Grants and Funding Opportunities

The unit administers grants related to varying elements of child welfare based on federal or local funding allocation. These grants target various elements of child welfare, including child welfare and foster care prevention, permanency, supports program, creation and implementation and others consistent with its framework unit uses a data informed in collaborative grant process to ensure members of the community are aware of potential granting opportunities are supported to the grant process in our selected, based on the use of an equitable and culture, responsive review and selection process.

MAAFPACWDA Primary Support Grants

Under Minnesota Statute 260.693, the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families must establish direct grants to organizations, service providers, and programs owned and led by African Americans and other individuals from communities disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. These direct grants are to ensure the provision of services and support for African American and other disproportionately represented children and their families involved in Minnesota's child welfare system. These direct grants may be used to support existing eligible services or to facilitate the development of new services and providers, both of which help create a more expansive network of service providers available to African American and other disproportionately represented children and their families. 

Once the Request for Proposal is released to the public, potential applicants and other interested parties will have an opportunity to attend a Responder Conference to learn more about the grant opportunity, application and selection processes, and contracting process, as well as to ask questions.

Please use the link below to sign up to receive updates about grant opportunities, including, but not limited to, the primary support grant described above.

Current grant or DCY RFP opportunities https://dcyf.mn.gov/partners-and-providers/grant-rfp-programs

Additional Granting Resources

For additional grant or RFP opportunities outside of the Department of Children and Families, please visit. https://mn.gov/grants/

This website provides a single entry point to State of Minnesota grant opportunities, where grant seekers can search by state agency or subject area. In some cases, you will be directed to the agency website for more information. https://mn.gov/admin/government/grants/ for additional public information about state grant opportunities.