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

The 2025 Preventive Services in Long-term Care Grant Program will award grants to increase the capacity of residential facilities serving older adults to meet critical needs and provide services for their residents. Donor Name: Office of Rural Health and Primary Care State: Minnesota County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 11/15/2024 Size of the Grant: More than $1 million Grant Duration: 2 Years Details: The grant program is focused on the development and dissemination of resources to improve long-term care (LTC) communities’ capacity to ensure the safety and continuity of services provided to residents in skilled nursing/nursing facilities (SNF/NFs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs) operating in Greater Minnesota (outside of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area). The Infection Prevention and Control Capacity Building in Long-term Care grant program priorities include: Priority Area 1: Increasing transferrable infection prevention and control capacity (knowledge, skills, and practices) among the LTC workforce and other LTC stakeholders in facilities or organizations serving older adults in a way that considers settings with high staff turnover. Priority Area 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. Funding Information A total of $3,000,000 is available for grants through the 2025 Preventive Services in Long-term Care Grant Program: Infection Prevention and Control Capacity Building in Long-term Care. Estimated Amount to Grant $3,000,000 Estimated Award Maximum $3,000,000 Estimated Award Minimum $75,000 Grant Period Grant agreements begin (estimated): March 1, 2025. Grant agreements end: May 31, 2026. Eligible Expenses  Example expenses for projects addressing Priority Area 1: In-person and web-based training related to infection prevention and control for staff, volunteers, residents, and other LTC stakeholders. Purchase and distribution of supplies that improve infection prevention and control capabilities, such as: Vaccination and testing supplies for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. Personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to implement and practice enhanced barrier precautions in LTC communities. Promotion of infection prevention strategies, such as education on vaccination, PPE use, and testing for respiratory pathogens in LTC communities. Partnership with community health workers and other community partners to implement sustainable infection prevention and control practices in LTC communities. Implementation of train-the-trainer programs to promote infection control and prevention. Development of targeted programs to engage all LTC staff, volunteers, residents, and other stakeholders in infection prevention and control efforts to reduce disease transmission in LTC communities. Contracts with partner entities to provide training, other services, or supplies related to increasing infection prevention and control capacity among the LTC workforce. Other community-specific programmatic content to improve infection prevention and control systems in LTC communities. Example expenses for projects addressing Priority Area 2: Development of resources to assess and improve ventilation and other plant conditions that may contribute to infectious disease transmission in LTC communities. Purchase of supplies and equipment required for improving ventilation and/or plant infrastructure to comply with evidence-based recommendations to reduce infectious disease transmission in LTC communities. Monitoring, maintenance, repair, and/or replacement of ventilation/air exchange systems, air filtration or purification systems, or other components of plant infrastructure required to reduce infectious disease transmission. Eligibility Criteria  Eligible applicants meet the following 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, or Tribal Government. Applicant is located in Minnesota. Applicant entity is in good financial standing. Applicant 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, and LTC plant operations. For more information, visit ORHPC. 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