Block Grant G20RH07672

Federal Grant Award Summary Health Quality Partners of Southern California (HQP) received a $1.41 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the State and Regional Primary Care Associations (PCAs), National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAPs), and Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) program (CFDA 93.129). The award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, funds HQP to serve as a Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) supporting ten...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program, supports a comprehensive $398,972 study on improving healthcare quality and equity for newborns with prenatal substance exposure. The study, conducted by the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns (BORN) network and the EMPOWER stakeholder group, aims to:...

This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will support a $100,000 research project by the American Board of Family Medicine Inc. (ABFM) to analyze the response of primary care providers to updates of four different clinical treatment guidelines. The project aims to assess the predictors of time to practice change towards more guideline-concordant care for updates related...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Hawaii Island Community Health Center (HICHC) received a $500,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (CFDA 93.912) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. The award funds the Pono Pulse Primary Care Project, which delivers comprehensive chronic care management services to high-risk Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries in rural Hawaii County. The project provides intensive care coordination through...

The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. (KUMCRI) was awarded a $145,139 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The award, with a project period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, aims to develop community-informed quality indicators and implementation strategies to improve health equity in primary care settings. Key activities include: 1) identifying...

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a $399,111 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The grant aims to increase postpartum primary care engagement, quality, and experience by strengthening coordination between obstetric and primary care providers. The intervention includes default primary care visit scheduling,...

This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will provide $275,000 in funding to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The project aims to develop and test strategies to increase implementation of evidence-based interventions through collaboration with patient advocacy groups in the areas of juvenile idiopathic...

Federal Grant Award Summary Washington County Memorial Hospital received a $700,000 Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services at its rural health clinics. The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027, directly addresses health disparities in Washington County, Missouri, which ranks among the least healthy...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Health Quality Partners of Southern California (HQP) was awarded $1,215,984 on August 30, 2025, under the Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening program (CFDA 93.800), administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The cooperative agreement, which extends through August 29, 2030, funds a multi-component initiative to increase colorectal cancer (CRC)...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Washington State Health Care Authority a $543.8 million cooperative agreement under the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program (CFDA 93.798) on December 29, 2025, to support innovative development of rural healthcare delivery systems across Washington state. The award, extending through October 30, 2030, funds a comprehensive five-year initiative allocating $200 million annually across six...