Minnesota Healthy Housing Grants

Katie Haugen
katie.haugen@state.mn.us

The Healthy Housing Grant supports implementation of healthy housing programs providing outreach, education, and training on healthy housing subjects, and in providing comprehensive healthy housing assessments and interventions. The program funds activities related to housing-based health threats including:

• Providing educational materials to the general public and to property owners, contractors, code officials, and others
• Promoting awareness of community, legal, and housing resources
• Promoting the use of hazard reduction measures in new housing construction and housing rehabilitation programs
• Providing training on identifying and addressing housing-based health threats
• Providing technical assistance on the implementation of mitigation measures
• Promoting the adoption of evidence-based best practices for mitigation of housing-based health threats
• Developing work practices for addressing specific housing-based health threats
• Identifying, characterizing, and mitigating hazards in housing that contribute to adverse health outcomes
• Ensuring screening services and other secondary prevention measures are provided to individuals at high risk for housing-related health threats
• Promoting compliance with Department of Health guidelines and other best practices
• Establishing local or regional collaborative groups
• Developing model programs for addressing housing-based threats

The Healthy Housing Grant offers 2 award types: General Health Housing Grant and Healthy Housing Mini-Grant Administration Grant. Areas for work include:

1. Healthy homes assessments and interventions
2. Primary prevention
3. Training and technical assistance
4. Developing evidence-based best practices
5. Community engagement and education
6. Coordination with healthcare/secondary prevention
7. Strategic planning/capacity building

Healthy Housing Mini-Grant Administration Grant awardees will administer mini-grant awards of $2,000-$4,000 each for every year of the project. Mini-grants must focus on one of the 7 areas for work listed above.

Applicants are encouraged to consider populations representing geographic diversity within and across Minnesota.

Eligible applicants are community health boards, tribal public health agencies, local community action agencies, and nonprofit organizations with expertise in providing outreach, education, and training on healthy housing subjects and in providing comprehensive healthy housing assessments and interventions. Nonprofit organizations must have current 501(c)3 status from the IRS.

General Healthy Housing Grant
Award ceiling: $40,000 per year
Award floor: $13,333 per year
Estimated number of awards: 6-12

Healthy Housing Mini-Grant Administration Grant
Award ceiling: $20,000 per year
Estimated number of awards: 1

Project period: 3 years
Estimated total program funding: $720,000

Email the completed application to katie.haugen@state.mn.us.