This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $3,189,610.00 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop and test a novel "Coalition for Harm Reduction and Prevention" (CHRP) hub-and-spoke model. This model aims to help rural outpatient clinics in Michigan adopt effective prevention and harm reduction services, with a focus on reducing disparities, to address the...
This $600,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The award will fund West County Health Centers, Inc. to significantly expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) and substance use disorder/opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD) treatment, as well as provide increased mental health counseling services for the unsheltered population and youth/young adults in western Sonoma...
The Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (AMCHC) received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The award will fund the implementation of a Behavioral Health Services Expansion (BHSE) project focused on adding a specialty mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinic, including an individualized outpatient program (IOP) and medication for...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,200,000 to the County of Missoula, Montana to expand mental health, substance use disorder, and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services. The project aims to increase access to these critical behavioral health services for underserved populations, including people experiencing homelessness, low-income and food insecure individuals,...
This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand and enhance its integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including the provision of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a...
This $1,200,000 FY 2024 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Northern Counties Health Care, Inc. (NCHC) to expand behavioral health services in Vermont's medically underserved Northeast Kingdom region. The project aims to enhance counseling access, increase medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, and improve overall...
This $501,970 Project Grant award, funded under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), will support the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC) in developing a Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) plan for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians and Urban Indian Health Centers serving the American Indian/Alaska Native population...
This Project Grant award of $1,797,468.00 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Native Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving the urban American Indian/Alaska Native population in Maricopa County, Arizona, to expand its current substance use and mental health services. Specifically, the grant will fund the addition of prevention, intervention, and treatment services for opioid use...
This $1,100,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable the Erie County Health Department and Erie County Community Health Center (ECHD/ECCHC) to expand access to behavioral health services for individuals struggling with substance use disorders, opioid use, and co-occurring mental health issues in the high-risk rural service area of Erie, Huron, and Ottawa counties in Ohio. The key...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $58,951,550 Project Grant (CFDA 93.243) to the New Mexico Department of Human Services to address the opioid use disorder crisis in the state. The 3-year grant, which commenced on September 30, 2024, will be used to expand evidence-based practices in prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services related to opioid use disorder, including an innovative...
RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE-IMPLEMENTATION - THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN OPIOID RESPONSE CONSORTIUM (NMORC) EXPANSION PROJECT WILL UTILIZE A ROBUST STAFFING MODEL AND KEY TARGETED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE CORE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE HRSA RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. ALL CORE ACTIVITIES ARE ADDRESSED AND TARGETED AT FOUR NEW COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT NMORC REGION: GRAND TRAVERSE, BENZIE, LEELANAU AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. THE NMORC EXPANSION PROJECT WILL ALLOW EXPANSION OF CURRENT NMORC RESOURCES TO FOUR NEW COUNTIES; GRAND TRAVERSE, BENZIE, LEELANAU AND MANISTEE AND PROVIDE A VARIETY OF NEW RESOURCES TO THESE COUNTIES WHICH ARE UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF THESE THREE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES. THESE FOUR COUNTIES ARE ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT NMORC COUNTIES, ARE COVERED BY THE CURRENT NMORC MEMBER LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, PRE-PAID INPATIENT HEALTH PLANS, AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND HAVE STARK NEEDS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND OPIOID USE DISORDER. IN ADDITION, THESE FOUR COUNTIES ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE CDC AS A DETERMINED TO BE EXPERIENCING OR AT-RISK OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN HEPATITIS INFECTION OR AN HIV OUTBREAK DUE TO INJECTION DRUG USE . THE EXPANSION INTO THE TWO NEW COUNTIES WILL BRING IN 15 NEW MEMBERS, INCLUDING THREE NEW HOSPITALS (MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER, MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL, PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL), ONE NEW FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (TRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC), FOUR PREVENTION COALITIONS (LEELANAU COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION, GRAND TRAVERSE DRUG FREE COALITION, SUBSTANCE FREE COALITION OF NW MICHIGAN, FAMILIES AGAINST NARCOTICS - GRANT TRAVERSE), A RECOVERY HOME (PROJECT UNITY), TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS (BENZIE MANISTEE DRUG COURT, BENZIE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT), A TRIBAL PARTNER (GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS), TWO DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS (GRAND TRAVERSE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH, BENZIE LEELANAU DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT) AND A COMMUNITY PARTNER (S ALVATION ARMY). A DETAILED LISTING OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS IS PROVIDED IN ATTACHMENT 2. THE NMORC EXPANSION PROJECT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE AN ALREADY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE (NMORC) INTO THREE NEW COUNTIES AND PROVIDE A VARIETY OF RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF GRAND TRAVERSE, BENZIE, LEELANAU AND MANISTEE COUNTIES.