This website contains information about four priority access areas identified through previous Gaps Analysis studies and regional community meetings. The mission of Addressing Gaps is to connect partners with resources to improve access to equitable, culturally, and linguistically appropriate services for Minnesotans. This is an ongoing process to ultimately address the key gap areas that have been identified and improve access to services systems for older adults, people with disabilities and children, youth and adults living with mental health conditions in Minnesota.

This website contains reports with information from each lead agency including corrective action plans when present. The overarching goal of the HCBS Lead Agency Review is to determine how HCBS programs are operating and meeting the needs of the people they serve.

The 2019-2020 Mental Health Grants report evaluates the programs that are funded under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4661, subdivision 10 and Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4889, subdivision 3. This report was developed by the Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division and includes both adult and children’s mental health state grant funded services.

The report starts with identified gaps in the adult mental health system and follows with a page for each of the grant funded programs. The report notes instances where additional resources for a program that are working well would address service gaps in the continuum of mental health services in Minnesota. There are also several programs that are undergoing reforms, or the Department is evaluating the most impactful way to use these state grant funds to better improve the mental health services in Minnesota. In these cases, future efforts have been outlined.