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Health Equity Strategy and Innovation Division
651-201-5813
health.equity@state.mn.us

Contact Info

Health Equity Strategy and Innovation Division
651-201-5813
health.equity@state.mn.us

Paths to Black Health Grant Program

The goal of the Paths to Black Health (PBH) program is to invest in community solutions to enhance the vibrant and thriving African American community in Minnesota. This will help reduce the health disparities arising from cumulative and historical discrimination and disadvantages in multiple systems, as well as historical trauma.

The purposes of the program are to:  

  • Identify disparities impacting African American health arising from cumulative and historical discrimination and disadvantages in multiple systems. These may include, but are not limited to, housing, education, employment, gun violence, incarceration, environmental factors, and health care discrimination.
  • Develop community-driven solutions that incorporate a multisector approach to addressing identified disparities impacting African American health.    

These grant program funds are specifically designed to support organizations that work with U.S.-born African Americans. For the purposes of this RFP, Black(s) or African American(s) specifically references the U.S.-born African American population for whom studies indicate that health has been impacted as the result of historical trauma. This trauma includes post-traumatic slave syndrome (PTSS) and epigenetic inheritance.

RFP timeline

RFP published: Dec. 18, 2023 Paths to Black Health Grant Request for Proposals (PDF)
Questions due: Jan. 12, 2024 (optional)
Applications due: Jan. 22, 2024
Anticipated notice of award: April/May 2024
Grant period begins: May 6, 2024
Question-and-answer period closed: Jan. 18, 2024 RFP Question and Answer page 

Application forms

  1. Application Form (PDF) or complete and submit online through the PBH Grant Online Application Form.
  2. Applicant Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form (Word)
  3. Work Plan Template (Word)
  4. Budget Template (Excel)
  5. Due Diligence Review Form (Word)

Work Plan Example (PDF)

MDH Sample Grant Agreement (PDF)

Contact us

If you have questions, please send an email to oaah.mdh@state.mn.us or call 651-201-5813.

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Last Updated: 09/26/2025

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