This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Brownsville Community Health Clinic Corporation to expand access to behavioral health services in Brownsville, Texas. Key project activities include leveraging community partnerships to serve underserved populations, integrating primary care with behavioral health services, expanding the role of primary care providers in medication-assisted...
This Project Grant award of $1,639,086 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support the Brownsville Community Development Corporation (BCDC) in Brooklyn, New York to expand behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will allow BCDC to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services by expanding provision to adolescents aged 12-17. BCDC plans to hire...
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) was awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop the Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Brownsville PD Team (CRT-BPD) in collaboration with the Brownsville Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...
The City of Brownsville, Texas received a $1.25 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to support community policing efforts through September 30, 2026. The funding supports the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). Through this award, the City of Brownsville Finance Department will enhance public safety by hiring new...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to SU Clinica Familiar, a non-profit community health center in Harlingen, Texas. The grant will fund a project to expand pediatric services and extend operating hours at the organization's Brownsville clinic location from December 1, 2024 through November 30, 2026. Specifically, the grant will enable SU Clinica...
The Brooklyn W.A.Y. Coalition for Drug Free Communities - RiseBoro Community Partnership was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, supports the coalition's efforts to reduce substance use and misuse, particularly prescription opioids and binge drinking, among 16-24 year olds in Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, East New York, and...
This is a $2,584,488 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (CFDA 14.218) to the City of Brownsville, Texas. The grant will be used to carry out a wide range of community development activities in Brownsville over a period of approximately 7 years, from October 1, 2024 to September 1, 2031. Eligible CDBG activities include, but are not limited to, real property acquisition, rehabilitation of residential and...
This Project Grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) provides $475,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Lehman College to study substance use disorders and mental health services in the Bronx, New York. The project aims to: Convene a Bronx community taskforce to explore factors associated with the utilization of mental health and substance abuse...
The Bexar County Community Health Collaborative, doing business as The Health Collaborative, was awarded a $5,780,000 five-year Cooperative Agreement (Award ID: NAVCA240477) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchanges program (CFDA 93.332). The award period runs from August 27, 2024, to August 26, 2029. The funding will support the organization's Pathway to Coverage Navigator Program, which...
The Bronx Health Outcomes Project (BHOP) is a $2.6 million, 4-year federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (CFDA 93.899) program. The grant aims to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV in racial and ethnic minority communities in the Bronx, New York by adopting a syndemic approach that addresses interconnected health and social conditions such as HIV,...