The Institute for Family Health received a $1,500,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to accelerate access to colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care in medically underserved communities in New York City. The two-year grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will enable the Institute to provide high-quality outreach, patient education, case management, and other enabling services to increase the number of...
This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,500,000 to the Bronx Community Health Network, Inc. to partner with Montefiore Medical Center to increase colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care in the Bronx, New York. The key objectives are to: 1) increase the colorectal cancer screening rate from 58% to 60% in Year 1 and 62% in Year 2, and 2) increase the number of patients assisted...
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...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Denver Health and Hospital Authority. The funding will be used to accelerate colorectal cancer screening and follow-up services for the underserved patient population served by Denver Health's network of 10 primary care clinics. Key objectives include expanding outreach, navigation, and support services to...
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...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,475,079 to the non-profit organization Resources For Human Development, Inc. (RHD) to increase colorectal cancer screening and referral for care and treatment in underserved areas of Philadelphia. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: Developing outreach lists and sending targeted mailings with patient education and...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $499,973 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Midtown Community Health Center, Inc. (MCHC) to accelerate colorectal cancer screening among underserved patients in Utah. MCHC is partnering with eight other HRSA health centers, the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Association for Utah Community Health to improve screening rates, referral to care, and treatment for patients aged 50-75. The project aims...
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:...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will fund an expanded hours initiative by Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. (d/b/a Housing Works Community Health Care) in New York City. The grant will enable the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to increase operating hours at five of its health center locations, including offering Saturday...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,100,000 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will support Settlement Health, a non-profit community health clinic in New York City, in expanding their mental health and substance use disorder services over a two-year period from September 2024 to August 2025. Key strategies include hiring additional behavioral health staff, increasing access to medication...
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 underhoused, in shelters, and homeless, in the Southwest area of Brooklyn, New York. Key objectives include increasing the percentage of patients screened for breast and colorectal cancer, as well as the percentage of patients receiving follow-up care within 30 days of an abnormal screening result. The project will deploy community health workers to provide culturally appropriate health education, healthcare system navigation, and resource linkages to support the patient-centered continuum of care.