The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $398,282 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to Heartland Education, Inc. The purpose of the R.E.A.C.T. (Rural EMS Access to Critical Training) project is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma. Over the 2-year project period from...
This federal Project Grant award of $593,553 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) will support the HERO-IIII: Helping Train EMS in the Rural Ozarks IIII program. The grant aims to continue recruiting and training rural residents in southwest Missouri to become certified emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and provide continuing...
The $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 fund the Washington County Ambulance District's (WCAD) EMS Training and Education Program in rural Missouri. This two-year initiative aims to increase the capacity of Missouri EMS agencies to provide life-saving services through certification and continuing...
This Project Grant award, valued at $600,000.00 and granted by 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, aims to address the acute shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) in Southern Illinois. The program proposes a two-year initiative to train and license 25 EMRs in the first year, followed by...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, awarded a $599,817 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to launch the Virginia Rural EMS Training Collaborative. This initiative trains volunteer pre-hospital providers in rural Virginia on an advanced EMT course with a specialized focus on mental health, substance use, domestic/intimate partner violence,...
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center was awarded a $871,667 Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement the Physician Assistant Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Oklahoma (PA BE OK) program. The 5-year project, beginning July 1, 2024, aims to: Place physician assistant (PA) trainees in rural Oklahoma primary care settings with integrated behavioral health services for a minimum 3-month...
This 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, provides $600,000 to implement a rural emergency medical services (EMS) training project in Franklin County, Maine. The primary awardee, MaineHealth d/b/a Healthy Community Coalition (HCC), will partner with Northstar, the sole EMS provider in the county, to achieve the...
This $467,232 federal Project Grant award to the City of Hastings, Nebraska, funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, will establish the Hastings Team Care Program. This program aims to address local and regional shortages of emergency medical services (EMS) providers and gaps in substance use disorder and mental health treatment. Specifically, the grant will: Train and certify at least 80 new Emergency...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $497,681 Project Grant to Mainehealth, a non-profit integrated health system in Portland, Maine, to implement the Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training Project in Franklin County, Maine. The project aims to increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel in the rural region, which has an aging, chronically ill, and economically disadvantaged population of 40,000. Key objectives include...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. This 2-year award will enable the Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative in Orangeburg, South Carolina to: Provide training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel on substance use disorder...