Project Grant G3955177

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) to the Hospital Authority of Jenkins County, Georgia. The grant will fund the establishment of a stationary overdose response and decontamination expansion project within the Jenkins County Medical Center's Emergency Department. The project aims to enhance overdose prevention, emergency resuscitation efforts, and patient safety measures by distributing Narcan, acquiring automated CPR devices, creating a decontamination area with showers, and collaborating with local primary care providers for routine substance use disorder screening. By improving emergency response infrastructure and increasing community access to harm reduction tools, this initiative seeks to reduce opioid overdose deaths, improve survival rates, and enhance sanitation capabilities for patients experiencing substance-related emergencies. The project performance period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.