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AFMN Community Grant Application with Assurances (GK203)4 <br />F. Grant Information <br />1. Project Information and Background <br />A. Age-Friendly Minnesota (AFMN) Grant Program <br />The Age-Friendly Minnesota (AFMN) Grant Program was funded by the Minnesota Legislature in <br />recognition of Minnesota’s demographic shifts to an older population, and the need for new approaches <br />to, and greater investment in, systems- and community-level work related to aging. <br />The Funding Areas encompass priorities noted by the Minnesota Legislature in the initial age-friendly <br />statute, Laws of Minnesota 2023, chapter 61, article 2, section 5, subdivisions 1 and 2 <br />(https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/61/). <br />The Council has made Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)the foundation of <br />Age-Friendly Minnesota and wants to ensure that underserved groups will benefit from the AFMN <br />Grants Program. These groups include, but are not limited to, older adults who: <br />1. are low-income <br />2. identify as indigenous American Indian <br />3. identify as Black, African American, Asian, Latinx <br />4. identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) <br />5. are new immigrants and/or refugees <br />6. have limited English proficiency <br />7. live in rural areas <br />8. are veterans <br />9. have disabilities. <br />B. AFMN Grant Program: Community Grants <br />Individuals, organizations, and communities (defined broadly as neighborhoods, towns, cities, counties, <br />Tribes, affinity groups, faith communities, and others) can apply for AFMN Community Grants to <br />develop plans, policies, programs, and environments that promote the dignity, autonomy, and inclusion <br />of older Minnesotans; and to further the objectives of Minnesota’s Multisector Blueprint for Aging This <br />includes, but is not limited to, efforts to adopt and implement frameworks such as Age-Friendly <br />Communities, Health Systems, Universities, or Public Health. (Note:AFMN Community Grants will not <br />fund direct services to older adults.See Eligibility Criteria in Section 1B for more detail.) <br />Community Grant Applicants may apply for grants between five thousand dollars ($5,000) and eighty <br />thousand dollars ($80,000) for an anticipated 13-month grant cycle (February 12, 2025-March 31, <br />2026). <br />97