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 Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. (SVCHS), a non-profit community health center, to expand behavioral health services in Saltville, Virginia. The funding will enable SVCHS to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services over a two-year period...
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 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 Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) was awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155). The grant will fund a 4-year project from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028 to expand access to substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and recovery services in the rural Smyth and Tazewell counties of...
The County of Santa Barbara received a $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services. The funding will be used to hire one full-time behavioral health specialist and one full-time administrative professional, as well as contract a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner to provide telehealth psychiatric medication management services. This will allow the...
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), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand access to integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment, in its service area in North Georgia. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to hire two additional clinical counselors, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, a community health...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will allow Valley Health Team, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in California, to expand behavioral health care capacity and services to address mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) needs in the underserved communities of Fresno, Tulare, and Inyo counties. The funding will enable Valley Health Team to hire additional providers with...
This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Kuumba Community Health & Wellness Center, Inc., d/b/a New Horizons Healthcare, a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The funding will be used to expand mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and medication-assisted opioid use disorder interventions...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to Goshen Medical Center, Inc., a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in North Carolina. The grant will fund the expansion of mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to vulnerable, low-income populations in Goshen's 17-county service area that currently lack access to these critical behavioral health services. Specifically, the grant...
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 increase access to mental health counseling, psychiatric assessment/treatment, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The health center aims to serve an additional 500 unduplicated patients, including 613 mental health patients and 299 substance use disorder patients, through this initiative. The award has a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026.