The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Caring Health Center, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit community health center in Springfield, MA. The grant aims to expand access to pediatric behavioral health services and increase pediatric immunization rates in the center's target low-income, BIPOC, Hispanic, LGBTQIA+, and immigrant/refugee communities....
This $1,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will fund Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC), a non-profit, federally qualified health center in Puerto Rico, to expand access to behavioral health services over a two-year period from September 2024 to August 2026. Specifically, the funding will allow MHC to hire 11.5 FTE staff, including clinical social workers, nurses, substance...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from 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 will support Casa Esperanza Inc.'s "Mi Camino Peer Recovery Support Services" project. The project aims to enhance and strengthen a Latino community of recovery in the Greater Boston area by providing culturally focused, trauma-informed, peer recovery...
This $500,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, under the Emergency Grants to Address Mental and Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19 program (CFDA 93.665), will fund the Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center Mental Health & Substance Use COVID-19 Relief Program. The Program will integrate evidence-based mental health treatment, awareness, and crisis services into existing efforts by hiring two new qualified staff to provide early...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program supports the implementation of the "Family Connections" system of care model in Massachusetts. The goal is to increase access to culturally competent mental health evaluation and treatment services for children and youth aged 3-18 with serious...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Casa Esperanza Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant will fund the "CASA PALS-PROMOTORES AMPLIFICANDO LA SABIDURIA" program, which is designed to address social determinants of health related to healthcare access and quality, as well as social and community context, with a focus on reducing drug overdose deaths and...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) provides $500,000 to Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) to expand behavioral health services in rural southwestern New Mexico. The funding will be used to deliver a range of evidence-based and culturally-rooted behavioral health practices, including crisis response, integrated services, and targeted interventions for priority population groups such as...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $596,667 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Dothouse Health, Inc., a non-profit community health center in Dorchester, Boston. The grant will be used to: (1) improve staffing and access to integrative and long-term behavioral health services; (2) increase the number of patients receiving office-based addiction treatment; (3) hire a recovery...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Goshen Medical Center, Inc. (GMC), a Federally Qualified Health Center in North Carolina, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services for its vulnerable, low-income patient population. Specifically, the grant will fund the hiring of 3.0 FTE licensed clinical social workers and 3.0 FTE peer support specialists...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), will enable Charles River Community Health, Inc. (CRCH) to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder services at its Brighton and Waltham, MA sites. The $1,091,676 two-year grant will allow CRCH to hire 4.0 FTE behavioral health clinicians to serve 1,000 mental health patients, as...
GANDARA CMHC COVID RESPONSE PROJECT - PROJECT TITLE: GANDARA CMHC COVID RESPONSE PROJECT GANDARA CENTER PROPOSES TO UTILIZE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CMHC SERVICES FOR HISPANIC/LATINO AND OTHER ETHNIC AND RACIAL MINORITY CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES IN HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS WHO LIVE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD, AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUD (COD). THESE POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY UNDERSERVED DURING, AND AFFECTED BY, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. PROPOSED INTERVENTIONS INCLUDE EXPANDING OUTPATIENT CLINIC HOURS AND DAYS OF OPERATION TO INCLUDE WEEKDAY EVENINGS, SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS; INCREASING ACCESS BY THE TARGET POPULATION TO TELEHEALTH OPTIONS ON THEIR OWN DEVICES AND BY PROVIDING HIPAA-COMPLIANT PRIVATE TELEHEALTH STATIONS IN GANDARA SOCIAL REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY CENTERS; PROVIDING OUTREACH AND PEER SUPPORT/RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING LONG DELAYS TO RECEIVE OUTPATIENT CARE DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF CLINICIANS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC; AND IMPLEMENTING AN URGENT ON-CALL RESPONSE TEAM TO PROVIDE 24/7 CRISIS INTERVENTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS SERVED IN GANDARA PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AS A RESULT OF COVID-CAUSED ISOLATION. THE COVID RESPONSE PROJECT WILL SERVE 120 INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 180 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SECOND YEAR, TOTALING 300 INDIVIDUALS SERVED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT DURATION. GANDARA CENTER WILL ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) INCREASE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES TO THE TARGET POPULATION BY UTILIZING ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS, INTERVENTIONS, AND MODALITIES THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI, SED, AND COD WHO ARE WAITING FOR CLINICAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES; (2) REDUCE THE WAIT TIME TO FIRST APPOINTMENT TO NO MORE THAN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS FOR NEW INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY RECRUITING AND RETAINING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF OUTPATIENT CLINICIANS AND PRESCRIBERS AND BY EXPANDING CLINIC DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION; AND (3) EXPAND THE 24/7 CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS SERVED IN GANDARA PROGRAMS WHO NEED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT IN ORDER TO AVERT A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS BY ENGAGING AN URGENT ON-CALL TEAM COMPRISED OF A CLINICIAN AND A PEER SUPPORT OR PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST TO PROVIDE TELEHEALTH INTERVENTIONS.