The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. (FPHC) to increase access to comprehensive behavioral health services in Mobile, Alabama and surrounding counties. The key objectives are to: 1) increase the number of patients receiving mental health services by 25%, and 2) increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including...
This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Alabama Regional Medical Services, doing business as Birmingham Health Care, to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services for underserved populations in Birmingham, Alabama. The funding will be used to integrate a multi-disciplinary behavioral health team, including a psychiatrist, psychiatric practitioner, licensed...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $987,568 to Thrive Alabama, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The funding will support a multi-phased plan to integrate and expand Thrive Alabama's existing behavioral health services, including mental health counseling and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, into their adult and pediatric primary care settings. Key...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Delta Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Mississippi, to expand the availability, accessibility, and utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services across its network of 11 primary care access points. The project aims to: 1) integrate addiction treatment services, including a substance abuse counselor...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Coastal Family Health Center, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The grant will fund the expansion of Coastal Family Health Center's behavioral health services, including the addition of 4 FTE behavioral health specialists to increase capacity from 6 to 10 FTEs....
This $1,200,000 Federal 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 support Tri-Med Family Care, Inc.'s expansion of behavioral health services in Catoosa and Walker Counties, Georgia. The funding will enable Tri-Med Family Care, a non-profit community health center, to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,200,000 to Mainline Health Systems Inc., a non-profit community health center organization, to expand behavioral health services in rural southeast Arkansas. The funding will allow Mainline Health Systems Inc. to increase mental health services and add new substance use disorder treatment, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). By the end of 2025,...
This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) was provided under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc., a community health center in Cumming, Georgia. The funding will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services to expand access to integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use...
This federal Project Grant award of $399,872.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732) supports an Addiction Medicine Fellowship program delivered by Alameda Health System in California. The goal is to expand the number of addiction medicine specialists working in underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Cahaba Medical Care Foundation, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Centreville, Alabama. The funding will support an initiative to expand behavioral health services in Alabama's rural and urban underserved communities. Specifically, the grant will enable Cahaba Medical Care Foundation to...
This 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) provides $2,400,000 to Altapointe Health Systems Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Mobile, Alabama. The funding will be used to expand patient access to integrated primary care and behavioral health services, including mental health treatment and substance use disorder services with a focus on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder.
Specifically, the grant will support the integration of psychiatry and addiction treatment training into Altapointe's family medicine residency program. This will equip family medicine residents to deliver comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder care, including MAT, in the primary care setting. The project aims to serve an additional 700 mental health patients, 200 substance use disorder patients, and 50 MAT patients, including 500 new unduplicated patients. The long-term impact is expected to be substantial, as the trained residents go on to serve an estimated 250,000 patients over their 30-year careers.