This $20,000,000 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 support the Regional Medical Center at Lubec, Inc. in constructing a new healthcare facility in East Machias, Maine. The new facility will increase access to both medical and dental services in the underserved Washington County area by adding an additional medical provider, a dentist, and a dental hygienist to...
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 Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Eastport Health Care, Inc. a $281,400 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant will fund construction and renovation projects at Eastport Health Care's rural health care facilities in Eastport, Maine between March 2022 and March 2024. The Community Facilities program aims to improve essential services for rural communities by supporting construction and repair of hospitals,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $5,416,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Calais Community Hospital (CCH) in Calais, Maine. The purpose of this 3-year award, effective from September 2024 to September 2027, is to establish a new rural health clinic in the underserved community of Baileyville, Maine. Key project objectives include upgrading the facility's infrastructure to meet health and safety standards, expanding clinical...
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...
The federal Project Grant award of $119,000.00, awarded on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251), will support a wide range of economic and community development activities to be carried out by the prime awardee, Mainehealth, a non-profit healthcare system based in Portland, Maine. The...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $15,000,000 Project Grant to Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH) to expand and renovate the hospital's emergency department (ED). The funding will enable MDIH, a critical access hospital serving Maine's Downeast region, to triple the size of its ED, improve patient privacy, increase capacity for behavioral health care, and enhance infectious disease management capabilities. The...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $5,288,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to the Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) in Belfast, Maine. The funding will be used to renovate approximately 4,500 SF of existing PCHC-owned space and purchase equipment to open a new 8-chair dental clinic co-located with PCHC's primary care practice. The goal is to significantly improve access to comprehensive oral healthcare services for...
This $3,291,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will support Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) to renovate a leased space and create an oncology survivorship program in Brewer, Maine. The project will establish a new survivorship clinic to provide holistic care, including physical, educational, psychosocial, and functional support, for several hundred cancer survivors annually in the...
This Project Grant award of $500,000 was provided by the Healthcare Systems Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493). The funding will support the expansion and renovation of the Healthfirst Family Care Center's facilities in Franklin, New Hampshire. Specifically, the grant will enable Healthfirst to acquire and renovate an adjacent building, referred to as "the Annex," to integrate it with the existing health...
This Project Grant award of $20,244,000, provided under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), supports the construction of a new 18,000 sq. ft. community health center facility for Eastport Health Care, Inc. (EHC) in Eastport, Maine. EHC, a federally qualified health center, will use the funding to build a new multi-purpose facility that will house expanded primary care, behavioral health, and dental services, as well as a diabetes center, in-house pharmacy, and community room. The project aims to improve healthcare access and quality for underserved populations in Washington County. EHC has also secured additional grant funding from the USDA and Maine CDC to support the new facility's construction and back-up power infrastructure. The project is expected to be completed by September 2027.