The federal Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) was granted to Unison Behavioral Health, a non-profit organization in Waycross, Georgia. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, will support the organization's efforts to enhance behavioral health services and community support in rural Georgia. Specifically, the grant funding will enable Unison...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including the provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, in its service area in North Georgia. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a two-track system of...
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) of Georgia was awarded a $2,000,000 per year Project Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The 5-year grant, titled "Promoting the Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care: Georgia (PIPBHC-GA)", aims to develop a novel model for...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program supports the Delta Health Center, Inc. (DHC) in Mound Bayou, Mississippi to expand the availability, accessibility, and utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services across its network of 11 primary care access points. The key goals of the Behavioral Health Services Expansion project are to: 1) Integrate addiction treatment...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Universal Community Health Center (UCHC) to expand mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services in South Los Angeles. Through this FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion initiative, UCHC will increase the number of patients receiving MH and SUD services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The...
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 Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc. (CVCPHC), a non-profit organization based in Savannah, Georgia. The grant funding will be used to: Increase and expand access to behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured...
The 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 Alabama Regional Medical Services, doing business as Birmingham Health Care, to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The grant will fund the integration of a multi-disciplinary behavioral health team into the organization's primary care services to provide diagnostic...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will support the Healing Community Center (HEAL) in Atlanta, Georgia to expand behavioral health services for underserved populations. The funding will enable HEAL to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder....
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Christ Community Health Services Augusta, Inc. to expand its behavioral health services in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. The funding will support the addition of new full-time behavioral health providers, including three focused on adult patients and one on pediatrics/adolescents. It will...
This $499,918 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program will allow the Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS) to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to underserved American Indian populations in southeastern Utah. Specifically, the funding will enable UNHS to increase the total number of mental health patients served at its health centers by 60 patients in Year 1...
UBH SM-21-014 CMHC - UNISON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (UBH) IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY NET PROVIDER OF MENTAL HEALTHAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES FOR 8 RURAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH GEORGIA. WITH A CMHC GRANT, UBH WILL RESTORE AND SUSTAIN ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WHICH WERE RESTRICTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED) AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD) RESIDING IN THE UBH REGION. THE UBH SERVICE AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ATKINSON, BACON, BRANTLEY, CHARLTON, CLINCH, COFFEE, PIERCE, AND WARE, AND COVERS 4,538 SQUARE MILES WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF 156,920. HEALTH STATUS AND ACCESS TO CARE ARE BELOW STATE AVERAGES; ALL COUNTIES ARE DESIGNATED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS, AND THERE ARE HIGH RATES OF UNINSURED PERSONS. THE AREA IS ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH RATES OF POVERTY, SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, ALCOHOL AND ILLEGAL DRUG USE, TEEN PREGNANCIES AND CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF SERVICES VIA TELEHEALTH DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS CONSTRAINED BY INADEQUATE DOMESTIC BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICES ACROSS THE UBH REGION, AND THE LIMITED DATA AND VOICE PLANS THAT MOST CLIENTS COULD AFFORD FOR THEIR CELLULAR PHONES. WITH CMHC GRANT FUNDING, UBH'S GOALS WILL BE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY TELEHEALTH SERVICES BY ACQUIRING TELEHEALTH CARTS FOR 6 OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND 18 SCHOOLS, LEASE AND EQUIP 2 COMMUNITY-BASED TELEHEALTH ACCESS CENTERS, AND INSTALL SECURED WI-FI COVERAGE FOR CLINIC PARKING LOTS WHERE CLINICS LACK SUFFICIENT SPACE INDOORS. UBH'S PARKING LOT WI-FI WILL GIVE CLIENTS ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH USING WI-FI ENABLED PORTABLE DEVICES SUCH AS SMART PHONES IN THEIR VEHICLES. UBH WILL HIRE 7 ADDITIONAL CASE MANAGERS TO ENHANCE IN-PERSON CASE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DELIVERED IN THE COMMUNITY BY INCREASING CLIENT CONTACTS FROM ONCE MONTHLY DURING THE PANDEMIC TO TWICE MONTHLY, AND RESTORING AVERAGE CLIENT CONTACT TIMES TO PRE-COVID LEVELS. UBH WILL INCREASE CLINICIANS' COMPETENCE IN ASSESSING AND TREATING CLIENTS' NEEDS FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, AND WILL PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE TO OVER 200 PERSONS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT. UBH WILL WORK TO INCREASE PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH 2 ADDITIONAL VANS AND DRIVERS TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO TRANSPORT CLIENTS TO THE PROGRAMS WHILE MAINTAINING INFECTION CONTROLS. IN RESPONSE TO THE STRESSORS IMPOSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UBH WILL INCREASE SUPPORT FOR DIRECT CARE PERSONNEL TO ENCOURAGE SELF-CARE AND ALLEVIATE WORK-RELATED STRESS. UBH WILL ALSO SCREEN CLIENTS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 FOR LONG-TERM NEUROLOGICAL AFTER-EFFECTS, AND REFER FOR TREATMENT. UBH WILL SERVE 900 PERSONS WITH SMI, SED, OR COD IN YEAR 1 OF THE PROJECT, 1200 IN YEAR 2, AND AN UNDUPLICATED TOTAL OF 1,500 PERSONS OVER THE TWO-YEAR LIFETIME OF THIS PROJECT.