This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) aims to expand mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center in Brooklyn, New York. The grant will fund the recruitment and training of additional mental health providers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and substance use counselors. It will also...
The 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 Betances Health Center (BHC) to expand behavioral health services in New York City. The funding will enable BHC to increase its capacity to address unmet behavioral health needs, including mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, among its culturally diverse, minority, and medically underserved...
This Project Grant award of $1,639,086 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 the Brownsville Community Development Corporation (BCDC) in Brooklyn, New York to expand behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will allow BCDC to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services by expanding provision to adolescents aged 12-17. BCDC plans to hire...
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 $1.2M in funding to Morgan County Health Council, Inc. dba Morgan County Medical Center (MCMC) to expand behavioral health services in their service area. The award will fund the hiring of 2 psychiatric nurse practitioners, 1 master's level counselor, 2 bachelor's level social workers/case managers, 1...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,100,000 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will support Settlement Health, a non-profit community health clinic in New York City, in expanding their mental health and substance use disorder services over a two-year period from September 2024 to August 2025. Key strategies include hiring additional behavioral health staff, increasing access to medication...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc., doing business as the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center. The funding will support the expansion of behavioral health services, substance use disorder treatment, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center in New York, NY. The award will enable the...
This federal Project Grant award of $599,853.00 was provided by the U.S. 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). The grant supports the development and expansion of the behavioral health workforce, with a focus on increasing access to mental health services, addressing substance use disorders, and promoting integrated, interprofessional team-based...
This Project Grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) provides $475,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Lehman College to study substance use disorders and mental health services in the Bronx, New York. The project aims to: Convene a Bronx community taskforce to explore factors associated with the utilization of mental health and substance abuse...
The Belington Community Medical Services Association (BCMSA) received a $1,194,970 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area in West Virginia. This funding will allow BCMSA to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder treatment, including through integrated primary care training, school-based therapists, group...
The Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area of five rural counties in North Carolina. The funding will enable MCHS, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including...
The Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc. (BPMC) was awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant 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 funding will support BPMC's implementation of the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to expand mental health and substance use services at its three health center sites in the low-income, underserved neighborhoods of northwest and central Brooklyn. Specifically, the grant will fund 3 behavioral health care managers, a consulting psychiatric provider, a program manager, and a clinical data manager to integrate behavioral health services into primary care. The funding will also enhance BPMC's mental health and substance use screening efforts and train primary care staff on the CoCM approach. BPMC anticipates this initiative will result in a 50% increase in patients receiving mental health services and a 25% increase in patients receiving substance use services, including a one-fold increase in patients receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025.