The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 two-year Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Asian Human Services Family Health Center in Chicago, Illinois. The grant funding will be used to expand the center's integrated behavioral health services by increasing the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Specifically, the grant will support hiring additional full-time licensed mental...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant on September 1, 2024 under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). This funding will support CHP's efforts to establish integrated behavioral health services, including adding 4.5 FTE therapists, a behavioral health director, coordinator, a part-time psychiatric nurse practitioner, and a part-time...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant to TCA Health, Inc. NFP, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Chicago, Illinois, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will support the expansion of TCA Health's integrated behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to two new community health center locations in Hegewisch, IL and Hammond, IN over a two-year period from September 2024 to August 2025. The grant...
The Heartland Community Health Clinic, Inc., doing business as Heartland Health Services (HHS), was awarded a $1,000,375 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant will fund HHS's expansion of its behavioral health program capacity over a two-year period starting on September 1, 2024. Specifically, the grant will enable HHS to hire three new clinicians, including a psychiatric-mental health nurse...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Primecare Community Health Inc., a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) located in Chicago, Illinois. The FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project will significantly broaden and strengthen Primecare's current mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Friend Family Health Center, Inc. (Friend Health) in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support Friend Health's efforts to expand access to integrated behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services for medically vulnerable populations in Chicago's South Side communities. Specifically, Friend Health will work with a community mental health...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,735,491 Project Grant to Greater Family Health, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The funding will be used to: 1) Hire additional licensed clinical social workers to provide mental health services at 6 of Greater Family Health's health centers; 2) Hire a peer recovery support specialist to...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,200,000 was provided 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 award will support Promise Healthcare, a non-profit federally qualified health center in Champaign, Illinois, to expand behavioral health services and integrated care for low-income, minority populations with substance use disorders and mental health needs. Specifically, the funding...
This Project Grant award of $415,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provided under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), will support Tapestry 360 Health's (dba Heartland Health Centers) initiative to relocate and expand the existing school-based health center (SBHC) at Gale Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois. The expanded SBHC will increase the number of exam rooms from two to four, add a behavioral healthcare office, and provide a separate...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to TCA Health, Inc. NFP, a minority-owned and woman-owned nonprofit community health center in Chicago, Illinois. The grant funding will be used to expand the operating hours of TCA's health centers in Riverdale, Chatham, and Hegewisch neighborhoods, which serve predominantly low-income and minority populations facing substantial healthcare disparities. The...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,618,767 project grant to Tapestry 360 Health (dba Heartland Health Centers), a non-profit community health center in Chicago, Illinois. The grant aims to increase the number of individuals receiving mental health and substance use disorder services by addressing gaps in care and expanding outreach. Key services to be provided include:
Expanding behavioral health case management and care coordination to improve patient access to follow-up care and social supports
Increasing psychiatry, mental health screenings, individual/group counseling, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, peer support, and wellness classes
Conducting street outreach and enhancing partnerships with local community groups to promote awareness and access to Tapestry 360 Health's behavioral health services
The award will support the hiring of new behavioral health staff and fund activities to serve the health center's patient population, which includes a high proportion of low-income, uninsured, refugee, and limited English proficiency individuals in Chicago's underserved communities.