This Project Grant award of $1,078,365.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases (CFDA 93.257) program supports the Northern Navajo Indian Health Service Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (NNIHS RESEP). The NNIHS RESEP aims to provide cancer screening, diagnostic testing, education, and assistance with Radiation...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases (CFDA 93.257) program provides $646,818 to IHC Health Services Inc. (doing business as Intermountain Healthcare) to continue operating the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) Clinic in southwestern Utah and adjacent regions. The RESEP Clinic will provide cancer screening, education, and...
This $647,019 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) supports the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (CFDA 93.257). The funding will enable the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to provide medical screenings, diagnostic testing, treatment referrals, public health education, and assistance with Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims for populations at...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases program (CFDA 93.257) provides $431,346 to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) to deliver a comprehensive program of radiation exposure screening, education, and medical referrals in the state of New Mexico. The program aims to inform and...
The Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) was awarded a $419,432 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases (CFDA 93.257) program. The grant will fund TCRHCC's Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP), which aims to address critical health needs of Navajo, Hopi, and San Juan Southern Paiute...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a 3-year Project Grant of $646,743 to National Jewish Health, a private non-profit academic medical center in Denver, Colorado, under the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (CFDA 93.257). The grant will fund the provision of medical screening, education, diagnostic testing, treatment referrals, and assistance with Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims for...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $431,346 Project Grant to North Country Healthcare, Inc., a federally qualified health center located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The grant is provided under the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (CFDA 93.257), which aims to screen individuals for cancer and provide education and assistance related to radiation exposure from uranium mining, nuclear weapons testing, and related...
This Project Grant award of $999,836.00 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will allow the Utah Navajo Health System Inc. (UNHS) to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in its service area covering San Juan County, Utah and parts of the Navajo Nation. Specifically, the funding will enable UNHS to increase the total number of patients receiving mental health services by 60 in Year 1 and 90 in Year...
This federal Project Grant award of $8,344,000.00 was made on September 30, 2023 by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The award was made under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), which funds a range of special projects and programs identified by Congress, primarily in the areas of healthcare, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and community development. The award to the Navajo Nation Tribal...
This federal Project Grant award of $599,361.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), Assistance Listing (CFDA) Number 10.868. The grant supports the awardee, Desert Rose Inn L.L.C., in implementing renewable energy system (RES) and energy efficiency improvement (EEI) initiatives at their hotel and cabins facility located in White Mesa, Utah. The 24-month award period runs from May...
The Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. (UNHS) was awarded a $294,910 Project Grant under the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The RESEP program (CFDA 93.257) aims to provide medical screening, education, and compensation assistance for populations exposed to radiation through uranium mining, nuclear weapons testing, and related activities.
Through this 3-year grant, the UNHS RESEP project will serve a population of primarily Navajo and White residents in parts of southeastern Utah, including some of the most remote frontier areas in the state. The key services provided under this award include medical screening for radiogenic cancers and diseases, early detection and referrals, follow-up and case management, community education and outreach, and assistance with Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims. The program also coordinates care and provides RECA eligibility assistance to the target population.