Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) Grants were originally designed to help advance the AFMN Council’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. TAP Grantees help make AFMN Community Grants more accessible to a broader range of entities by providing no-cost technical assistance to applicants and grantees who have less experience or capacity to apply for and administer grant funding.

TAP Grantees also work in the areas of Tribal engagement, cultural community empowerment, Minnesota’s Multisector Blueprint for Aging, and advancing age-friendly efforts at a regional level.

In its first round of grant funding, in late 2022, AFMN awarded $800K to nine TAP Grantees. It awarded just under $1 million to 14 TAP Grantees in the second round in 2024.