Project Grant H2E50166

This Project Grant award, totaling $556,806.00, was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The project aims to assess the causal effects of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) on students' short- and long-term health care utilization, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes. Using difference-in-difference models, the research will examine...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Spring Branch Community Health Center (SBCHC), a non-profit organization in Houston, Texas. This grant will fund SBCHC's FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project, which aims to significantly increase access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) program to the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA). The project, titled "Care Coordination in Rural School-Based Health Centers for Improving Health Outcomes," aims to embed care coordination in 11 school-based health centers across New Mexico and West Virginia to serve Hispanic, Native American, rural...

This Project Grant award of $415,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provided under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support Tapestry 360 Health's (dba Heartland Health Centers) initiative to relocate and expand the existing school-based health center (SBHC) at Gale Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois. The expanded SBHC will increase the number of exam rooms from two to four, add a behavioral healthcare office, and provide a separate...

The Centro De Servicios Primarios De Salud De Patillas, Inc. (CSPSP) was awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in Patillas, Puerto Rico over a two-year period. The funding will enable CSPSP, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to significantly increase access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment for a projected 600 new patients, including...

This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), provides $1,200,000 to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center to implement the "Implementing SBIRT Statewide in School-Based Health Centers" project. The project aims to increase the capacity of New Mexico's state-funded school-based health centers to effectively and consistently deliver Screening, Brief...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. (BCHS) to expand behavioral health services in New Orleans, Louisiana. BCHS, a non-profit community-based healthcare provider, will use the 2-year grant, with an award date of September 1, 2024, to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Key services to be...

This $4,800,000 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 Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center's (SBCHC) efforts to co-locate and integrate comprehensive health and workforce training services in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The funding will enable SBCHC, a Federally Qualified Health Center, to renovate a repurposed school facility to house its dental, primary medical, and...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,190,048 Project Grant to Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in western Wisconsin. The grant will fund the expansion of behavioral health services, including adding four licensed counselors, a registered nurse, psychiatric consultation, behavioral health care coordinators, training...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,800,000 to the County of Santa Barbara Public Health Department (SBCPHD) to expand behavioral health services across its network of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and homeless shelter-based clinics. The funding will enable SBCPHD to hire an additional full-time behavioral health specialist and administrative staff, as well as contract for...