This $1,200,000 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 The Children's Clinic, Serving Children And Their Families (TCC Family Health) to expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder services, including medication for opioid use disorder, at their 13 clinic sites and mobile medical van in Long Beach, California. The funding...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will allow The Chautauqua Center, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center, to expand its behavioral health services in Chautauqua County, New York. The funding will enable The Chautauqua Center to hire 1 new psychiatric provider and 4 new social workers/mental health counselors to serve an additional 500 patients, 350 of whom are existing...
This $1,200,000 Fiscal Year 2024 Project Grant award from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) aims to expand mental health and substance use disorder services at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center in Brooklyn, New York. The funding will be used to recruit and train additional mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors. It...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant, awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696), supports West Virginia's Department of Human Services, Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) in expanding access to community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment services across the state. The key objectives of this award are...
This Project Grant award of $600,000 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 enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand and enhance its integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including the provision of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a...
This $11,274,864 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696) will fund the "Health in Action Project" at the Richard Hall Community Health and Wellness Center. The project aims to reduce disparities and improve access to integrated behavioral and primary healthcare services for 1,000 individuals in Somerset County, New Jersey, with...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support The Healthcare Connection (THCC) in Cincinnati, Ohio to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: Expanding access to behavioral health services, including mental health counseling, substance use treatment, and...
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 Ole Health, doing business as Communicare Ole, to expand behavioral health services and substance use disorder treatment in its service area. The funding will increase the number of patients receiving mental health services and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, with a focus on reaching underserved...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program supports Goshen Medical Center, Inc. (GMC), a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in North Carolina, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in its 17-county service area. Specifically, the funding will enable GMC to hire 3.0 FTE licensed clinical social workers and 3.0 FTE peer...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,200,000 was provided by the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program. The grant will enable Community Care of West Virginia, Inc. (CCWV) to expand behavioral health services, including mental health treatment and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, in rural and medically underserved areas of West Virginia. The expanded services will follow an...
EXPANDING ENHANCED ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY - THE GUIDANCE CENTER OF WESTCHESTER (TGCW) PROPOSES CONTINUED CCBHC IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT WITH FUNDING OF THIS PROPOSAL. WITH THIS FUNDING, WE WILL SERVE ADULTS AND CHILDREN SEEKING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF WESTCHESTER, FOR POPULATIONS EXPERIENCING GREATER DISPARITIES, CHALLENGING SDOH, AND IN A MUA/HPSA. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXASPERATED WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES OF OUR COMMUNITY. TGCW WILL EXPAND AWARENESS OF OUR SERVICES AND INCREASE WALK-IN ACCESS IN TWO LOCATIONS; ENHANCE OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENTS AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO TREATMENT; EXPAND ACCESS TO INTEGRATED PRIMARY CARE, INCLUDING SCREENING AND MONITORING FOR HIV AND HEPATITIS; EXPAND ACCESS TO TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING INTENSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR PARTICIPANTS AND VETERANS; AND IMPROVE WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING. TGCW MEETS ALL SAMHSA CCBHC REQUIREMENTS, AND SEVERAL WILL BE IMPROVED AND ENHANCED WITH THIS FUNDING. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES ARE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE SYSTEM, AND WE WORK TO ENSURE ALL PRACTICES ARE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND ENGAGING TO THE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY WE SERVE. TGCW'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE EVERYONE TO LEARN, WORK, AND THRIVE. FOUNDED IN 1942, TGCW OFFERS PROGRAMS IN SIX AREAS: COLLEGE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, HOUSING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. TGCW SERVES OVER 5,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR, HAS A BUDGET OF $23 MILLION, AND HAS 242 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES. TGCW HAS A ROBUST DATA COLLECTION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRUCTURE AND FOLLOWS STRICT HIPPA PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND DATA CONFIDENTIALITY PROTOCOLS. TGCW SYSTEMATICALLY COLLECTS, ABSTRACTS, AND ANALYZES DATA TO INFORM QUALITY INITIATIVES RELATED TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS, OPERATIONS, CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND CLIENT PERCEPTIONS OF CARE. WE WILL EXTEND THE SAME ROBUST DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING PROCESS AND TOOLS TO THE DATA COLLECTION AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REQUIRED FOR THIS ENHANCEMENT.