This $516,000 federal Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support the Gallup Community Health (GCH) non-profit organization's expansion of primary care and behavioral health services in the Gallup/McKinley County region of New Mexico. The funded program will integrate fully comprehensive behavioral healthcare into GCH's primary care environment, providing 2,500 patient...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) aims to support the successful implementation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model in Eddy County, New Mexico. The key objectives are to increase compensation for current staff, recruit and train new staff, furnish offices, replace technology, and conduct team building exercises for Carlsbad...
This $600,000 federal 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 be used by Creek Valley Health Clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Colorado City, Arizona, to improve and expand behavioral health and substance use services in the rural Northern Arizona region. Specifically, the funding will be used to: 1) Reduce barriers to...
This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. (CCHCI) to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder services in rural Cochise County, Arizona. The grant will enable CCHCI to increase access to mental health care by establishing a referral process with local partners, expand the behavioral health workforce, and incorporate...
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) grant award of $1,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will support the Indian Health Council, Inc. (IHC) in addressing the opioid epidemic among American Indian populations in northern San Diego County, California. The key products and services to be delivered include: Recovery Support: Training and state certification for 25 peer recovery...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through its Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program, awarded La Clinica De Familia Inc. a $600,000 Project Grant to expand behavioral health services in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The grant will fund the addition of a psychiatric nurse, licensed therapist, case manager, peer recovery specialist, and licensed practical nurse to initiate new substance use disorder and medication-assisted treatment services. This expansion...
This $600,000 Project Grant award under the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will support Ole Health, doing business as Communicare Ole, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Napa, California. The funding will be used to expand the organization's behavioral health services, including increasing the number of patients receiving mental health services and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, such as...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $386,902 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to Two Feathers Native American Family Services, a tribal government and American Indian-owned organization in McKinleyville, California. The grant, with a project period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will expand and enhance long-term recovery support for...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,797,468.00 Project Grant to Native Health, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving the urban American Indian and Alaska Native population in Maricopa County, Arizona. This grant, funded under HRSA's Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), will enable Native Health to expand its current substance use and mental health services by adding prevention,...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Presbyterian Medical Services (PMS), a 501(c)(3) joint commission accredited Federally Qualified Community Health Center in New Mexico. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will enable PMS to expand integrated behavioral health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services to...
MCKINLEY COUNTY CCBHC-PDI PROJECT TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IMPACTING NATIVE AMERICANS - SANTA FE RECOVERY CENTER, INC. (SFRC) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (CCBHC) IN MCKINLEY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (NM), MANAGED BY SFRC'S FOUR CORNERS DETOX RECOVERY CENTER (FCDRC) IN GALLUP. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS ARE THE INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES LIVING IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) INCLUDING OPIOID USE; CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED); INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (COD); AND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE-RELATED CRISIS. THE CATCHMENT AREA IS MCKINLEY COUNTY, NM, IN THE HEART OF INDIAN COUNTRY. DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF 69,830, 79.9% OF MCKINLEY COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, PRIMARILY OF THE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NAVAJO NATION AND ZUNI PUEBLO. HISPANIC RESIDENTS ARE 14.6% OF THE COUNTY'S POPULATION, AND 7.8% ARE WHITE. MCKINLEY COUNTY IS THE STATE'S "UNHEALTHIEST COUNTY" AND HAS NM'S HIGHEST RATE OF CLIENTS RECEIVING "NO TREATMENT" FOR THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS AT 36.5%. ACCORDING TO A 2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SURVEY RESPONDENTS INDICATED SUBSTANCE ABUSE (85.7%) AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS (71.4%) AS THE COUNTY'S TOP TWO HEALTH PROBLEMS - AHEAD OF OBESITY, DIABETES, AND HEART DISEASE. IN YEAR 1, SFRC WILL PROVIDE 700 UNDUPLICATED MCKINLEY COUNTY RESIDENTS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF OUTREACH, SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, CARE COORDINATION, AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PAY. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON GROUPS CURRENTLY FACING HEALTH DISPARITIES, AS IDENTIFIED IN A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE PROJECT START DATE. SFRC'S GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ADDRESS THE NINE CORE CCBHC SERVICES AND ALL REQUIRED ACTIVITIES. GOAL 1. SFRC SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTS CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (CCBHC) SERVICES TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS' MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN MCKINLEY COUNTY. GOAL 2. SFRC PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS TO IMPROVE CONSUMERS' PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. GOAL 3. SFRC INCREASES ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO PAY.