Michigan Community Navigation Partnership - 2027

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued a Grant Funding Opportunity (GFO) for a nonprofit to provide community navigators to help residents impacted by new federal requirements through H.R. 1, as they apply for or renew Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP) coverage or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The focus of the initiative is to strengthen statewide HMP and SNAP navigation, outreach and eligibility support capacity by leveraging health and human service providers, nonprofit organizations, other community-based navigation partners and a flexible navigator workforce. The successful applicant will establish a coordinated statewide navigation network by conducting a competitive bid process to identify secondary partner organizations to serve as community navigators.

Eligible applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.

The initial implementation period is anticipated to run through Saturday, Sept. 30, 2028, and may be extended through Monday, Sept. 30, 2030. MDHHS expects to award one agency approximately $7.25 million. Project director requests to access the application are due by 5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 24. Grant applications must be submitted electronically through the EGrAMS system by 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30.

A pre-application conference will be held to provide instruction on using the EGrAMS system. The pre-application conference will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, and will last approximately 90 minutes. The webinar can be accessed at https://bit.ly/3Uy4Bi3. At the conclusion of the conference, a recording of the webinar

will be posted on the EGrAMS system.

For more information or to apply, visit the EGrAMS website and select "About EGrAMS" link in the left panel to access the "Competitive Application Instructions" training manual. The complete GFO and resource documents can be accessed under the ‘Current Grants’ section within the “Community Action & Economic Opportunity” link and by selecting the “MCNP-2027” grant program.