Cooperative Agreement 1P1CMS331603

The Young Women's Christian Association of San Antonio, Texas (YWCA San Antonio) received a three-year, $6 million project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). Through its RESET program, YWCA San Antonio will expand the public health workforce in San Antonio/Bexar County by recruiting and training 60 new community health...

This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226) supports a $400,000 randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a "whole person navigation" intervention for adults with multiple chronic conditions. The intervention combines predictive modeling to identify high-risk patients with a navigation strategy to help guide them in accessing social services and overcoming...

The Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, Inc. (CBWF) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration under the HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.145). The one-year project aims to develop strategic partnerships and build capacity to re-engage people with HIV who have fallen out of care, as well as improve early linkage to primary HIV care services. CBWF will...

This Project Grant award of $186,728 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225) aims to design, implement, and evaluate an intervention to improve linkage to care for people experiencing homelessness after discharge from the emergency department. The key objectives are to (1) understand the facilitators and barriers to linkage-to-care for this population after emergency department discharge,...

The Bexar County Hospital District, doing business as University Health System, was awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CFDA 93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program) to implement the "Connecting Kids to Health Insurance in Bexar County" program. The goal of this 5-year project is to increase enrollment of eligible children and pregnant women in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through community...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects (CFDA 93.048) to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). The two-year project aims to strengthen the coordination and delivery of the Texas No Wrong Door (NWD) system to streamline access to long-term services and supports (LTSS) for Texas residents. Key...

This $385,877 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to optimize the integration of child psychosocial screenings in primary care. The grant will fund the development and testing of the CareLoop intervention, which uses process service mapping to enhance referral and linkage pathways and promote whole-person,...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Bexar County, Texas a $550,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund expansion of Bexar County's existing Specialized Multidisciplinary Alternate Response Team (SMART) program to operate 24/7, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, through September 30, 2025. In year one, funding will support subcontracting...

The Greater Houston Healthconnect Inc. was awarded a $123,809 cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement & Readiness of Public Health via Health Information Exchange Program (CFDA 93.462). The award will support the development of the Healthconnect Electronic Link to Public Health (HELP) application, a public health...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant (CFDA 93.912) to Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro, Inc. dba San Ysidro Health. The 4-year grant will fund the organization's Rural Patient Transportation Program (RPTP) to enhance healthcare access in the rural, mountainous areas of East San Diego County. The RPTP aims to address significant transportation barriers...