The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $599,982 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Island Health Inc. d/b/a Island Health Care Community Health Center. The funding supports the following key products and services: Hiring behavioral health and support staff to expand integrated behavioral health and substance use disorder (BH/SUD) services at the health center. Finalizing frameworks and workflows to enhance the integration of BH/SUD care with...
This $600,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable the North Orange County Regional Health Foundation, doing business as Family Health Matters Community Health Center, to expand access to mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services for their vulnerable target populations. Specifically, the funding will allow the organization to increase licensed clinical...
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 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to The Institute for Family Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center in New York. The funding will be used to expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in high-need communities served by the Institute. Key services to be provided include: Expanding same-day behavioral health consultations with licensed clinicians at the...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Fair Haven Community Health Clinic, Inc. to expand mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services in the New Haven, CT area. The funding will allow the clinic to increase the number of patients receiving mental health and SUD services, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. The project will...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a 2-year, $2,400,000 Project Grant to Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. (MHC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The grant is funded under HRSA's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) and will be used to increase access to behavioral health services, including expanding mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, across MHC's 15 primary care clinics in the...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc. (doing business as Shenandoah Community Health Center) a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in its service area. The funding will enable Shenandoah Community Health Center to add 2.0 FTE psychiatric nurse practitioners, 2.0 FTE substance use disorder therapists, 1.0 FTE peer recovery coach, and other supporting staff to...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to The Broad Top Area Medical Center, Inc. (Broad Top Medical) for its FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project. Through this grant, Broad Top Medical aims to increase its mental health and substance use disorder services, including access to medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD). The funding will support two key strategies:...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Bluestone Health Association, Inc. a $1,200,000 FY 2024 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand and enhance access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in combination with integrated primary and behavioral health care, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and peer recovery support services. The project will serve individuals with mental health and SUD issues, including rural, uninsured,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through its Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Access Community Health Centers, Inc. to expand behavioral health services in Madison, Wisconsin. This funding will enhance the organization's integrated Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) model, which promotes the co-location and integration of physical and mental health services. The grant will support the addition of two Behavioral Health Care...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Thundermist Health Center (THC) in Warwick, Rhode Island. The grant will fund THC's efforts to expand access to behavioral health (BH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), in underserved communities in Rhode Island. Key activities include increasing the number of patients receiving BH and SUD care by 1,200 by the end of 2026, expanding open access hours for BH services, renovating space to create new BH provider rooms, hiring two psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, and launching a mobile medical van to reach patients with unstable housing or transportation challenges. THC will also provide SUD treatment training to 60 registered nurses and continue hosting social work student internships to expand long-term capacity for serving patients with BH needs.