The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 FY 2024 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Southside Medical Center, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. The grant supports the expansion and enhancement of primary healthcare services, including behavioral health services, for underserved and vulnerable populations in the Metro Atlanta area. Southside Medical Center, a Federally Qualified Health...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $140,203 Project Grant to Southside Medical Center, Inc. - a nonprofit community healthcare provider in Atlanta, Georgia - under the Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527). This federal grant funding allows Southside Medical Center to provide comprehensive primary and preventative care, mental healthcare, substance abuse services, dental care, testing,...
The federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) will support Southside Medical Center, Inc. in delivering a comprehensive set of healthcare services and transition support for justice-involved populations in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. The key products and services to be provided under this two-year award...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand access to primary care services for underserved and low-income populations in North Georgia. The grant will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services to expand weeknight and weekend hours for family practice and pediatric care at three of its medical...
The Delta Health Center (DHC) was awarded a $450,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The purpose of the grant is to improve and expand access to and coordination of perinatal health care services for low-income women in a 12-county area in the Mississippi Delta region, which has been designated as a...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a $600,000 two-year Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Curtis V Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Savannah, Georgia. The grant aims to expand access to integrated behavioral health services, including mental health treatment and substance use disorder (SUD) services, for underserved and vulnerable populations in Chatham, Bryan, and Effingham counties....
This federal Project Grant award of $899,978, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912), will support the "ALARISE" (Resources Information Support and Empowerment) maternal care coordination program delivered by the West Central Alabama AHEC (WCAAHEC). The key objectives of the project are to: implement a...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The project, titled "Inverting the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services with Community Resource Hubs: A Metro-Wide Patient-Centered Social Needs Referral Network," aims to improve hypertension control and address food...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Christ Community Health Services Augusta, Inc. (CCH) to expand behavioral health services in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. Specifically, the grant funding will enable CCH to add new full-time behavioral health providers, including three focused on adult patients and one...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health awarded a $599,887 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the "Delta Maternal Outreach and Transformational Health Education Resource (Delta Mother)" project. The goal of the Delta Mother project is to create community-level health initiatives that lead to a reduction in maternal...
HEALTHY START INITIATIVE-ELIMINATING RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES - HEALTHY START (HS) FUNDING WILL ENABLE SOUTHSIDE MEDICAL CENTER, A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, TO ADD CASE MANAGEMENT/CARE COORDINATION AND COUNSELING SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME, BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC/LATINA WOMEN, THEIR PARTNERS AND CHILDREN, AND ENHANCED EDUCATION REGARDING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS INCLUDING HEALTHY AND SAFE INFANT AND TODDLER CARE PRACTICES TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES PRE-CONCEPTION, PRENATAL, POSTPARTUM, INTERCONCEPTION, FAMILY PLANNING; AND PEDIATRIC SERVICES. OUR TARGET POPULATION HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF 2022 CLOSURES OF TWO HOSPITALS WHICH SERVED OUR TARGET AREA CHARACTERIZED BY LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED RESIDENTS; HIGH INDEX SCORES OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; MULTIPLE BARRIERS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS WHICH IMPACT ACCESS AND OUTCOMES OF CARE INCLUDE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE RATES OF INFANT MORTALITY, PRE-TERM BIRTHS, AND LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BIRTHS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE ADDITIONS TO OUR MENU OF SERVICES IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PREGNANCY; PREVENT POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE AT HIGHER RISK; PROVIDE EARLY TREATMENT FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE; AND TO ULTIMATELY REDUCE DISPARITIES IN RATES OF MATERNAL AND INFANT DEATHS DURING THE PERINATAL PERIOD; REDUCING MORBIDITIES DUE TO PRE-TERM AND/OR LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BIRTHS. SOUTHSIDE PROPOSES TO SERVE ELIGIBLE WOMEN, FATHERS/PARTNERS, INFANTS AND TODDLERS RESIDING IN FULTON, DEKALB, AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN GEORGIA TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS SERVICE FOR THE MOM, BABY AND FAMILY FROM PRE-CONCEPTION TO PRENATAL TO POSTPARTUM AND INFANCY AS WELL AS A FULL RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES, THUS PREVENTING GAPS IN CARE FROM MOVING BETWEEN HEALTHY START ORGANIZATIONS AND SEPARATE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AND PEDIATRIC CARE. WE WILL OFFER EVIDENCE-BASED CENTERING PREGNANCY AND CENTERING PARENTING GROUP-BASED SESSIONS ALONGSIDE PRENATAL AND P EDIATRIC APPOINTMENTS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EMPOWER CONFIDENCE IN NEW PARENTS. IF HRSA OPTS TO SELECT SOUTHSIDE AS A HEALTHY START GRANTEE FOR A REDUCED AREA, WE ARE WILLING TO WORK TO ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT OUTLINING AMENDED PROJECT AREAS THAT DO NOT OVERLAP WHICH SPECIFIES THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GRANTEES; OUTLINE PARTNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUTREACH, RECRUITMENT AND REFERRALS TO ASSURE NO OVERLAP; AND ALLOW BOTH GRANTEES TO SERVE 700 PARTICIPANTS ANNUALLY.