The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to The Providence Community Health Centers, Inc., a non-profit organization in Providence, Rhode Island. The funding will support the expansion of the organization's Central Health Center, which provides primary care, pediatric, OB/GYN, and behavioral health services to the Medicaid population in a medically underserved and provider shortage area. The...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau was provided under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to fund construction projects. The award was made on September 30, 2023 to the non-profit Tri-County Community Action Agency, doing business as Tri-Town Economic Opportunity Committee, located in North Providence, RI. This funding will support the construction and renovation of healthcare...
This $2,000,000 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding/Congressional Directed Spending award (CFDA 14.251) was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development to the City of East Providence, RI on August 13, 2024. The grant supports a wide range of economic and community development activities that are intended to create jobs, foster business growth, and provide targeted support to the local...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $8,508,531 Project Grant on February 1, 2025 to the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) in Newport, RI under the Head Start (CFDA 93.600) program. This five-year award will support EBCAP's delivery of comprehensive early childhood education and development services, including educational, health, nutritional, and social services, to low-income families in the East Bay region of Rhode Island....
This $6,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support critical capital improvements and upgrades to the Federal Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) facilities operated by Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) in Providence. The funding will enable FSRI to install a new ADA-compliant elevator, create 14 additional office spaces on the second floor to meet increasing...
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $3,960,000 Congressional Directive grant (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) to The Providence Center, Inc., a non-profit organization in Providence, Rhode Island. The purpose of this Project Grant is to upgrade the network infrastructure of The Providence Center's flagship facility to enhance their organizational capacity to conduct telehealth behavioral health care. This funding will enable The Providence Center to greatly expand their...
This federal Project Grant award of $199,896.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program), supports the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) in Newport, Rhode Island. The goal of this two-year award (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026) is to prevent re-victimization of survivors by linking them with basic needs (e.g., health insurance, food pantry) and connecting them to community support services (e.g.,...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $546,000, was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Day One, a non-profit organization in Providence, Rhode Island. The funding will be used to make critical improvements to Day One's physical facility, including repointing 25% of the brick exterior, painting and reflooring the interior, and replacing aging building systems. These infrastructure upgrades will...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Saint Antoine Residence, a non-profit organization in North Smithfield, RI. The grant will fund the construction and renovation of existing space to create a new memory care assisted living program for older Rhode Islanders. The project aims to develop a more integrated model of care that brings skilled healthcare services to assisted living residents with...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,600,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support Codac Inc., a non-profit behavioral healthcare organization in Cranston, Rhode Island, in the construction and renovation of an integrated behavioral health and medical center in Providence, RI. The award, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will enable Codac Inc. to expand its capacity to...
This Project Grant award, valued at $1,500,000 and issued on September 30, 2024, supports the East Bay Community Action Program (EBCAP) in Rhode Island under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The funding will enable EBCAP to rehabilitate multiple agency-owned, multi-unit rental residential properties to house extremely low-income and low-income community residents, particularly Medicaid-eligible and high-risk patients. Additionally, the grant will allow EBCAP to refurbish and outfit a 1,019 square foot vacant area adjacent to a new behavioral health suite in order to expand its primary care clinical space. This expansion is intended to increase EBCAP's capacity to address its primary care waiting list and provide same-day acute care services to the communities it serves from its East Providence facility.