The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,646,847 Project Grant to the Community Health Center of Lubbock, Inc. (CHCL) to expand behavioral health services in Lubbock County, Texas. The funding will enable CHCL, a Federally Qualified Health Center, to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. CHCL will use...
The 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 Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC), a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in central Texas. This funding will allow LSCC to establish direct substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, at an existing primary care...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Lone Star Community Health Center, Inc. (doing business as Lone Star Family Health Center) to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for underserved populations in Conroe, Texas. The key objectives of this 1-year award, starting September 1, 2024, are to: 1) add a part-time...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded a $2,834,124 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego Office of Contract & Grant Administration under the Health Professions Student Loans, Including Primary Care Loans and Loans for Disadvantaged Students (CFDA 93.342) federal grant program. The grant will support the University's provision of long-term, low-interest loans to students pursuing...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,305,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Chambers County Public Hospital District #1 (CCPHD) and Chambers Community Health Center, Inc. (CCHC) to expand operating hours by 25 hours per week at two service delivery sites, Bayside Clinic and Dayton Medical Center. This funding will support the addition of 2 FTE primary medical care providers, 2 FTE medical assistants, and 0.25 FTE licensed...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) supports Tarleton State University in Texas to enhance healthcare delivery in rural communities. The award will fund the university's efforts to develop a rural health network and improve the quality and coordination of primary care services in underserved...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to Northeast Ohio Medical University under the Health Professions Student Loans, Including Primary Care Loans and Loans for Disadvantaged Students program (CFDA 93.342). The grant will support the provision of long-term, low-interest loans to students pursuing health professions degrees from July 1, 2021 to June 6, 2079 to increase educational...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $402,028 Project Grant to the MHA Health Research & Educational Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement the MS EARN pilot program. This program provided paid, three-semester nursing student externships at the South Sunflower County Hospital, a rural Mississippi hospital, over the 2024-25 academic year. The grant aimed to increase nurse staffing, equip staff to...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Lawndale Christian Health Center $500,000 under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment program (CFDA 93.530) from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025. The objective of this Project Grant funding is to expand primary care medical and dental residency training programs through establishing or expanding residency programs in community-based ambulatory care settings. As the...
The Regional Center For Border Health, Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment (THCGME) program. The two-year grant will support the establishment or expansion of primary care medical and dental residency training programs in community-based ambulatory care settings in Somerton, Arizona through March...
GRANTS TO STATES FOR LOAN REPAYMENT - THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD (THECB) CURRENTLY ADMINISTERS SIX STATE-FUNDED LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS. THE PURPOSE OF TWO STATE-FUNDED LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO PERSONS LOCATED IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS (HPSA) AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO RECIPIENTS UNDER MEDICAID OR CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP). THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM, THECB CAN PROVIDE AID TO ELIGIBLE PRACTICE DISCIPLINES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY COVERED BY STATE-FUNDED LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ENHANCE FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN DISCIPLINES THAT ARE COVERED BY STATE-FUNDED LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1) PROVIDE LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS PRACTICING IN HPSAS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THESE PROFESSIONALS' PROVIDING SERVICES IN THESE AREAS 2) PARTNER WITH FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS), THE STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH (SORH), THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS (TACHC), TEXAS' PRIMARY CARE OFFICE, AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHECS), AND OTHER STATE, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES. IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, THECB DETAILED PLANS FOR EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING SUPPORT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES, AND THE DESIGN OF A STRATEGIC, LONG-TERM PLAN TO REDUCE HEALTH PROVIDER SHORTAGES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THECB PROPOSES TO CONTINUE ITS SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF STATE AND FEDERAL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVES, WHILE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS PRIMARY CARE OFFICE, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, NON-PROFIT HEALTH-CARE ORGANIZATIONS, RURAL HEALTH CLINICS, AND FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONS TO EXPAND THE REACH OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS. FINALLY, THECB WILL PROVIDE STATE AGENCIES AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DATA REGARDING THE SLRP TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN DESIGNING AND PLANNING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRATEGIC LONG-TERM PLAN AIMED AT REDUCING HEALTH PROVIDER SHORTAGES IN TEXAS; THUS, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SHORTAGE AREA DESIGNATIONS AND IMPROVING TEXANS' ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE SERVICES. THECB WILL SUPPORT AND PROMOTE ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN HPSAS.