Request for Proposals to Vend the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) Grant Program

Description: The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, through State Services for the Blind, seeks providers to deliver adjustment-to-blindness, rehabilitation training, and employment-related services, including Workplace Activities, to blind, low-vision, and DeafBlind individuals through the Disability Innovation Fund. The state plans to purchase community resources that offer participants choices supporting vocational and personal independence. This is a service-provider contract solicitation rather than a grant award; work is anticipated to start after December 2026, and the ongoing solicitation closes April 19, 2027, with initial evaluation proposals due November 16, 2026.