The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $1,588,840 Project Grant to Pikeville Medical Center Inc. (PMC), a non-profit hospital organization located in Eastern Kentucky, under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002). The funding will support adult education and workforce development initiatives in the Appalachian region over a 3-year period from June 2023 to June 2026. PMC has an extensive history of participating in various federal grant programs spanning multiple...
This Project Grant award, valued at $600,000 and provided 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 enhance emergency medical services (EMS) training and certification in the Yakutat, Alaska region. The Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium (APEC), a women-led, rural-focused, equity-driven, and evidence-based organization, is...
This $799,972 federal 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 aims to enhance rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training in Parker County, Texas from 2024-2026. The key objectives of this initiative are to: 1) Expand critical care paramedic training for 20 EMS personnel, 2) Increase the EMS workforce by providing...
The federal 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 program (CFDA 93.243) provides $597,423 to Heartland Education, Inc. to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma. The goal is to increase the number of prehospital EMS personnel and provide training on mental health issues and opioid overdose...
This $800,000 federal 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 an EMR to EMT workforce pipeline program in Illinois EMS Region 5. In the first year, the grant will provide free EMR training and licensing for 25 students, with additional curriculum on mental health and substance use disorders. In the second year,...
This $597,366 Project Grant award, funded 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 recruit and train rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Hampshire County, West Virginia to provide evidence-based, trauma-informed care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. The key objectives of the project are...
This federal Project Grant award of $544,410 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 Coffey Health System in Kansas to increase the capacity of its emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to respond to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) emergencies. The project will fund hiring and training of additional...
The Citizens Memorial Hospital District of Polk County received a $600,000 Project Grant 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. The funding will support the CMH EMS Training Program, which aims to enhance didactic and hands-on training opportunities for EMTs, paramedics, and community paramedics serving rural populations. Specifically,...
This Project Grant award for $600,000, provided 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 significantly increase the trauma-informed emergency medical services (EMS) capacity in the rural Copper River region of Alaska. The key objectives of the project include: 1) Substantially increasing training for local EMS personnel in...
The Margaretville Hospital EMS Training Program is a $720,000 federal Project Grant awarded 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. The grant will enable Margaretville Memorial Hospital, a rural critical access hospital in Delaware County, New York, to partner with the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services and SUNY Cobleskill to...