More than $30 million in funding now available for disability service providers

Disability service providers will have access to more than $30 million in grants.

Sponsored by Rep. Hunter Cantrell (DFL-Savage) and Sen. Jim Abeler (R-Anoka), a new law appropriates $20 million for grants to home- and community-based providers to help them pay employees and maintain safety standards. It also provides $10 million for public health grants to help providers with the resources they need to reopen safely with proper social distancing.

The money is meant to help providers struggling to stay in business after service interruptions and closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grant recipients must meet certain eligibility requirements and there are regulations on how the funds can be used. For example, some of the funds are for fixed costs incurred during the pandemic from March 1, 2020 through Dec. 30, 2020 that are associated with capacity for the provider to offer services.

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