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 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...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 project grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to The Institute for Family Health, a prominent Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in New York. The project will expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in high-need communities across New York City and the Mid-Hudson Valley. Key services include: Expanding same-day behavioral health consultation and...
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....
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 William F. Ryan Community Health Center, Inc. (doing business as Ryan Health) received a $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in New York City. Through this award, Ryan Health will implement a mobile engagement unit outreach model to provide street outreach, education, screening, brief intervention, and referrals for...
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 Project Grant award of $1,575,099 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Bread For The City Inc., a Washington, DC-based non-profit, in expanding its behavioral health services. The funding will allow Bread For The City to increase patient visit slots by 40%, add 3.66 more behavioral health staff FTEs, and hire a behavioral health fellow to provide strategic oversight and grow the program. Additionally, the...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Neighborcare Health, a federally qualified health center in Seattle, WA, to expand its behavioral health service offerings. Specifically, the funding will support hiring 1.0 FTE substance use disorder counselor, 2.0 FTE mental health counselors, 1.0 FTE program manager, and 2.50 FTE social workers to begin providing substance use disorder services and...
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 support the integration of behavioral health services within the center's primary care setting to reduce barriers to care and promote early intervention. Additionally, the funding will enable facility infrastructure enhancements to accommodate the increased demand for these services and create a more inclusive, welcoming environment for patients. The project period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025 and focuses on addressing health inequities exacerbated by social determinants of health in the central Brooklyn community.