Project Grant H8N53844

This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), will allow Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. to expand behavioral health services at its Waterloo, Iowa and Clarksville, Iowa locations. The funding will be used to add 5.0 FTE staff, including a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, behavioral health counselors, a behavioral health therapist, and a behavioral health nurse. This will allow the clinic to increase access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. The grant will also provide training for staff on accelerated resolution therapy for patients with PTSD and support expanded medication management capabilities. The project aims to increase the clinic's mental health, substance use disorder, and MAT patient volumes by a total of 120 unduplicated patients by the end of 2025.