Grant Opportunities
The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging (MNRAAA) works with a variety of providers and other professionals in the delivery of services for older adults and their caregivers in southwest Minnesota.
Healthy Aging Fund
Healthy Aging Fund
MNRAAA received a grant from the Otto Bremer Trust to fund training expenses and startup costs for service providers new to offering evidence-based health programs or providing new programming. As a result of this project, there will be increased opportunities for rural older adults to participate in healthy aging classes and experience better health outcomes.
Healthy aging classes that organizations can hold for older adults include but are not limited to: A Matter of Balance, Aging Mastery Program, Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program, Diabetes Prevention Program, Living Well with Chronic Conditions, Living Well with Chronic Pain, Living Well with Diabetes, Programa de Manejo Personal de la Diabetes, Stay Active and Independent for Life, Stepping On, Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance, Tomando Control de su Salud, and Walk With Ease.
Application form: https://mnraaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Healthy-Aging-Fund-Application.pdf (PDF)
Providers interested in this funding should contact Krista Eichhorst at keichhorst@mnraaa.org.
Funding, Grants & Contracts
Title III
The Older Americans Act (OAA) was signed into law on July 14, 1965. The original Act created the Administration on Aging and authorized grants to states for community planning, services, research, and demonstration and training projects in the field of aging. Later amendments provided grants to area agencies on aging for local needs identification, planning and funding of services. The Act was reauthorized and amended in 2000, at which time the National Family Caregiver Support Program was established to support family, friends and neighbors caring for an older person as well as for grandparents and other older relatives caring for children.
MNRAAA is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. MNRAAA has been designated by the Minnesota Board on Aging (MBA) as the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for the Southwest Planning and Service Area in Minnesota.
As a state-designated AAA, MNRAAA administers OAA funds and is responsible for the development of a coordinated and comprehensive system of services for older adults and their caregivers in Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Waseca, Watonwan and Yellow Medicine Counties. To accomplish this, MNRAAA awards Title III OAA funding to agencies and organizations that provide direct services for older people (age 60+) and their caregivers.
At this time, due to circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, MNRAAA will not be issuing a request for 2021 Title III grant applications from new services providers. Renewal applications will be accepted from existing Title III providers. The status of the 2021 Title III funding cycle will be reviewed on an on-going basis as the pandemic evolves and funds become available. Status changes to the funding cycle will be announced through MNRAAA’s web page, social media, email, etc.
Questions should be directed to Rhonda at 507.387.1256 x 105 or rfjeldberg@mnraaa.org.
Resource Materials
Title III Service Provider Handbook
Cost-sharing Took Kit for Title III Service Providers
MINNESOTA RIVER
AREA AGENCY ON AGING
Administrative Office
201 N. Broad St.
Suite 102
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507.387.1256
Fax: 507.387.6223
Provided through Older Americans Act funding from the Minnesota Board on Aging.
