NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2024 (Bemidji, MN) – The Minnesota Department of Education is now accepting applications for the Minnesota Multi-Purpose Community Facility Projects Grant to Support Community Revitalization, Connectedness and Equity by Promoting Education, Work and Health.
The federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 appropriated $10 billion to the U.S. Department of Treasury to provide payments to states, territories, freely associated states, and tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health care monitoring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency.
This established the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund program, which aims to:
- Directly support recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency by strengthening and improving the infrastructure necessary for participation in work, education, and health care monitoring that will last beyond the pandemic.
- Enable investments in capital assets designed to address inequities in access to critical services.
- Provide the modern infrastructure necessary to access critical services, including a high quality and affordable broadband internet connection.
Minnesota was awarded $50 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury to fund Multi-Purpose Community Facility Projects in areas that will benefit the most from support to address challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic through supports for education, work, and health focused on advancing family economic stability, connections, and educational opportunity for our state’s children and youth. Application, instructions, timeline, and further information can be found on MDE’s Competitive Grant Opportunities site: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/DSE/Grants/MDE086846
