The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a 2-year, $3,000,000 Project Grant to Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The purpose of this grant is to increase access to behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, in the western regions of Puerto Rico. MHC, a non-profit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center, will use the funding to hire a multidisciplinary...
The Morovis Community Health Center, Inc. (MCHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Puerto Rico, was awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant will fund a 2-year initiative to expand behavioral health services, including treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD), in the medically...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Community Health Foundation of Puerto Rico, Inc. (CHFPR) for their FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion program. The grant will enable CHFPR to expand mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services to 282,154 low-income residents across the municipalities of Bayamon, Catano, Dorado, Guaynabo, Toa...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.145) to Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The purpose of this 1-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, is to support comprehensive educational and capacity-building initiatives designed to enhance HIV prevention, care, and treatment services across...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. (FHCSD) for a Behavioral Health Service Expansion project. The purpose of the award is to increase the number of patients receiving mental health (11.3% increase), substance use disorder (5.7% increase), and medication for opioid use disorder (34.8% increase) services by 2025. FHCSD, a prominent Federally Qualified...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Centro De Salud Familiar DR. Julio Palmieri Ferri, Inc., a non-profit hospital organization in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The grant funding will enable the organization to expand access to specialized mental health and substance use disorder services in the local community. Key strategies include implementing a referral system through the emergency department,...
The Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area of five rural counties in North Carolina. The funding will enable MCHS, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including...
This $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 support Harbor Community Clinic, dba Harbor Community Health Centers, in expanding access to comprehensive primary care and behavioral health services for underserved, low-income populations in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Specifically, the funding will enable the clinic to add 14 hours per...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to La Maestra Family Clinic, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in San Diego, CA. The grant will fund La Maestra's Expanded Hours (EH) project, which aims to increase access to comprehensive primary care, mental health, and substance use disorder services for underserved populations in San Diego County. Specifically, the project will expand...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $998,070 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated, a non-profit community health center serving rural Western North Carolina. The grant will fund a two-year project to expand operating hours at four of the organization's health centers, increasing clinic accessibility by 3 hours per week per site for a total of...
The Migrant Health Center Western Region, Inc. (MHC) received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand access to health services at its San Sebastian, Puerto Rico clinic site. The award will provide $500,000 per year over two years to increase the clinic's operating hours, allowing MHC to serve an additional 300 unduplicated patients annually. The expanded hours will enable MHC to offer primary care, behavioral health, pharmacy, and other integrated services to the medically underserved population of San Sebastian, which has high rates of poverty, limited transportation, and barriers to accessing healthcare. MHC plans to use up to $150,000 in the first year for minor renovations to accommodate the extended hours. The project aims to reduce emergency department visits and improve health outcomes for the community.