This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Delta Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Mississippi, to expand the availability, accessibility, and utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services across its network of 11 primary care access points. The project aims to: 1) integrate addiction treatment services, including a substance abuse counselor...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium d/b/a Access Family Care to expand behavioral health services in their six-county service area in southwest Missouri. The funding will be used to add a mobile behavioral health unit to serve the Joplin school district and homeless populations, expand school-based mental health and substance use...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Healthcore Clinic Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Wichita, Kansas, to expand its behavioral health services. The funding will support the addition of 1 FTE advanced nurse practitioner, 0.5 FTE contracted family medicine physician specialized in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder (MOUD), 0.2 FTE contracted...
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's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,200,000 to Mainline Health Systems Inc., a non-profit community health center organization, to expand behavioral health services in rural southeast Arkansas. The funding will allow Mainline Health Systems Inc. to increase mental health services and add new substance use disorder treatment, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). By the end of 2025,...
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 allow First Choice Primary Care, Inc., a non-profit healthcare provider in Macon, Georgia, to expand its capacity to deliver behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services in central Georgia. The funding will enable First Choice Primary Care to hire additional staff, including a family...
This $2,400,000 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 River Valley Primary Care Services (RVPCS), a non-profit community health center, to expand access to behavioral health services across its network of clinics in Arkansas. The funding will allow RVPCS to integrate primary care and behavioral health, increase the number of patients receiving...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Community Health Care Systems, Inc. (CHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to expand behavioral health services in 15 rural counties in East Central Georgia. Specifically, the funding will allow CHCS to hire additional clinical staff, including a psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, and certified peer...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Ozarks Resource Group d/b/a Ozarks Community Health Center (OCHC) to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services in the underserved four-county service area of Dade, Dallas, Hickory, and Polk Counties in rural Missouri. The funding will support OCHC in directly employing a 1.0 FTE...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,142,034 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will allow Great Mines Health Center to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment, in Washington and St. Francois counties in Missouri. The project will focus on maintaining the existing workforce providing integrated primary care and...
This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), supports 1ST Choice Healthcare, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Northeast Arkansas, in expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The primary objectives are to increase access to mental health services, integrate SUD treatment including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in primary care, develop community partnerships for outreach and support services, conduct public awareness campaigns, and improve screening processes for early detection and referral. Key activities include recruiting a psychiatric APRN, expanding telehealth infrastructure, training staff on SUD and MOUD, strengthening collaboration with the local mental health center, and building partnerships with community agencies for peer support. This project aims to significantly increase access to mental health and SUD services in the underserved rural communities served by 1ST Choice Healthcare.