The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $147,974.00 Project Grant to Optimus Health Care, a patient-centered, non-profit community health center in Bridgeport, CT. The award was made under HRSA's Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527), which supports expanding and sustaining investment in health centers providing services to underserved communities.
The funding will support Optimus Health Care in delivering a range of vital health services and addressing pressing needs in disadvantaged communities across Connecticut. This includes primary care capacity expansion, integration of oral health services into HIV primary care, boosting COVID-19 vaccination efforts, improving health center infrastructure, increasing access to coronavirus testing, and delivering emergency aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Optimus Health Care has served as a sub-awardee to provide critical support services like medical case management, outpatient care, nutrition services, counseling, and testing for women, infants, children, and youth living with HIV/AIDS under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
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