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Transforming Systems Together - a shared decision-making initiative designed to rethink how the county delivers services and invests in the community - has three grant opportunities available to the community.

These opportunities are centered on child protection and foster care:

  • Innovation: Grants between $50,000 - $100,000.
  • Micro: Grants between $10,000 - $35,000.
  • Individual: Grants up to $10,000.

Click on the grant opportunity type below for more information.

See the first-round grant awards

Applications are no longer being accepted.

Applications closed Sept. 30, 2022 at 5 p.m., Central Standard Time.

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Innovation

Funding amounts

$50,000-$100,000

Program focus

Applicants will propose programs or services that will serve families or individuals vulnerable to involvement in the child protection system or who have been involved in the child protection system. Beneficiaries of the program or services must be living or residing in Ramsey County or placed by Ramsey County into foster care.

Criteria and expectations

  • Focus on community-led transformational change in the child protection system and those impacted by the system. Your application should demonstrate how this will improve the lives and improve the delivery of services.
  • Utilize funds to address unmet needs, with new and/or innovative initiatives not already provided by other organizations.
  • Invest in community stability.
  • Reflective of the Transforming Systems Together values of equity, accountability, community/lived experience centered, data-driven, love, integrity and trust.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a registered organization with the Minnesota Secretary of State or have a relationship with a fiscal agent. If you are using a fiscal agent, you need to include the fiscal agent’s name, information and a letter of support from the fiscal agent.

Micro

Funding amounts

$10,000 - $35,000

Program focus

Applicants will propose programs or services that will serve families or individuals vulnerable to involvement in the child protection system or who have been involved in the child protection system. Beneficiaries of the program or services must be living or residing in Ramsey County or placed by Ramsey County into foster care. Program and services applications should address these criteria and expectations.

Criteria and expectations

  • Focus on community-led transformational change in the child protection system and those impacted by the system. Your application will demonstrate how this will improve the lives of those being served and improve the delivery of services.
  • Utilize funds to address unmet needs.
  • Invest in community stability.
  • Demonstrate ability and willingness to ensure a final narrative and financial report will be provided to the county to document the impacts and outcomes from the programs or services.
  • Reflective of the Transforming Systems Together values of equity, accountability, community/lived experience centered, data-driven, love, integrity and trust.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a registered organization with the Minnesota Secretary of State or have a relationship with a fiscal agent. If you are using a fiscal agent, you should include the name, information and a letter of support from the fiscal agent.

Individual

Funding amounts

Up to $10,000

Program focus

Applicants will propose programs or services that will serve families or individuals vulnerable to involvement in the child protection system or who have been involved in the child protection system. Beneficiaries of the program or services must be living or residing in Ramsey County or placed by Ramsey County into foster care. Program and services applications should address these criteria and expectations.

Criteria and expectations

  • Focus on community-led transformational change in the child protection system and those impacted by the system. Your application will demonstrate how this will improve the lives of those being served and improve the delivery of services. 
  • Utilize funds to address unmet needs.
  • Invest in community stability.
  • Demonstrates ability and willingness to ensure a final narrative and financial report will be provided to the county to document the impacts and outcomes from the programs or services.

Eligibility

Individuals, including elders 55 and older, and youth 16 to 24, who do not have a nonprofit or business, who provide services unique to the community aligned with the program focus. Examples include but are not limited to: elders who read to students, tell stories, teach culture, oversee cultural events/ceremonies.

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