DentalSafetyNetGrantProgramRFP,2017-OtherInterested.PDF

Date: September 12, 2016 To: Administrators, Critical Access Dental Clinics, Other Interested Parties From: Keisha Shaw, Grant Manager Primary Care and Financial Assistance Programs Office of Rural Health Primary Care Phone: 651-201-3860 Email: keisha.shaw@state.mn.us Subject: 2017 Request for Proposals Dental Safety Net Grant Program Application materials for the Dental Safety Net Grant Program will be posted on the Office of Rural Health Primary Care (ORHPC) website September 12, 2016. Attached are the program’s Grant Application and Guidelines. Applications for STEP 1 are due October 28, 2016. For applicants determined to be eligible, Project Descriptions and Budgets for STEP 2 are due November 18, 2016. The website address for application forms and instructions is: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/funding/index.html In 2014, the Legislature created a new grant program for dental clinics who serve uninsured populations. Eligible providers must meet all of the following criteria: • Critical Access Dental provider; • Nonprofit organization; • Providers not affiliated with a hospital or medical group; • Providers who offer free or reduced-cost oral health care to low-income patients under the age of 21 with family incomes below 275% of federal poverty guidelines who do not 2017 Dental Safety Net Grant Program have insurance coverage for oral health care services; and • Providers able to demonstrate that more than 80 percent of patient encounters in the last 12 months were with patients who were uninsured, or covered by Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare. Grant funds will be allocated proportionally based on the number of individual uninsured patients under the age of 21 served by each eligible provider, compare