program funding: $900,000

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

Submit applications through the online grants portal.