The 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 Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC), a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network in central Texas. This funding will allow LSCC to establish direct substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, at an existing primary care...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Lone Star Community Health Center, Inc. (doing business as Lone Star Family Health Center) to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for underserved populations in Conroe, Texas. The key objectives of this 1-year award, starting September 1, 2024, are to: 1) add a part-time...
This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Brownsville Community Health Clinic Corporation to expand access to behavioral health services in Brownsville, Texas. Key project activities include leveraging community partnerships to serve underserved populations, integrating primary care with behavioral health services, expanding the role of primary care providers in medication-assisted...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $882,752 Project Grant to the Ellis County Coalition for Health Options, Inc. dba Hope Health, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community health center in Waxahachie, Texas. The grant, funded through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), aims to expand mental health services and enhance access to treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD), including medications for OUD, in Ellis County. Key objectives include: 1) increasing the availability...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,646,847 Project Grant to the Community Health Center of Lubbock, Inc. (CHCL) to expand behavioral health services in Lubbock County, Texas. The funding will enable CHCL, a Federally Qualified Health Center, to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. CHCL will use...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Accelhealth, a non-profit community health center in De Leon, Texas, to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services in its 5-county service area. Specifically, Accelhealth will hire a psychologist, licensed professional counselor, psychiatric nurse practitioner, social worker/care coordinator, and community health worker...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through its Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant to the Williamson Health & Wellness Center, Inc. to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in southern West Virginia. The funding will support three key initiatives: 1) establishing new medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services at the organization's after-hours clinic within the Williamson Memorial Hospital, 2)...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Healthcore Clinic Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Wichita, Kansas, to expand its behavioral health services. The funding will support the addition of 1 FTE advanced nurse practitioner, 0.5 FTE contracted family medicine physician specialized in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD), 0.2 FTE contracted...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. (dba HealthPoint) to increase access to behavioral health services in the Brazos Valley region of Texas. The funding will be used to expand behavioral health care services by increasing the number of full-time mental health and substance use disorder personnel,...
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 $1,100,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Heart of Texas Community Health Center d/b/a Waco Family Medicine. The grant funding, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will enable the organization to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including those receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment. Key activities include:
Designing and implementing a Behavioral Health Champion training program to improve the organization's capacity to detect, evaluate, and treat behavioral health disorders commonly seen in primary care.
Developing enduring educational materials to enhance clinicians' understanding of behavioral health disorder evaluation and treatment.
Establishing standardized clinical pathways using measurement-based care principles to systematize the detection, treatment, and coordination of care for common behavioral health disorders.
Hiring a licensed clinical social worker to provide behavioral health interventions for patients in the addiction medicine clinic.
The grant aims to expand access to integrated behavioral health services and improve clinical outcomes for underserved populations in McClellan, Hill, and Bell Counties, Texas.