The Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Center (CRCHC) was awarded a $1,200,000 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). The two-year grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will support CRCHC's expansion of behavioral health services, including increased access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services....
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 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...
This $1,800,000 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 Ocracoke Health Center, Inc., a non-profit federally qualified health center (FQHC), to expand mental health and substance abuse treatment services, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), in the underserved rural areas of Hyde and Dare Counties, North Carolina. The program will...
The Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. (MCHS) was awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area of five rural counties in North Carolina. The funding will enable MCHS, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to Carolina Health Centers, Inc., a non-profit community health center in Greenwood, South Carolina. The funding will support the expansion of behavioral health services, including increased access to mental health, substance use disorder, and medication-assisted treatment services for the center's target population. Key services to be delivered include...
The federal Project Grant award of $589,000 provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will support Robeson Health Care Corporation (RHCC), a federally qualified health center, in delivering comprehensive primary and preventive healthcare services to underserved communities in North Carolina. The funding will enable RHCC to enhance its capacity to respond to critical...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Goshen Medical Center, Inc. (GMC) to increase access to behavioral health services in its service area in eastern North Carolina. GMC, a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center, will use the funding to hire 3.0 FTE licensed clinical social workers and 3.0 FTE peer support specialists to provide on-site,...
The Rockbridge Area Health Center (RAHC) was awarded a $1,800,000 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 access to behavioral health services in its service area. The "Behavioral Health Access for All" program will increase the number of patients receiving mental health services, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and medication-assisted treatment...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) to expand behavioral health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) in North Carolina. The funding will enable NC DHHS to hire 3 new behavioral health specialists, increase behavioral health training for staff, and expand hours for a bilingual physician assistant to...
The Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) has been awarded a $1,200,000 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). The grant will fund a 2-year initiative to expand behavioral health services across RCCHC's 5 clinical sites, school-based health center, and mobile unit in northeastern North Carolina.
Specifically, the grant will support the hiring of a doctoral psychologist, psychiatrist, additional licensed clinical social worker/addiction specialist, and a tele-mental health nursing assistant. It will also fund the development of an embedded tele-mental health clinic within a local low-income housing complex, as well as the establishment of 3 mobile tele-mental health units. Additionally, the grant will provide resources for mental health trainings for RCCHC's clinical staff and screenings/trainings for patients and families on topics such as firearms safety and suicide prevention. The goal is to improve access to integrated medical and behavioral healthcare services for the underserved populations in RCCHC's 5-county service area, including those with low incomes, the uninsured/underinsured, and seasonal agricultural workers.