The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $1,548,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Communityhealth NFP, a non-profit healthcare organization in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support the renovation and expansion of Communityhealth's clinic space to accommodate the growth of its community health worker program. This will enable the organization to increase its capacity to provide preventative care and health education services...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $415,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to Tapestry 360 Health, doing business as Heartland Health Centers, a non-profit healthcare organization in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support the relocation and expansion of Tapestry 360 Health's existing school-based health center located at Gale Elementary School. The project aims to improve access to primary care, behavioral health, and other...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Pillars Community Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in La Grange, Illinois, to expand its operating hours. The funding will be used to establish additional early morning, evening, and weekend hours at the health center, which primarily serves low-income and underserved populations, including individuals experiencing...
The Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has been awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant will fund the establishment of integrated behavioral health services using a hub-and-spoke model across CHP's network of seven health center sites. This will enable CHP to expand mental health and substance use disorder services for its...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau provides $396,000.00 to Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS) to support the organization's efforts to improve healthcare access and quality for rural and underserved populations in Georgia. The funding will be used to purchase high/low exam beds and wheelchair scales to enhance safety and accessibility for CHCS's patients, many of whom have chronic and serious health conditions. This aligns...
The Chicago Family Health Center, Inc. (CFHC) was awarded a $488,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will fund the construction and equipping of an on-site pharmacy at CFHC's facilities in Chicago, Illinois. This will allow CFHC, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving over 34,000 predominantly low-income, minority, and underinsured patients...
This $996,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support the construction of a new community health center operated by Alivio Medical Center, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. The new health center will provide a wide range of services including obstetrics and midwifery with a birthing center, behavioral health, pediatrics, adult and family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, pharmacy, and...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Central Counties Health Centers, Inc. (CCHC) to expand behavioral health services over a 2-year period starting on September 1, 2024. The grant funding will enable CCHC to develop and implement a telepsychiatry program, increase patient access to substance use disorder treatment, and grow its clinical staff supporting the behavioral health program....
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $500,000.00 and provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support the construction of a new medical clinic in the North Kenai/Nikiski area of Alaska. The clinic will be operated by Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Inc. (PCHS), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center, to provide accessible and...
This $280,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the construction of a permanent hotel-based emergency shelter facility in Downers Grove, Illinois by the non-profit organization Dupage P.a.d.s Inc. The award will enable Dupage P.a.d.s Inc., a domestic shelter and housing support service provider, to expand its capacity to address homelessness in DuPage County through the development of...
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - NON-CONSTRUCTION - OR OVER 100 YEARS, PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH) HAS PROVIDED INNOVATIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN WESTERN COOK COUNTY, IL. PCH IS A HRSA FUNDED FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AND HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS) AND AN ILLINOIS LICENSED AND CARF ACCREDITED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUPR PROVIDER. AS WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE NEEDS FOR PHYSICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WE QUICKLY PIVOTED TO PROVIDE IN-PERSON CARE, TELEHEALTH AND OTHER VIRTUAL SERVICES. THE POSITIVE RECEPTION TO THESE SERVICES DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIPLE SERVICE DELIVERY METHODS TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR SERVICE LINES, INCLUDING MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PSYCHIATRY, DENTAL AND DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES. HOWEVER, OUR TARGET POPULATION WHICH INCLUDES LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AS WELL AS THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OFTEN FROM RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO CARE, ARE IN DANGER OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THESE VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS. THE COST OF TECHNOLOGY AND REGULAR CONNECTIVITY CAN BE A BARRIER TO CARE, AS WELL AS LACK OF SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL LIVING SPACE TO ENGAGE WITH A PROVIDER. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH IS CONSTRUCTING TELEHEALTH SUITES AT CURRENT AND NEW PCH LOCATIONS. EACH SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE 1-3 SUITES, CONFIGURED AS PRIVATE SPACE FOR PATIENTS TO ACCESS TELEHEALTH VISITS WITH OUR MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, AND PROVIDE ACCESS FOR VIRTUAL SPECIALTY CARE CONSULT AT THE LOCATION THAT IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR THEM. CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDS OF $345,000 WILL BE UTILIZED FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT INCREASED BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION IN PROVISION OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES ACROSS ALL PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE LINES AND LOCATION. FEDE RAL FUNDING WILL ENABLE PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE MORE ROBUST TELEHEALTH SERVICES, PROMOTE PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHEN NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PATIENTS AND STAFF, REDUCE BARRIERS TO CARE AND OFFER CONSISTENT METHODS TO CONNECT TO SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO PREFER AND HAVE BENEFITTED FROM VIRTUAL CARE.