This $600,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable The Chautauqua Center, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Dunkirk, New York, to expand its behavioral health services. The funding will support hiring 1 new psychiatric provider and 4 new social workers/counselors to serve an additional 500 patients, of which 350 are existing patients who have been unable to access...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to The Institute for Family Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in New York. The grant will fund the expansion of behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to address unmet community needs across the Institute's service areas in New York City and the Mid-Hudson...
This $1.2 million, two-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Metropolitan Family Health Network, Inc. (MFHN) to expand behavioral health services in Hudson County, New Jersey. The funding will allow MFHN to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder/medication-assisted treatment services by allocating...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded 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 allow Oak Orchard Community Health Center, Inc. to expand mobile and bilingual mental health and substance use disorder services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural counties in New York state. The funding will support hiring a bilingual care manager/therapist to provide on-site...
This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Friends of Family Health Center, a non-profit organization, to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services in its service area covering Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties. The grant will fund the addition of 3.0 FTE behavioral health specialists to increase...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) aims to expand access to behavioral health services, including mental health counseling and medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders, in the Finger Lakes and Mohawk Valley regions of New York. The award recipient, Mosaic Health, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), will use the funding to create a comprehensive...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from 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 Foundcare, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in West Palm Beach, Florida, to expand its behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will support the launch of the "EmpowerCare - Enhancing Behavioral Health Services" initiative, which will add a...
The $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. (CFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in North Carolina, to expand behavioral health services in its service area. The funding will allow CFHC to add licensed clinical social workers to provide long-term therapy for patients with mental health conditions and substance use disorders, as well...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, will support Community Health Care, a non-profit healthcare organization in Tacoma, Washington, to expand integrated behavioral health services and increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in the Puyallup area of Pierce County. Specifically, the funding will enable Community...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will enable the North Orange County Regional Health Foundation (doing business as Family Health Matters Community Health Center) to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services. Specifically, the funding will allow the organization to increase its licensed...
INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE FOR NASSAU COUNTY, NY'S COMMUNITIES OF COLOR - PROJECT SUMMARY: FAMILY & CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION (FCA) IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH (MH) AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SERVICES ON LONG ISLAND, NY, WITH 138 YEARS' EXPERIENCE SERVING AT-RISK POPULATIONS. FCA'S PROPOSED CCBHC WILL ADDRESS THE GROWING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT DISPARITIES FACING OUR REGION'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. BY INTEGRATING MH, SUD, AND PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, THIS CCBHC WILL PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AT 2 NASSAU COUNTY LOCATIONS, HEMPSTEAD AND HICKSVILLE, NY. FCA'S CCBHC POPULATION OF FOCUS (POF) WILL BE ADULTS AND YOUTH, AGES 5-21, WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, PARTICULARLY LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHO LACK ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE. FCA BELIEVES THAT INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT SERVICES ARE A NECESSITY TO ADDRESS THE FULL SCOPE OF PATIENT NEEDS, PROVIDING A NO-WRONG-DOOR POLICY OFFERING A HOLISTIC, PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO ENGAGING AND RETAINING INDIVIDUALS IN QUALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE. FCA SEEKS THIS FUNDING ON BEHALF OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN NEED OF MH/SUD TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, CENTERED IN/NEAR HEMPSTEAD, WHO LACK INTEGRATED SERVICES AND DESPERATELY NEED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NUMBERS SUFFERING FROM ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), AND SUD WITHIN A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. FCA'S PROPOSED SERVICES WILL PROVIDE THIS POPULATION WITH EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENT FOR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS TO ENSURE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT GET OVERLOOKED, TURNED AWAY OR CONFUSED BY SERVICE NAVIGATION AND CAN RECEIVE DEPENDABLE RECOVERY-ORIENTED AND TRAUMA-INFORMED TREATMENT UNDER ONE ROOF. THE GOALS OF THIS PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT ARE TO: (A) ESTABLISH INTERNAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT AND SUSTAIN THE CCBHC MODEL; (B) IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REVENUE-GENERATING SERVICES TO SUSTAIN REQUIRED CCBHC ACTIVITIES; (C) INCREASE FCA'S CAPACITY TO COLLECT, ANALYZE AND UTILIZE DATA; AND (D) PROVIDE OUR POPULATION OF FOCUS WITH INTEGRATED SERVICES TO TREAT SUD/MH AND REDUCE POOR BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS OF FUNDING, WE PROJECT THAT WE WILL SERVE 1,250 PEOPLE (YEAR 1: 200; YEAR 2: 300; YEAR 3: 350; YEAR 4: 400). THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CCBHC PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE IN COORDINATION WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS AT THE NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES, AND ALSO IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SUPPORTS AND SERVICES (OASAS) AND THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH (OMH). SUCH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS WILL BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VISIONING SESSIONS ESTABLISHED DURING THIS GRANT'S IMPLEMENTATION, AND WILL ALSO BE REGULARLY ENGAGED VIA PHONE, EMAIL, OR ZOOM AS NEEDED TO ASSURE MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THIS PROGRAM'S SERVICES/BENEFITS AS WELL AS STRONG COORDINATION BETWEEN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT SECTORS DURING THE DELIVERY OF THIS GRANT'S SERVICES.