Minnesota Announces Recipients of $1M CanRenew Cannabis Grant Funds | How to order Skittles Moonrock online

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For more information on the CanRenew grant, visit the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management website. 

CanRenew grant awardees:*

Affinity Care MN (Bloomington) is awarded $100,000 for its Revive the Flats project, which stabilizes a 42-unit HIV/disability housing site through staffing, security upgrades, direct aid, and workshops on expungement and tenant rights.

Beltrami Area Service Collaboration (Bemidji) is awarded $100,000 for its youth-led cannabis and substance use prevention campaign.

Girls Dream Code (St. Paul) is awarded $50,000 to help empower underserved girls in technology.

Hired (Minneapolis) is awarded $85,000 for its Corridors to Careers (C2C) project that will serve 40 Twin Cities youth from communities impacted by cannabis laws and help youth build career skills, reduce youth violence, and connect to a healthy future.

Ignite Afterschool (Minneapolis) is awarded $75,000 for its afterschool youth-led Cannabis Awareness and Education Council for Youth (CAEC) and Young Nonprofit Leaders Club that provides youth peer education on cannabis, civic engagement, and nonprofit management.

InTENtions (Brooklyn Center and Mora) is awarded $100,000 for its Environmentally Conscious Youth program that connects black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to nature, sustainable farming, and community gardens, fostering leadership, environmental awareness, and career development.

Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Minneapolis) is awarded $70,000 to launch a new initiative called Roadmap to Business Success that will create or expand 100+ BIPOC-owned businesses in North Minneapolis through personal and business financial literacy training and mentorship.

United Way of Steele County (Owatonna) is awarded $100,000 to help develop a teen center that will offer a safe, sober space for youth to study, socialize, and access resources like mental health support and substance use prevention and intervention.

Vermilion Country School (Tower) is awarded $100,000 for Vermilion Country School’s Youth Development & Job Training Program that provides Bois Forte and regional teens with hands-on experience in agriculture, landscaping, forestry, maintenance, and customer service, fostering skills for employment, community engagement.

Walker West Music Academy (St. Paul) is awarded $50,000 to support the Rondo Community Music Series, a monthly concert series highlighting teaching artists, building community, and reinvigorating Rondo as a cultural and arts hub in the Twin Cities.

World Youth Connect (St. Paul) is awarded $100,000 for the S.E.E.D. Program, a research project that will collect data through collective storytelling. It is designed to train youth researchers to evaluate, develop, and implement resources that benefit youth affected by cannabis.

*Note: One additional grantee will be announced at a later date.