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Infection Prevention and Control Capacity Building in Long-term Care Grant

Sponsor
Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Deadlines
Nov 15, 2024
Purpose

The Infection Prevention and Control Capacity Building in Long-term Care Grant offers funding to increase the capacity of residential facilities serving older adults in Minnesota to meet critical needs and provide services for their residents.

Program priorities:

  1. Increasing transferrable infection prevention and control capacity (knowledge, skills, and practices) among the long term care (LTC) workforce and other LTC stakeholders in facilities or organizations serving older adults in a way that considers settings with high staff turnover
  2. Improving facility ventilation and/or broader plant infrastructure to reduce transmission of infectious diseases among residents and staff in LTC facilities. Proposed improvements should focus on evidence-based recommendations to reduce the transmission of infectious disease.

Other competitive priorities:

  • Programs and strategies that serve as models and may be replicated
  • Projects that can be implemented effectively in a setting with high staff turnover
  • Projects with a regional or statewide reach
  • Projects that are cost-effective
  • Projects with evidence of long-term sustainability

Applicants are encouraged to propose innovative approaches, as well as modifications to current resources, to address priority areas.

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicant is one of these entities:
    • Clinic
    • Community Health Board
    • Local Public Health
    • For-profit Entity
    • Hospital
    • Institution of Higher Education
    • Local Unit of Government
    • Nonprofit Organization
    • Tribal Government
  • Located in Minnesota
  • In good financial standing
  • Demonstrates a strong history of working with LTC stakeholders in Minnesota
  • Applicant and its collaborating partners demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following areas as relevant to the proposed project:
    • Infection prevention and control
    • LTC workforce development
    • LTC plant operations
Geographic coverage
Minnesota
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $3,000,000
Award floor: $75,000
Project period: March 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026

Application process

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

Tagged as
Aging and aging-related services · Clinics · Elderly population · Health conditions · Health workforce education and training · Healthcare facilities · Healthcare needs and services · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Long-term care · Networking and collaboration · People with disabilities · Minnesota

Organizations (1)

  • Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, view details



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