DLT opioid grants

This federal Project Grant award of $676,817 was made on August 7, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant recipient, Access Health Louisiana (AHL), is a network of Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides healthcare services to over 44,500 patients annually across 12 Louisiana parishes. The funding will be used to support AHL's telemedicine and distance learning initiatives that leverage advanced telecommunications technologies to deliver educational and medical resources remotely to rural populations. As both a prime and sub-award recipient, AHL has a history of partnering with various organizations to improve telemedicine access, enhance community health center capacity, and provide specialized medical education and training programs.