Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Long-term Care Grant Program

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: (mm/dd/yyyy) 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 goal of the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Long-term Care grant program is to develop systems and strategies to ensure that LTC community residents have the safest, most appropriate, and cost-effective transportation services to participate in essential non-emergency health related appointments. Applicants are encouraged to propose creative solutions and unexplored approaches, as well as modifications to current resources, to fulfill this goal. Funding Information A total of $2,000,000 is available for grants through the 2025 Preventive Services in Long-term Care Grant Program: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Long-term Care. Estimated Amount to Grant $2,000,000 Estimated Award Maximum $2,000,000 Estimated Award Minimum $75,000 Grant Period Grant agreements begin (estimated): March 1, 2025. Grant agreements end: May 31, 2026. Eligible Expenses  Providing resources and systems to LTC communities to coordinate non-emergency medical transportation among residents and across LTC facilities in a region. Developing or expanding a formalized process for rideshare service providers to provide non-emergency medical transportation to residents in LTC communities. Training, education, recruitment, and credentialing of new and existing staff and volunteers to provide non-emergency medical transportation to residents. Technology, equipment, and staff to develop, implement, or expand non-emergency medical transportation services (including related resources, such as a reservation system) for LTC communities. Modifications to vehicles to increase accessibility. Contracts with partner entities to provide transportation services or related services, such as coordination and training. Partnerships with community health workers or other community partners to facilitate utilization of transportation services or create supporting resources. Developing and piloting a new model of non-emergency medical transportation services for LTC communities. Modifying existing transportation programs or resources to operate more safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively for LTC communities. Other costs to address community-specific non-emergency medical transportation needs. 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 non-emergency medical transportation and/or other LTC transportation systems. Clinics, hospitals, and health care systems that do not operate long-term care facilities are ineligible for this grant funding, either as the primary applicant or as a collaborating partner. Transportation providers that receive funding from Medical Assistance (MA) are ineligible for this grant funding, either as the primary applicant or as a collaborating partner. For more information, visit ORHPC. 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