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 the Santa Cruz Community Health Centers (SCCHC) for FY 2024. The grant funding will enable SCCHC to enhance their behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, with a focus on expanding mental health care and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment within their diverse community. Key service...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. (FHCSD) for a Behavioral Health Service Expansion project. The purpose of the award is to increase the number of patients receiving mental health (11.3% increase), substance use disorder (5.7% increase), and medication for opioid use disorder (34.8% increase) services by 2025. FHCSD, a prominent Federally Qualified...
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 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 Harbor Community Health Centers (HARBORCHC), a non-profit organization located in San Pedro, California. This grant will fund HARBORCHC's initiative to expand its behavioral health care program, including mental health and substance use disorder services, in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. The goal...
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 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,100,000 to Neighborhood Healthcare, a non-profit community health organization, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California. The key products and services to be delivered include: recruiting, hiring, and training additional behavioral health providers, staff, and interns to...
The 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 Friends of Family Health Center. The grant will fund the expansion of the organization's mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services across its network of six service delivery sites in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties. The project aims to increase access to...
This Project Grant award of $2,400,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will expand behavioral health services offered by the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program (VHHP) in California. The project aims to increase access to integrated substance use disorder and mental health services for a vulnerable, hard-to-engage population: homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders. Key services to be provided include walk-in...
This federal Project Grant award of $437,818 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The purpose of the grant is to develop and expand the behavioral health workforce, particularly in serving children, adolescents, young adults, and populations in rural and medically underserved areas. The University of California, Santa Barbara...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the County of Alameda, California, through its Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless (ACHCH) division. The grant funding will be used to expand behavioral health services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Alameda County. Specifically, ACHCH will hire a clinical pharmacist and two substance use navigators to increase the number of patients...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,800,000 to the County of Santa Barbara Public Health Department (SBCPHD) to expand behavioral health services across its network of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and homeless shelter-based clinics.
The funding will enable SBCPHD to hire an additional full-time behavioral health specialist and administrative staff, as well as contract for 16 hours per week of psychiatric services via telehealth. This will allow the department to increase behavioral health visits by an estimated 900 and substance use disorder visits, including medication-assisted treatment, by 200 annually. The project aims to improve access to integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment for the uninsured, underinsured, and Medi-Cal beneficiaries served by SBCPHD's extensive network of community health centers throughout Santa Barbara County.