Project Grant H8055667

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Intercambios Puerto Rico, Inc. $650,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), a Section 330(e) Project Grant to establish a new access point for primary health care services in eastern Puerto Rico.

Intercambios will operate a fixed clinic site in Fajardo and a mobile program to deliver comprehensive harm reduction, medical care, mental health services, overdose prevention, substance use treatment linkage, HIV and hepatitis C navigation, and housing support services to over 650 individuals annually across 21 communities in Fajardo, Ceiba, and Luquillo. The organization also conducts public education, media outreach, and community mobilization to address societal inequities and trains participants in policy advocacy. The award period runs through July 31, 2027, with place of performance in the United States (Puerto Rico).

Intercambios, a non-profit established in 2008 to improve social integration of marginalized groups in Puerto Rico, operates independently with its own board of directors, though it benefits from the operational experience of Housing Works, Inc., an affiliate that operates multiple Federally Qualified Health Center sites in New York City. The new health center will serve medically underserved populations, including people who use drugs with co-occurring mental health and chronic health conditions such as HIV/AIDS in an under-resourced region with few social service providers.