FY2027 Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Training Grant Program

Summary

The program prioritizes collaboration with higher education institutions, serving rural and underserved populations, health equity, and rigorous data reporting and outcome monitoring requirements.

Eligibility

A training program or proposed training program must be located in an outpatient primary care clinic, focus on the training of pediatric primary care providers working with multidisciplinary mental health teams, provide comprehensive clinical mental health assessments and pharmacological therapy training, offer psychiatric consultation during outpatient care, emphasize longitudinal behavioral health care, and develop partnerships with community resources. Trainees may include residents in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, nurse practitioners in training, physician assistants in training, and already practicing providers. Recipients of Health Professionals Clinical Training Expansion Grant Program funding may not receive this grant for the same program or department.

Requirements Checklist

• Complete online application through ORHPC Online Grants Portal; Submit all required attachments including Audited Financial Statements, Due Diligence Form, documentation of indirect cost rate (if applicable), and Applicant Conflict of Interest Disclosure; Provide detailed budget and budget narrative; Address all programmatic questions and required training components; Develop partnerships with community resources for pediatric mental health; Participate in at least one annual grant monitoring visit (for grants over $50,000), quarterly progress reports, and financial reconciliation (for grants over $50,000). Reimbursement-based grant payments; Comply with public data and conflict of interest disclosure per Minn. Stat. § 13.599 and MDH requirements.