Project Grant 2020WRAX0056

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program (CFDA 16.589) will fund the "Prevent, Protect, Prevail: A Multigenerational Approach to Disrupting Sexual Assault in Eagle County" project implemented by the Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Foundation. The project will: 1) Provide evidence-based sexual violence prevention...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $100,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant to Montrose Memorial Hospital Inc. (doing business as Montrose Regional Health) in Montrose, CO. The one-year grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, is funded under CFDA 93.912 - Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program. The grant supports Montrose...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations program (CFDA 16.053) to Providence Health & Services - Oregon to expand sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) services across six counties in Oregon. The 3-year project aims to increase community connections with SANE services by building partnerships with community-based sexual assault/domestic violence advocates. Key...

The U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), has awarded $101,460.00 to the County of Boulder, Colorado to develop and implement policies, procedures, and quality assurance measures that align with the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) accreditation standards. The goal is for the Boulder County Coroner's Office (BCCO) to become NAME-accredited, as only 4 of the 63 coroner...

This Project Grant award of $1,100,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will support facility construction and improvement projects at the Huerfano County Hospital District, operating as the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center, in Walsenburg, Colorado. The funding, awarded in September 2024, will enhance the hospital's ability to deliver essential medical services to the rural population of Huerfano County....

This Project Grant award of $1,586,967 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will enable the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), a federally qualified health center, to expand behavioral health services for people experiencing homelessness in the 7-county Metro Denver region and 6 counties in rural Southeastern Colorado. Key elements of the project...

Indiana University Health, Inc. was awarded a $473,754 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program. The award will support increasing access to sexual assault forensic exams and victim advocacy services in four rural Indiana counties through September 2025. Specifically, IU Health will utilize telehealth equipment and training at four...

The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $400,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative program (CFDA 16.526) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The award will support the University of Colorado Denver in providing technical assistance resources to rural communities through the RURAL COMMUNITIES A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE PROJECT. As the OVW Technical...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to Memorial Regional Health, located in Craig, Colorado. The grant supports a 4-year project (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2028) to transform the community's response to substance use disorder (SUD) and address urgent needs in the rural Grand, Moffat, and Routt counties of northwest Colorado. Key project...

This $495,514 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (CFDA 93.912) supports the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc.'s "Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Care Collaborative & Innovation Network" initiative. The key products and services to be...