This $5,288,000 Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) project grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will fund the renovation and equipping of an 8-chair dental clinic to be co-located with the Penobscot Community Health Center's (PCHC) primary care practice in Belfast, Maine. The project aims to improve access to comprehensive dental services for underserved and low-income residents of Waldo County, which is designated as a health provider shortage area. The grant...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Asian Health Services, a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Oakland, California. The funding will support the construction and equipping of a new 12-chair dental clinic in San Leandro, California. The new clinic will provide comprehensive preventative dental services, including advanced technologies such as a 3D...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $234,700 Project Grant (CFDA 93.779) to Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. The 2-year grant will fund the "Palo Alto Dental Hygiene Access to Care Program" to enhance dental hygiene education and provide specialized healthcare services to the underserved Hispanic community in South San Antonio. Key project components include: Purchasing equipment and technology, such as sleep test kits, CBCT machines, and VELscopes,...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,122,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support construction and renovation activities at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) Division. The funding, awarded on September 30, 2024, will enable UCCS to enhance its healthcare facilities and infrastructure to better serve underserved populations in Colorado. The Congressional Directives program provides...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, doing business as Denver Health, to expand hours at multiple Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites in Denver, Colorado. The funding will enable Denver Health to extend operating hours at its Lowry Family Health Center and Adult Dental and OMFS Clinic...
This $3,321,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support Axis Health System, a non-profit community health center serving rural southwest Colorado, in expanding and enhancing its comprehensive oral, primary, and behavioral healthcare services at its Durango Integrated Healthcare clinic location. Specifically, the funding will be used to purchase additional equipment to increase the...
This federal Project Grant award of $206,194 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry program (CFDA 93.059) will support the Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. (MAHEC) in Asheville, North Carolina. The funding will be used to establish a Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program to recruit and retain qualified oral health practitioners in the rural workforce of Western North Carolina. This program aims...
This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Star Community Health Inc., a non-profit healthcare organization, to replace a mobile dental van that provides oral healthcare services to over 550 students in the Allentown Area School District in Pennsylvania. The funding will allow Star Community Health to continue delivering routine...
This $316,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program will fund the remodel and expansion of the adult primary care clinic at Delta County Memorial Hospital in Colorado. The grant will be used to renovate the 3,750 square foot main clinic floor, creating six additional examination rooms to increase patient capacity and access to adult primary care services in the region. The project will also consolidate provider offices...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) on September 30, 2024. The grant will support renovations and expansions at La Clinica De LOS Campesinos, Inc.'s (doing business as Noble Community Clinics) healthcare facility in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The project will remodel 15,000 square feet of the 40,000 square foot facility to add 12 new...
This $9,000,000 Congressional Directives Project Grant (CFDA 93.493) awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will support the construction and equipping of a new oral health care clinic and dental skills lab at Colorado Mountain College's Vail Valley at Edwards Campus in Eagle County, Colorado. The facility will include 10 dental chairs and 5,382 square feet of program space, allowing dental hygiene students to provide preventive oral health services to patients under the supervision of a partnering dentist from Mountain Family Health Centers. The grant will enable the college to establish a new Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Dental Hygiene degree program, enrolling 20 students per year to help address the critical dental workforce shortage in Colorado's rural western slope region. The project will also significantly increase access to affordable oral healthcare services for an estimated 7,400 underserved, low-income individuals in the area. The award has a performance period from September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2027.