The Pocahontas Memorial Hospital (PMH) was awarded a $18,000,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to fund a critical expansion and modernization of their healthcare facilities. The grant will enable PMH, the primary medical provider for a rural Appalachian community, to renovate and add 7,269 square feet to their hospital, increasing the total facility size to 37,542 square feet. Key components...
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 federal Project Grant award from the Healthcare Systems Bureau (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will provide $316,000.00 to Delta County Memorial Hospital in Colorado to remodel and expand their adult primary care clinic. The funding will be used to create six additional examination rooms and implement a "provider pod" concept to increase patient access and the volume of adult primary care...
The Economic Development Administration awarded Pueblo Community College $6.08 million under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program on November 10, 2021 to redevelop two floors of the St. Mary Corwin Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado. This will allow PCC to expand vocational training programs in healthcare and develop space to train additional healthcare workers to address future coronavirus outbreaks, staffing shortages, and growing demand for nurses. Once...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver Health) to accelerate cancer screening initiatives. The 2-year award, running from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will support Denver Health's efforts to expand access to comprehensive, culturally competent primary healthcare services for underserved and...
This $2,800,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau will support the expansion and modernization of the Regional Cancer Center operated by Southern Vermont Health Care Corporation (SVMC) in Bennington, Vermont. The funding is provided through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), which enables Congress to directly fund specific community healthcare projects. This project grant will allow SVMC to implement...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has awarded a $5,410,000 Project Grant to Vail Clinic Inc., doing business as Vail Health Hospital, to implement a Congressionally directed construction project. This grant is funded under CFDA 93.493, the Congressional Directives program, which supports special projects and programs identified by Congress, primarily in healthcare, mental health, substance abuse, and community...
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $560,813 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program to the Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) in Pueblo, Colorado. The grant will fund PCHC's efforts to 1) increase the number of patients receiving mental health services, and 2) increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment. PCHC...
This $10,000,000 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) supports construction and facility improvements for the Grays Harbor County Public Hospital District #1, operating as Summit Pacific Medical Center, a local government-owned hospital in Elma, Washington. The project is intended to enhance rural healthcare infrastructure and community-based healthcare programs in...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $1,113,000 Project Grant to the Eastern RIO Blanco County Health Service District, doing business as Pioneers Medical Center, under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). This funding supports the construction and improvement of community healthcare facilities in rural Colorado to enhance healthcare infrastructure and services for underserved populations, including veterans. Pioneers Medical Center is a non-profit...
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (PMC) IS A 501 (C) (3) NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL THAT SERVES UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, AND INSURED RESIDENTS. PUEBLO COUNTY IS ONE OF THE LARGER COUNTIES GEOGRAPHICALLY IN COLORADO WITH A TOTAL LAND AREA OF 45.1 SQUARE MILES AND A TOTAL POPULATION OF 168,424 RESIDENTS. OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF PUEBLO COUNTY, 10.5 PERCENT LIVE BELOW POVERTY LEVEL, COMPARED TO 9.3 PERCENT FOR COLORADO. PMC IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL SERVING PATIENTS IN ALL SOUTHERN COLORADO. PMC HAS A PREDOMINANT PAYER MIX OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED INSURANCE, 54% MEDICARE AND 27% MEDICAID. PMC SEES ON AVERAGE 1,400 INPATIENTS EACH MONTH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT BEING PUEBLO COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THE REMAINING 20 PERCENT OF PATIENTS ARE FROM OUTLYING SOUTHERN COLORADO COUNTIES AND BEYOND. PMC IS ESTABLISHING A NEW CANCER CENTER ON ITS CAMPUS, THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF CANCER SERVICES FOR PATIENTS IN ONE LOCATION. CHEMOTHERAPY INFUSIONS, RADIATION THERAPY, AND PHYSICIAN CONSULTATIONS WILL BE OFFERED AT THIS NEW LOCATION. THIS ENDEAVOR HAS BEEN STRATEGICALLY CONSIDERED BY THE HOSPITAL BOARD, LEADERSHIP, AND WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS, AS A COMMUNITY IMPERATIVE TO INCREASE ACCESS AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR A REGION CURRENTLY SERVED ONLY BY DISPARATE PROVIDERS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SERVICE MARKET ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT UP TO ONE-THIRD OF PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY SEEK CANCER CARE IN ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY FOR SURGERY (18%), RADIATION (20%), OR CHEMOTHERAPY (30%). FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY IN PUEBLO, A PATIENT HAS A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM FOR BREAST CANCER IN ONE FACILITY, SEES A SURGEON IN ANOTHER FACILITY, THEN AN ONCOLOGIST IN ANOTHER FACILITY FOLLOWED BY SURGERY AND/OR CHEMOTHERAPY IN YET ANOTHER FACILITY. CANCER IS A DIFFICULT DISEASE TO BEGIN WITH, WITHOUT HAVING NO NAVIGATE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO SEEK ADVICE OR TREATMENT. OUR HOPE IS TO CREATE A ONE-STOP-SHOP AROUND CANCER CARE, AND TO STREAMLINE THE DELIVERY OF CANCER CARE FOR THE PUEBLO COMMUNITY. WE ANTICIPATE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CANCER TYPES IN THIS FACILITY, WHILE CONTINUING TO ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES, ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY FOR OUR VULNERABLE BLUE-COLLAR POPULATION.' DATA AND NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INDICATE THAT THE PROVISION OF CANCER CARE SERVICES IN A SINGLE LOCATION CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVED PATIENT SATISFACTION, BETTER TREATMENT, AND PROVISION OF CARE.