Project Grant 07SA6198

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) provides $2,000,000 to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, located in Vancouver, Washington, to renovate and expand its emergency department. The renovation project will upgrade 14,336 square feet of the existing emergency department facility to enhance care delivery for the community, which is expected to see a 6.4% population increase over...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,200,000 and effective September 1, 2024, was issued by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) under the State Capacity Building Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.240). The program aims to identify and mitigate potential health risks associated with hazardous waste sites, environmental contamination, and toxic substance exposures. The primary objectives of this award are to conduct site-specific health assessments, develop public...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $4,000,000 Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) project grant to the State of Alaska Department of Health to implement an electronic health record (EHR) system. The award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, will replace the agency's 35+-year-old legacy system, which has become difficult to maintain and lacks the comprehensive capabilities needed to effectively address the community health needs of Alaskans. The new EHR...

This Project Grant award of $3,000,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the County of Summers, West Virginia, in partnership with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc., dba Summers County ARH Hospital. The funding will assist with the renovation of the hospital's emergency department, transforming the current 1,808 square foot facility into an approximately 5,300 square foot renovated space that...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), provides $1,200,000 to Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc., doing business as Evara Health, to expand behavioral health services in Pinellas County, Florida. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: Establishing three designated behavioral health hubs and adding three full-time behavioral health therapists to increase...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Inc. to expand clinical space and services at the East Baltimore Medical Center (EBMC), a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the East Baltimore community. The funding will support the redesign and renovation of 3,000 square feet of underutilized space on the 3rd floor of the EBMC building. This will add at...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $1.1 million cooperative agreement to the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange DBA Access Health CT from September 10, 2021 through September 9, 2022. The funding supports the State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act's Exchanges program (CFDA #93.525), which aims to modernize or update systems, programs, and technologies necessary to implement provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act that impact premium...

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $986,329 cooperative agreement to the Washington Health Benefit Exchange to support the State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Exchanges program (CFDA 93.525). The purpose of this award is to modernize or update any system, program, or technology that is necessary for implementation of Sections 9661 and 9663 of the American Rescue Plan Act, which make changes to...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will fund an expansion of the emergency department at Minneola District Hospital in Kansas. The grant, provided under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will allow the hospital to add approximately 250 square feet of space to the emergency department, creating two additional treatment areas and increasing capacity to serve patients during surge...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (CFDA 93.113 Environmental Health) to Emory University for $599,416 will develop, test, and apply new statistical methods to address analytical challenges in environmental epidemiology. The key products and services to be delivered include: Bayesian scalar-on-quantile-function regression models to estimate associations between aggregated health outcomes and population-wide exposure distributions, motivated by...