The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Centro De Salud Familiar DR. Julio Palmieri Ferri, Inc., a non-profit hospital organization in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The grant funding will enable the organization to expand access to specialized mental health and substance use disorder services in the local community. Key strategies include implementing a referral system through the emergency department,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,356,000 Project Grant to Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC), a non-profit federally qualified health center in Puerto Rico, under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224). This 3-year award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will support MHC's delivery of comprehensive primary and preventive healthcare services to underserved communities in...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Community Health Foundation of Puerto Rico, Inc. (CHFPR) for their FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion program. The grant will enable CHFPR to expand mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services to 282,154 low-income residents across the municipalities of Bayamon, Catano, Dorado, Guaynabo, Toa...
The Morovis Community Health Center, Inc. (MCHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Puerto Rico, was awarded a $2,400,000 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 grant will fund a 2-year initiative to expand behavioral health services, including treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD), in the medically...
The Migrant Health Center Western Region, Inc. (MHC) received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand access to health services at its San Sebastian, Puerto Rico clinic site. The award will provide $500,000 per year over two years to increase the clinic's operating hours, allowing MHC to serve an additional 300 unduplicated patients annually. The expanded hours will enable MHC to offer...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Hospital General De Castaner Inc., doing business as Hospital Castaner, to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services and develop a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) program. The initiative aims to increase access to these critical services for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults in Castaner and the surrounding...
The Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico was awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services for the homeless population in San Juan. The grant will fund the following key services from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025: Increase the number of patients receiving mental health services, with a target of 910 patients served by 2025. Increase the number of patients...
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...
This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) aims to expand mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services in the Partnership Health Center's (PHC) service area in Western Montana. The award will fund the hiring of 7.0 FTE new staff, including 4 behavioral health clinicians, 1 psychiatric-mental health advanced practice registered nurse, and 2 enabling...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project grant (CFDA 93.224 - Health Center Program) to Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles, Inc. (FHCCGLA), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in California. The grant will enable FHCCGLA to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder services, including...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a 2-year, $3,000,000 Project Grant to Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The purpose of this grant is to increase access to behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, in the western regions of Puerto Rico.
MHC, a non-profit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center, will use the funding to hire a multidisciplinary team of 11.5 FTEs, including clinical social workers, nurses, SUD counselors, psychologists, and a psychiatrist. This team will provide integrated mental health, SUD, and medication-assisted treatment services at MHC's 15 primary care clinics, both in-person and via telehealth. The grant aims to increase the number of MHC patients receiving mental health services by 6% and SUD services by 16%, as well as increase the number receiving medication-assisted treatment by 15%, by 2025.