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...
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,...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Christ Community Health Services Augusta, Inc., a non-profit healthcare organization in Augusta, Georgia, to expand its behavioral health services. The funding will support the addition of new full-time behavioral health providers, including three focused on adult patients and one on pediatrics and adolescents. It will also fund a behavioral health care...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,200,000 to Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. (Mercy Care), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The funding will be used to expand Mercy Care's integrated behavioral health services, including increasing the number of patients receiving mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment for...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,400,000 project grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Tri State Community Health Center, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Memphis, Tennessee. The funding will be provided over a 2-year period from September 2024 to August 2026 to expand the center's behavioral health services and reduce opioid-related overdoses in Shelby County. Key services to be delivered include: Opening an onsite pharmacy to...
The $600,000 FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion Project Grant, awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), will enable the Central City Community Health Center, Inc. to expand patient access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services across its service area of over 5.12 million residents. The project aims to utilize the Department of Health and Human Services' roadmap for behavioral health...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Health Education, Assessment And Leadership, Inc. (H.E.A.L., Inc.) for a Behavioral Health Service Expansion project. The funding will support H.E.A.L.'s Healing Community Center in Atlanta, GA to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder....
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to First Choice Primary Care, Inc., a non-profit healthcare organization located in Macon, Georgia. The grant will fund the expansion of First Choice Primary Care's behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services in central Georgia. Specifically, the funding will enable First Choice Primary Care to hire additional staff, including a family...
This Project Grant award of $600,000 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Community Health and Dental Care, Inc. (CHDC), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The funding will be used by CHDC to expand its current behavioral health services and increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use...
This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $600,000 to Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) based in Savannah, Georgia. The funding will be used to: 1) Strengthen integrated behavioral health services and referral systems to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment for the organization's low-income, uninsured,...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $600,000 in FY 2024 and $500,000 in FY 2025 to Tri-Med Family Care, Inc., a non-profit community health center in Ringgold, Georgia. The funding will support Tri-Med Family Care's expansion of behavioral health services, including new mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder services. By the end of the 2-year project period, the center estimates providing 250 mental health services, 50 substance use disorder services, and 25 medication-assisted treatment services to both new and existing patients. This award aims to increase access to comprehensive behavioral health care in an underserved region with high uninsured rates and healthcare professional shortages.