The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to Carolina Health Centers, Inc., a non-profit community health center in Greenwood, South Carolina. The funding will support the expansion of behavioral health services, including increased access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services for the center's target population. Key services to be delivered include...
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 $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to expand behavioral health services in 15 rural counties in East Central Georgia. Specifically, the funding will allow CHCS to hire additional clinical staff, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, and certified peer...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant to Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. (CFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Wilson, North Carolina. The grant will fund CFHC's efforts to expand behavioral health services, including increasing the availability of long-term therapy for patients with mental health conditions and substance use disorders...
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 Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) has been awarded a $1,200,000 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 across RCCHC's 5 clinical sites, school-based health center, and mobile unit in northeastern North Carolina. Specifically, the grant will support the hiring of a doctoral...
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...
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...
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 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 $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Piedmont Health Services, Inc., a non-profit community health center organization, in expanding behavioral health service delivery across its ten community health center sites and mobile unit in North Carolina.
The funding will enable Piedmont Health Services to integrate mental health and substance use disorder treatment into its comprehensive primary care services, which are critical for the organization's diverse, vulnerable patient population that faces significant healthcare disparities. This includes racial/ethnic minority groups, uninsured individuals, and those with limited English proficiency. The award will be provided over two years, with $600,000 allocated for the first year and $500,000 for the second year, to increase access to integrated behavioral healthcare in Piedmont Health Services' seven-county service area.