This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will fund the "Accelerating Cancer Screening" initiative led by Wellspace Health and UC Davis Health Comprehensive Cancer Center. The project aims to increase breast cancer screening and referral for care and treatment in the greater Sacramento County region through community outreach, patient navigation, and Medicaid enrollment. Key...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.527 - Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program) to Peninsula Community Health Services (PCHS), a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Bremerton, Washington. This grant will support PCHS's efforts to strengthen transitions in care for individuals who will soon be released from incarceration, increasing their access to...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Seattle, WA. The funding will be used to improve breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates among Sea Mar's patient population, which primarily consists of low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals. Sea Mar will collaborate with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Neighborhood Health, a non-profit community health center in Northern Virginia, in increasing breast and colorectal cancer screening rates among its largely low-income, immigrant, and uninsured patient population. The two-year project aims to remove barriers to accessing and completing cancer screenings by implementing state-of-the-art...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will enable McLaren Oakland, a 318-bed hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, to purchase a 3D mammography system. The goal is to improve access to state-of-the-art breast cancer screening for the underserved Pontiac community, which has a higher breast cancer incidence rate compared to the state and national averages. The funding will support the establishment of a...
The Sunset Park Health Council, Inc., doing business as Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (FHC-NYUL), was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant aims to increase equitable access to breast and colorectal cancer screening and enhance referral pathways to timely treatment and support services for underserved, under-resourced, and marginalized patient populations, including the...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Gulf Coast Health Center, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Port Arthur, Texas. The grant funding will be used to increase outreach and access to colorectal cancer screening and cancer treatment services in the underserved communities of Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, and...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau supports the construction of a new medical clinic in North Kenai/Nikiski, Alaska by Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Inc. (PCHS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The award, provided through the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program, aims to establish accessible and affordable medical and behavioral health services for the approximately 4,300...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Centro De Salud De La Comunidad De San Ysidro, Inc. (doing business as San Ysidro Health), a non-profit federally qualified health center, in expanding and enhancing access to preventive and colorectal cancer screening interventions for its high-need, traditionally underserved communities in San Diego County, California. The 2-year project aims to:...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, Inc. (PCHS) to expand behavioral health services in the Central Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska. The grant funding will enable PCHS to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, including medications for...