The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $500,000 Formula Grant to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services on October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA #93.092). The grant funds comprehensive family planning, training, and technical assistance services statewide. This includes screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, cancers...
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded a $2,352,877 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program to Ochin, Inc., a non-profit health IT collaborative in Portland, Oregon. The grant, titled "ACCESS: ADVANCING CONTRACEPTIVE EQUITY AND SERVICE UPTAKE THROUGH TELEMEDICINE IN THE US SAFETY-NET, 2019-2025," aims to assess the use of telemedicine for contraceptive services among community health centers...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a mixed-methods study to investigate the impacts of telehealth policies on inequities in access to perinatal behavioral healthcare and associated health outcomes. The $677,945 award to the RAND Corporation, with a sub-award to the Medical University of South Carolina, will: Develop a...
The $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program supports the Maine Mobile Health Program (MMHP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in expanding behavioral health services for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and their families in Maine. The key products and services to be delivered through this two-year award (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026) include: Increasing the number of patients...
This Project Grant award, totaling $474,667 and provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211), will establish the Northern New England - Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning Program (NNE-TCLP). The lead awardee, Medical Care Development, Inc. (MCD), a non-profit public health institute, will collaborate with Dartmouth Health, an academic medical center, to provide training, technical assistance, and capacity...
The Administration for Children and Families awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS). The 3-year grant, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will support PPMNS in providing comprehensive sexual health education and youth development programs to youth aged 10-19 and pregnant/parenting youth under 21. The funding will enable...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2 million Project Grant to Healthy Acadia under the Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP; CFDA #93.211) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant aims to enhance rural tele-emergency services in Ellsworth, Maine through Healthy Acadia's RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE-IMPLEMENTATION project. As described in the federal grant program overview, TNGP funding supports demonstrating how telehealth...
The federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 from the 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) will support the "HEART Project" implemented by Healthy Acadia, a non-profit community health organization in Ellsworth, Maine. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant (9/30/2024 - 9/29/2027)...
This $700,000 five-year Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) supports the Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance's efforts to integrate behavioral health services into primary care through evidence-based telehealth networks. The key products and services to be delivered include: Providing direct clinical services, including individual counseling and assessments for clients with serious mental illness, substance use...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Appalachian District Health Department (doing business as Apphealthcare), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Sparta, North Carolina, to expand access to primary care services for vulnerable populations in Alleghany and Ashe Counties. The funding will allow Apphealthcare to extend weekday clinic hours from 8:00 AM to 8:00...
TITLE X TELEHEALTH PROJECT TO EXPAND ASYNCHRONOUS FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN NEED THROUGHOUT MAINE - MAINE IN GENERAL, AND THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE (FPA) IN PARTICULAR, ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR WHOLEHEARTED AND EARLY EMBRACE OF TELEHEALTH AS A MEANS OF DELIVERING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. IN 2014, USING PRIVATE FUNDS, THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MAINE BECAME ONE OF THE NATION'S FIRST SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROVIDERS TO OFFER MEDICATION ABORTION VIA A TELEHEALTH MODEL. IN DOING SO, THE FPA CREATED AN INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ADEQUATE CONNECTIVITY AT ALL CLINICS, STAFF TRAINING IN VARIOUS TELEHEALTH PLATFORMS, AND EXPERTISE IN BEST PRACTICES IN PROVIDING TELEHEALTH CARE. IN ADDITION TO MEDICATION ABORTION, IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, A PILOT PROGRAM IN TELEHEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING DIRECT-TO-PATIENT CONTRACEPTION, STI TESTING, PREGNANCY TESTING, AND GENDER-AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE WAS ESTABLISHED. WHEN COVID-19 REACHED MAINE IN MARCH OF 2020, THE FPA WAS UNIQUELY WELL-POSITIONED TO RAPIDLY TRANSITION TO PROVIDING CARE VIA TELEHEALTH FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR SERVICES, NEVER CLOSING OUR CLINICS OR DECREASING OUR SERVICE OFFERINGS, AND SERVED AS A THOUGHT LEADER AND RESOURCE FOR OTHERS IN THE FIELD. TO TRULY PROVIDE EQUITABLE OPTIONS TO ACCESSING CARE FOR ALL MAINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES, WHO HAVE LOW INCOMES, AND/OR HAVE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, THE FPA SEEKS TO BROADEN OUR ALREADY ROBUST TELEHEALTH CAPACITY TO INCLUDE A SIMPLE-TO-USE ASYNCHRONOUS TELEHEALTH SERVICE IN COMBINATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENTIRELY MULTI-LINGUAL WEBSITE AND MULTI-LINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS. INTRODUCING AN ASYNCHRONOUS TELEHEALTH SRH SERVICE WITH THE FEATURES DESCRIBED ABOVE HARMONIZES COMPLETELY WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG THE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS APPLICATION, AS WELL THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE FPA TO THE OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS FOR FUNDS TO SUPPORT MAINE'S STATEWIDE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NETWORK.