The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant to the Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. (Healthpoint Division) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The award, dated September 1, 2024, supports the expansion and enhancement of behavioral health services for underserved communities in the Greater Brazos Valley region of Texas. The funding will enable the non-profit healthcare provider to expand clinic...
The Stephen F. Austin Community Health Center, Inc. (CHN) received a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will be used to increase cancer screening rates for cervical, breast, and colon cancer among the underserved populations in Brazoria, Galveston, and Harris counties in Texas. Key...
The $870,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support Chambers County Public Hospital District #1 in expanding operating hours by 25 hours per week at two of its primary care service delivery sites in Texas. This funding will enable the organization to increase personnel, including 2 FTE primary medical care providers, 2 FTE medical assistants, and 0.25 FTE licensed...
The Brownsville Community Health Clinic Corporation, doing business as Brownsville Community Health Center, was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program. The award will be used to expand the organization's behavioral health service offerings from September 2024 through August 2026. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the clinic specializes in providing...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Spring Branch Community Health Center (SBCHC), a non-profit organization in Houston, Texas. The grant funding will support SBCHC's efforts to create and implement a comprehensive approach to behavioral health services, removing barriers to accessing mental health care for the organization's underserved and medically underserved...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to HCC Network, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Waverly, Missouri. The grant funding will be utilized over two years to significantly expand HCC Network's behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services across its clinics serving the rural communities of Carroll, Lafayette,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Hamilton Community Health Network, Inc. (HCHN), a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Flint, Michigan. The grant will fund a 2-year initiative to expand access to behavioral health services, including increasing the number of patients receiving mental health services and substance...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,260,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, Inc. (CBWF), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The grant will support the expansion and enhancement of comprehensive, integrated community-based behavioral health services, including mental health treatment,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center in Wrightsville, Georgia. This two-year award will support CHCS's efforts to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services for the low-income, underserved population across 15 rural counties in East Central Georgia....
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Central City Community Health Center, Inc. (CCCHC). The grant will fund CCCHC's FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project, which aims to increase patient access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services across CCCHC's service area of over 5.12 million residents. Key project activities include expanding the behavioral...
COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC PROJECT - STEPHEN F. AUSTIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC, DBA COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK (CHN) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008 AND SECURED CHC 330(E) FUNDING LATE IN THE SAME YEAR, REPLACING A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT LOST ITS FEDERAL FUNDING. CHN PROVIDES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND NEAR POOR (FAMILY INCOMES BELOW 200% OF POVERTY) POPULATION OF BRAZORIA, GALVESTON AND SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. CHN PROPOSES SERVING THE TARGET POPULATION BY PROVIDING QUALITY, INTEGRATED MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND ENABLING SERVICES. CHN PROVIDES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING PRENATAL CARE AND MAT. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDE PSYCHIATRY, COUNSELING, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERVICES. DENTAL SERVICES INCLUDE PREVENTIVE, ENDODONTICS AND PROSTHODONTIC SERVICES. CHN ALSO UTILIZES VIRTUAL MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SERVICES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE TO PATIENTS ESPECIALLY DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. OTHER ENABLING SERVICES INCLUDE OUTREACH, ELIGIBILITY, CARE COORDINATION, TRANSLATION, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. THE SERVICE AREA IS BRAZORIA, GALVESTON AND SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTIES. PER THE 2021 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (HTTPS://TXCIP.ORG/TAC/CENSUS/PROFILE.PHP?FIPS=48039) , BRAZORIA COUNTY IS VERY LARGE WITH 1,363.3 SQ. MILES OF LAND AND A POPULATION DENSITY OF ONLY 279.1 POPULATION PER SQ. MILE; GALVESTON COUNTY HAS A POPULATION DENSITY OF 379.0 AND THE 77089-ZIP CODE IN HARRIS COUNTY HAS A POPULATION DENSITY OF 4,304.3. THE US CENSUS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2015-2019 5-YEAR ESTIMATE DEMONSTRATES THE PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED IN BRAZORIA COUNTY IS 14.5% (52,328 INDIVIDUALS); GALVESTON COUNTY IS 14% (47,974) AND 77089 HARRIS COUNTY IS 16.8% (9,205). (HTTPS://DATA.CENSUS.GOV/CEDSCI/TABLE?) THE PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY IS 27.1%, GALVESTON CO. IS 33.0% AND SOUTHEAST HARRIS IS 28.4% (HTTPS://MAPS.UDSMAPPER.ORG/). THE SERVICE AREA IS YOUNG WITH 26% AGE 0-17 YEARS; 61% ARE AGE 18-64 YEARS AND 13% ARE AGE 65 YEARS AND OLDER. 50.2% OF THE POPULATION IS FEMALE AND 49.8% IS MALE. 49.5% OF BRAZORIA COUNTY'S POPULATION IS A RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY; 41.7% OF GALVESTON COUNTY AND 82% OF THE HARRIS COUNTY 77089-ZIP CODE IS A RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY. THE HISPANIC ETHNICITY FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY IS 32.6%, GALVESTON COUNTY IS 23.3% AND 49.1% FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY-77089 ZIP CODE. BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS 14,609 VETERANS; GALVESTON COUNTY HAS 20,129 VETERANS AND 77089 HARRIS COUNTY HAS 2,687 VETERANS. BROADBAND ACCESS IS DEFINED AS THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION AND INDICATES INDIVIDUALS' ACCESS TO VIRTUAL HEALTH CARE OPPORTUNITIES. BRAZORIA COUNTY'S PERCENTAGE OF BROADBAND ACCESS IS 87%; GALVESTON COUNTY IS 86% AND HARRIS COUNTY IS 84%.