988 Minnesota Lifeline Youth Peer Leader Grant Request for Proposals (RFP) Q&A

Questions and answers regarding the 988 Minnesota Lifeline Youth Peer Leader Grant Request for Proposals are posted below.

Q: Are the two project co-leads referenced in the RFP the adult coordinator and adult leader mentioned in the application’s sample work plan?  

A: It is a mandatory requirement that the agency will identify two team co-leads to implement the project. The sample workplan uses the term Adult Coordinator and Adult Leader. Terms coordinator, leader, project lead, project co-leads, team leads can be interpreted as interchangeable.  

Q: In Section 2 of the application, item 4 references a recommended work plan in Attachment A, Form C. I did not see a Form C – is the sample work plan Form B the recommended work plan?  

A: Section 2, Item 4 of the application should reference recommended workplan in Attachment A, Form B. The correction has been made. If you previously downloaded the application, please reference and download the corrected application.  

Q: In the sample work plan, under the determine project leadership strategy, the second bullet point says to identify supportive adults to provide emotional support to the students – are those in addition to the adult coordinator and second adult leader that will be co-leading the project?  

A: The designated adult leaders coordinating the project are responsible for ensuring that participating youth receive appropriate emotional support. However, depending on the needs of your organization and community, it may also be beneficial to identify additional supportive adults who are aware of the project and prepared to provide encouragement and guidance to participating youth as needed.

Q: In the sample work plan under the increase capacity goal, there is an action step to have youth apply to be peer leaders to ensure they are emotionally prepared to facilitate the 988 Minnesota Lifeline Sessions. Are there any guidelines for the youth application or a template we should use?

A: An application template for recruiting youth participation in the project will be provided during the onboarding for the adult co-leaders.  

Q: Can one of the five required youth presentations be open to the public with a recruitment priority on 9th-12th yet most likely attended by providers and/or parents?

A: The goal of the project is to intentionally engage youth to increase help seeking behaviors though peer-to-peer initiatives. The minimum of youth-to-youth presentations is five, however applicants could propose to conduct additional presentations that if they choose.  

Q: Could some of the funds be used to create 988 videos?

A: The primary goal of this project is to intentionally engage youth in order to increase help-seeking behaviors through peer-to-peer initiatives. Given the limited funding available, the budget does not support the development of videos.

Q: What is the estimated amount of time for each community peer presentation?

A: The estimated amount of time for the youth peer-to-peer facilitated conversations are between 20-30 minutes.