The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $9,975,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Central Maine Community College (CMCC) for the Healthcare Training Expansion Project. The grant will fund a 7,200-square-foot addition to CMCC's Kirk Hall to support the growth of the nursing program, add new healthcare degree programs such as surgical technology, update science labs, improve exercise science programs, and enhance short-term...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,100,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives program) will enable Southern Maine Community College (a sub-awardee of the Maine Community College System) to renovate a floor of its Health Science Building to create a state-of-the-art healthcare simulation center. The simulation center will provide students preparing for careers in healthcare with a realistic, hands-on learning environment to practice...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Guadalupe County Hospital, a rural emergency hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the upgrade of the hospital's radiology department, including the replacement of obsolete equipment and unsupported technology. Specifically, the project will install a new 128 CT scanner, a fully digital X-ray suite with...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau awarded a $9,048,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to The Aroostook Medical Center, a non-profit hospital in Presque Isle, Maine. The grant funding will be used to replace and upgrade the hospital's aging radiation treatment equipment for cancer patients, which is the only such facility serving the 67,255 residents of Aroostook County. The project will purchase a new linear accelerator...
This federal Project Grant award of $577,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau was provided to the Elliot Hospital of the City of Manchester in New Hampshire under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program. The funding will be used to upgrade the hospital's mammography imaging capabilities by replacing aging equipment with high-resolution 3D mammography technology. This upgrade will enable the hospital to take one tomographic image and...
This Project Grant award of $417,764 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) supports the Rural Northern Maine Respiratory Therapy Program (RNMRTP). The goals of the RNMRTP are to increase the availability of respiratory therapy (RT) services in rural northern Maine, support the...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support a $36 million expansion and renovation of the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care (HACCC) operated by Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, Maine. The $2,000,000 grant will specifically fund the second phase of the project, which involves 18,386 square feet of renovations to the existing facility. The expansion and renovations...
This $1,650,000 Project Grant award from the Healthcare Systems Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will fund the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to enhance its on-campus health clinic. The grant will enable UAH to acquire new patient examination and diagnostic equipment, including a digital x-ray system, as well as upgrade electronic medical record capabilities and patient flow management systems. This...
This $750,000 Project Grant award under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund construction projects by Mainehealth, a non-profit healthcare system based in Portland, Maine. The award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports the expansion and renovation of healthcare facilities to enhance service delivery in Maine communities. As a major healthcare provider in the region, Mainehealth has a track record of implementing federal grants and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $39,572,000 project grant to Millinocket Regional Hospital (MRH) in Millinocket, Maine. The grant will fund a comprehensive renovation and expansion of MRH's emergency department (ED) to triple its capacity and add specialized treatment rooms for cardiac, trauma, psychiatric, and substance use disorder patients. This critical infrastructure project aims to improve...