This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,974,642.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA) through the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program. The grant supports a collaborative effort led by Westcare Kentucky, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide comprehensive substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and recovery services in the rural Appalachian regions of Pike and Letcher Counties in Kentucky. Key...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to Rural Health Inc., a federally qualified health center serving southern Illinois. The 4-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, will expand access to medication-assisted treatment and substance use disorder recovery services in the rural Union, Johnson, and Massac counties. Key objectives include...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Indiana Health Centers Incorporated (IHC). The funding will enable IHC, the only Migrant Health Center in Indiana, to expand access to comprehensive behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, across its network of community health centers serving rural, urban, underserved, and minority populations throughout the...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,250,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program. The grant will support Southern Healthcare Collaboration, Inc., a non-profit organization, in implementing a comprehensive initiative to expand access to substance use disorder treatment and recovery services in the rural Georgia counties of Appling and Bacon. The...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Well Care Community Health Inc., a non-profit community health center, to expand its integrated behavioral health services in 31 zip codes across southeast and south-central Indiana. The funding will support a multidisciplinary team including nurse practitioners, psychologists, case managers, recovery coaches, and other healthcare professionals to...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,750,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to St. Mary's Community Hospital in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The 4-year award (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2028) will support the expansion of the hospital's "Comeback E.R.A. (Eradicating Rural Addiction)" program to address the opioid epidemic in southeast Nebraska. Key objectives include: expanding...
This $3,750,000 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Impact (RCORP-IMPACT) award, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.155 Rural Health Research Centers), will establish the ATLAS Center in southeast Kentucky to enhance substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services. Key objectives include expanding access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and evidence-based, trauma-informed counseling, increasing certified peer support specialist...
This federal Project Grant award of $450,000.00 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Graduate Psychology Education (CFDA 93.191) program supports Indiana University in training doctoral-level health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health care. The funding will enable the university to develop a workforce capable of delivering team-based, trauma-informed behavioral health services with a focus...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers (CFDA 93.155) program to Memorial Regional Health, located in Craig, Colorado. The grant supports a 4-year project (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2028) to transform the community's response to substance use disorder (SUD) and address urgent needs in the rural Grand, Moffat, and Routt counties of northwest Colorado. Key project...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Four County Comprehensive Mental Health Center Inc. (doing business as 4C Health), a non-profit hospital organization based in Rochester, Indiana. The 5-year REACH (Rural Enhancement and Access for Consumers Experiencing Homelessness) project aims to: 1) increase...
This $3,750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) will enable Centerstone of Indiana Inc., a non-profit organization, to expand access to substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, recovery, and supportive services for 550 individuals across 7 rural counties in southern Indiana over a 4-year period from September 2024 to August 2028. The project will leverage a diverse network of healthcare, workforce development, justice, and community-based organizations to provide evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment, counseling, peer support, and social services. The project aims to address the significant unmet need for SUD/OUD services in the region, where an estimated 26,700+ residents aged 12 and older require but are not receiving treatment.