The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (AMCHC) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). This 1-year grant will enable AMCHC to expand its behavioral health services in Western North Carolina. Specifically, the grant will fund the establishment of a specialty mental health and substance use disorder treatment clinic in the rural town of Murphy, including an individualized outpatient...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Appalachian District Health Department (Apphealthcare), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving rural communities in North Carolina. The grant will fund a two-year project to extend weekday clinic hours from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday through Thursday, at the Alleghany and Ashe Health Center sites. This will allow Apphealthcare to add 1,035...
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 Mountain Community Health Partnership, Incorporated, a non-profit community health center in Bakersville, North Carolina. The grant funding will support a 2-year project from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 to expand behavioral health services, including increasing access to mental health, substance use...
This Project Grant award of $1,800,000 was provided 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 High Country Community Health, a federally qualified health center serving northwestern North Carolina, in expanding their integrated behavioral health and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services in Burke and Surry Counties. The goal is to increase the number of...
The Bureau of Primary Health Care awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. to expand behavioral health services in 8 counties in western North Carolina. The 2-year grant will increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment, by 2,400. Key activities include: 1) hiring care managers to immediately contact referrals and...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable the Mountaineer Community Health Center Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center in Paw Paw, West Virginia, to expand its behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services. The funding will allow Mountaineer Community Health Center to hire additional staff, including a psychiatric...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) to expand behavioral health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) in North Carolina. The funding will enable NC DHHS to hire 3 new behavioral health specialists, increase behavioral health training for staff, and expand hours for a bilingual physician assistant to...
This federal Project Grant award of $508,799.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant was awarded on July 1, 2025 to Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. (MAHEC), a non-profit healthcare organization in Asheville, North Carolina, to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce in the region. The funding will support MAHEC's Addiction Medicine...
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 Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. (SVCHS), a non-profit community health center, to expand behavioral health services in Saltville, VA. The two-year grant, running from September 2024 to August 2025, will fund 10.7 FTE staff, including mental health clinicians, substance use disorder counselors,...
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 Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc. (dba Shenandoah Community Health Center) to expand behavioral health services in their service area. The funding will enable Shenandoah Community Health Center to add 2 FTE psychiatric nurse practitioners, 2 FTE substance use disorder therapists, 1 FTE peer recovery...
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 Appalachian District Health Department (DBA Apphealthcare), a Federally Qualified Health Center in Sparta, North Carolina. This 2-year grant will enable Apphealthcare to expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment, for medically vulnerable populations in Ashe and Alleghany Counties. Key services to be provided include hiring additional licensed behavioral health providers, peer support specialists, and a part-time medical provider to deliver integrated substance use and mental health treatment. Through this project, Apphealthcare aims to treat 72 medication-assisted treatment patients and provide behavioral health services to 509 patients by the end of the award period on August 31, 2025.