The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Cherokee Health Systems, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The funding will be used to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder, in rural and underserved areas of East Tennessee. Key activities include leveraging...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,800,000 to Hope Family Health Services (HFHS), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center, to expand behavioral health services in Macon, Sumner, and Trousdale Counties, Tennessee. The funding will allow HFHS to hire additional behavioral health staff, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, addiction counselor, peer support specialists, and a clinical...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Tri-State Community Health Center in Memphis, TN. The 2-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, will enable the organization to expand access to high-quality, culturally sensitive behavioral health services in the Hickory Hill and Parkway Village neighborhoods. Key initiatives include: Opening an onsite pharmacy to provide needed medications, including...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), will enable Memphis Health Center, Inc. (MHC) to expand its behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in Southwest Tennessee. Specifically, the grant will fund the addition of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for SUD, enabling MHC to serve an additional 1,190 substance abuse patients...
The 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 Lewis County Primary Care Center Inc., doing business as PrimaryPlus. The grant will fund the expansion of mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), across PrimaryPlus's healthcare delivery locations in northeastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. Key...
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers (AMCHC) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). This 1-year grant will enable AMCHC to expand its behavioral health services in Western North Carolina. Specifically, the grant will fund the establishment of a specialty mental health and substance use disorder treatment clinic in the rural town of Murphy, including an individualized outpatient...
The U.S. 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 the Hamilton County Health Department in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The grant funding will be used to expand behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, for the homeless population in Chattanooga and the surrounding Hamilton County area. Key services to be provided...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), provides $1.2M in funding to Morgan County Health Council, Inc. dba Morgan County Medical Center (MCMC) to expand behavioral health services in their service area. The award will fund the hiring of 2 psychiatric nurse practitioners, 1 master's level counselor, 2 bachelor's level social workers/case managers, 1...
This $1,200,000 Federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will support Tri-Med Family Care, Inc.'s expansion of behavioral health services in Catoosa and Walker Counties, Georgia. The funding will enable Tri-Med Family Care, a non-profit community health center, to increase access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to HCC Network, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Waverly, Missouri. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a two-year Behavioral Health Service Expansion (BHSE) project that aims to increase access to mental health and substance use disorder services across HCC Network's service area in Carroll, Lafayette, Jackson, Ray, and Saline...
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 Maury Regional Medical Center, a non-profit health system, to expand behavioral health services in rural Tennessee. The grant will fund activities to integrate primary care, dental, and behavioral health services, connect clients to peer support specialists, and address social determinants of health through community partnerships. Key goals include increasing the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The project will serve the low-income and uninsured populations in Lewis, Marshall, Maury, and Wayne Counties.