This $800,000 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 enable Mainehealth's Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) to implement a rural emergency medical services (EMS) training project in Franklin County, Maine. The project aims to increase recruitment, training, and retention of EMS personnel by implementing various...
This $775,812 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 is supporting the Rural EMS Mental Health and Substance Use Capacity Initiative in Maine. The initiative has three primary goals: Recruit and train approximately 150 EMS students per year (295 total) to increase awareness of EMS as a career path and support them in...
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 $796,692 to the North Arkansas Medical Foundation to recruit, train, and retain emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in Boone and Newton Counties with a focus on substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring disorders (COD). The key objectives are to increase...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,650,000 from the Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support Brooks Ambulance Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit EMS provider in rural Maine, in constructing a new 4,000 square foot, 3-bay EMS station. The new facility will house ambulances, administrative functions, and include living accommodations for EMS crews to provide 24/7 coverage. Additionally, the station will feature a large training/classroom area...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to F-M Ambulance Service Inc. dba F-M Ambulance, a non-profit organization based in Fargo, North Dakota. The grant, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, aims to recruit, train, and maintain emergency medical services (EMS) personnel across rural and...
This $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 enable Citizens Memorial Hospital District of Polk County in Missouri to enhance emergency medical services (EMS) training and education. The funding will cover expenses and equipment for expanded didactic and hands-on training opportunities for EMTs, paramedics,...
The federal Project Grant award of $417,764.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant supports a 3-year initiative by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, doing business as Northern Light Health, to deliver the Rural Northern Border Region Outreach Program. The program aims to enhance healthcare...
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 $142,497 to Saint Johns County, Florida to increase the quality and level of emergency medical services (EMS) care in the county's rural communities. The key objectives of the grant are to: 1) Train and certify 15 Saint Johns County Fire Rescue (SJCFR) employees as...
This Project Grant award, with a total value of $597,423.00, was 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. The purpose of this grant, awarded to Heartland Education, Inc., is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural Oklahoma through the R.E.A.C.T. (Rural EMS Access to Critical Training) project. Over...
This $597,366 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 recruit and train rural EMS personnel in Hampshire County, West Virginia to provide holistic, evidence-based, trauma-informed care for mental health and substance use disorder patients. Key objectives include: 1) Providing FDA-approved overdose...
2023 RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING GRANT - NORTHSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (NORTHSTAR), A NONPROFIT RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, PART OF MAINEHEALTH D/B/A FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (FMH) WILL IMPLEMENT FRANKLIN COUNTY, MAINE'S RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING PROJECT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) PERSONNEL IN THE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED RURAL CATCHMENT AREA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY (FC), MAINE. NORTHSTAR, THE SOLE EMS PROVIDER IN FC, IS PART OF FMH AND ALSO MAINEHEALTH, AN INTEGRATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM. HEALTHY COMMUNITY COALITION, ALSO A DIVISION WITHIN THE SAME COMPANY, WILL COLLABORATE TO ACCOMPLISH PROJECT GOALS. POPULATION SERVED IS 40,000 AND INCLUDES EMS PERSONNEL, THOSE WHO COULD BE RECRUITED AND TRAINED TO SERVE AS EMS PERSONNEL, AND FC RESIDENTS. THE POPULATION LIKE MANY OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES IS OLDER, SICKER, AND POORER. OVER 50% OF THE AGING POPULATION HAVE MORE THAN 3 COEXISTING CHRONIC ILLNESSES, WITH 13.7% LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION FACE MULTIPLE SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: GOAL 1: INCREASE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND RETENTION OF EMS PERSONNEL IN FC, ME BY IMPLEMENTING RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE TOTAL UNDUPLICATED NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WE PROPOSE TO TRAIN WITH GRANT FUNDS DURING THE PROJECT PERIOD IS 100. OBJECTIVES 1.1: BY 9/29,2024 PROGRAM STAFF WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN 20 EMS PERSONNEL. OBJECTIVE 1.2: BY 9/1/2024, STAFF WILL PROVIDE EMS CAREER INFORMATION TO 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AT 8, STATE-WIDE MIDDLE/HIGH-SCHOOLS AND CAREER EVENTS USING FACE-TO-FACE, VIRTUAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. OBJECTIVE 1.3: BY 6/30/2024 NORTHSTAR WILL PROVIDE EMS CAREER INFORMATION AND JOB-SHADOWING EXPERIENCES TO 20 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FARMINGTON STUDENTS. OBJECTIVE 1.4: BY 6/30/2024, NORTHSTAR WILL OFFER EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE TRAINING TO 20 LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEER FIRST RESPONDERS. OBJECTIVE 1.5: BY 7/31/ 2024, NORTHSTAR WILL STRENGTHEN RETENTION STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE 80% OF EMS PERSONNEL IN CAREER EXPANSION PROGRAMS. GOAL 2: PROVIDE EMS PERSONNEL WITH TRAINING TO UNDERSTAND, AND PROVIDE SAFE, STIGMA FREE TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, INCLUDING OPIOID USE DISORDER. OBJECTIVE 2.1: BY 9/29/2024, 100 EMS PERSONNEL WILL HAVE RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TRAINING VIA SAMHSA'S TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS. OBJECTIVE 2.2: BY 9/29/2024, 75% OF EMS PERSONNEL WILL HAVE RECEIVED OPIOID USE DISORDER AND NALOXONE TRAINING OBJECTIVE 2.3: BY 9/29/24, PROVIDE FOUR STIGMA PREVENTION TRAININGS TO REACH 75% OF EMS PERSONNEL. OBJECTIVE 2.4: BY 9/29/2024, 75 EMS PERSONNEL WILL HAVE RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID/TRAUMA DEBRIEFING AND SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION. GOAL 3: TO ENSURE EMS PERSONNEL HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING TOOLS NEEDED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE. OBJECTIVE 3.1: BY 9/29/2024, NORTHSTAR STAFF WILL UTILIZE APPROPRIATE TRAINING EQUIPMENT IN TRAINING CLASSES.