The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Behavioral Health Service Expansion Grant (CFDA 93.224 - Health Center Program) to the Center for Family and Child Enrichment (CFCE), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Miami Gardens, Florida. Through this 1-year grant, CFCE will expand its mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Project Health, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Sumterville, Florida. The grant will fund the expansion of behavioral health services, including increased access to mental health counseling, therapy, and psychiatric care, as well as substance abuse treatment programs, in the...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center serving Miami-Dade County. The grant will fund the "South Miami-Dade County Behavioral Health Service Expansion Project" to increase access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services,...
This Project Grant award of $2,400,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Centerplace Health, Inc., a federally qualified health center in Sarasota, Florida, to expand its behavioral health and substance use disorder services. Specifically, the funding will allow Centerplace Health to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder treatment, including medication-assisted treatment...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Broward Community & Family Health Center (BCOM), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Hollywood, Florida. The funding will allow BCOM to expand its integrated behavioral health services over a 2-year period starting September 1, 2024. BCOM plans to use the grant to add a psychiatric ARNP, two LCSWs, two medical assistants, a behavioral health...
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 Brevard Health Alliance, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Brevard County, Florida. This funding will enable The Brevard Health Alliance to expand access to critical behavioral health services, including counseling, medication-assisted treatment, psychiatry, and substance use...
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 Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. to expand behavioral health services in the Lehigh Acres, FL area. The grant will enable Family Health Centers to establish a new behavioral health clinic co-located with their existing medical services, increasing access to mental health and substance use disorder...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Osceola Community Health Services (OCHS), a Federally Qualified Health Center in Kissimmee, Florida, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services for underserved populations in Osceola County. Specifically, OCHS will develop a collaborative care model that integrates primary care, behavioral health specialists,...
This Project Grant award, totaling $1,800,000.00, was made by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Family Health Center Inc., a non-profit community health center in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The funding will be used to expand behavioral health services, including increasing mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder services, in the rural, underserved communities of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,188,100 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Central Florida Family Health Center, Inc. (CFFHC) to expand behavioral health and medication-assisted therapy (MAT) services in Central Florida. CFFHC, a non-profit community health center, will use the funding to hire a psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, and medical assistant...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 project grant to Foundcare, Inc., a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in West Palm Beach, Florida. The grant will fund the "EmpowerCare - Enhancing Behavioral Health Services" program, which aims to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services at Foundcare's clinics and mobile unit. Key services to be delivered include screening, biopsychosocial intake, individual therapy, psychiatric evaluation/medication management, and SUD assessment and treatment, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). The program will add 2 mental health professionals, 3 care coordinators, 1 patient access representative, and 1 medical assistant to serve an estimated 1,600 new behavioral health patients by 2025, increasing mental health services from 2,706 to 3,734 patients and SUD services from 0 to 572 patients. This expansion project builds on Foundcare's existing comprehensive healthcare services and commitment to addressing unmet needs in the underserved, linguistically diverse Palm Beach County community.