The Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Primary Health Care's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services across 8 counties in western North Carolina. The 2-year grant period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) Hiring care managers with lived experience to immediately connect behavioral health and substance use...
The Morgan County Health Council, Inc. (dba Morgan County Medical Center) was awarded a $600,000 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) to expand behavioral health services in their service area. The funding will support the hiring of 2.0 FTE psychiatric nurse practitioners, 1.0 FTE master's level counselor, 2.0 FTE bachelor's level social workers/case managers, 1.0 FTE...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Wrightsville, Georgia. The funding will support CHCS's FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) project, which aims to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services for the low-income,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to The Broad Top Area Medical Center, Inc. (Broad Top Medical) for its FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project. Through this grant, Broad Top Medical aims to increase its mental health and substance use disorder services, including access to medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD). The funding will support two key strategies:...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc. (doing business as Shenandoah Community Health Center) a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area. The funding will enable Shenandoah Community Health Center to add 2.0 FTE psychiatric nurse practitioners, 2.0 FTE substance use disorder therapists, 1.0 FTE peer recovery coach, and other supporting staff to...
The Battenkill Valley Health Center, Inc. was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services. The project aims to increase the organization's mental health and substance use disorder workforce from 1.75 to 4.75 full-time equivalents (FTEs), including hiring a Director of Behavioral Health, 2 therapists, a 0.6 FTE Family Nurse Practitioner, and a 1.0 FTE RN Triage...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Washington, North Carolina. The purpose of this 2-year grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026, is to support MCHS's efforts to expand behavioral health services, including increasing the number of patients receiving mental health...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Community Care of West Virginia, Inc. (CCWV) to expand behavioral health services in rural, medically underserved areas. The grant funding will allow CCWV to expand access to mental health treatment, substance use disorder programs, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (AMCHC) to implement a Behavioral Health Services Expansion (BHSE) project. The BHSE project will establish a specialty mental health and substance use disorder treatment clinic, including an individualized outpatient program and medication for opioid use disorder, at an existing AMCHC clinic site in Murphy, North...
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 Valley Health Systems, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Huntington, West Virginia. The two-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, will enable Valley Health Systems to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services for underserved...
The Belington Community Medical Services Association (BCMSA) has been awarded a $597,485 project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant will fund BCMSA's efforts to expand behavioral health services in its service area, which covers 26 zip codes in 5 West Virginia counties with a population of 89,227. Key initiatives include:
Providing training in integrated primary care practice to increase the number of patients receiving mental health services
Supporting a school-based therapist in area elementary schools
Developing group therapy sessions
Providing training in cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain
Increasing the number of patients receiving substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
This funding aims to address the significant unmet need for behavioral health services in BCMSA's service area, where only 13% of the mental health professional need was met in 2022, compared to 27.7% nationally. The grant will enable BCMSA to enhance its comprehensive primary care and supplemental health services to better serve the medically underserved communities in its region.