The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Primecare Community Health Inc., a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) located in Chicago, Illinois. The FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion project will significantly broaden and strengthen Primecare's current mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by 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 Promise Healthcare, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Champaign, Illinois, to expand the hours of operation at four of its primary care clinics. The $1,000,000 award will enable Promise Healthcare to provide an additional 34.25 hours of service each week, including expanded evening...
The federal Project Grant award of $319,627.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732). The grant supports the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in developing and expanding its Addiction Medicine Fellowship program. The goal is to increase the supply and distribution of addiction medicine specialists working in...
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), aims to increase the number of patients receiving mental health, substance use, and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) services at the Chestnut Family Health Center (CFHC) in Illinois. The project will utilize an advanced team-based care approach to promote comprehensive integrated care, including...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant on September 1, 2024 under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). This funding will support CHP's efforts to establish integrated behavioral health services, including adding 4.5 FTE therapists, a behavioral health director, coordinator, a part-time psychiatric nurse practitioner, and a part-time...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Friend Family Health Center, Inc. (Friend Health) in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support Friend Health's efforts to expand access to integrated behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services for medically vulnerable populations in Chicago's South Side communities. Specifically, Friend Health will work with a community mental health...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,735,491 Project Grant to Greater Family Health, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The funding will be used to: 1) Hire additional licensed clinical social workers to provide mental health services at 6 of Greater Family Health's health centers; 2) Hire a peer recovery support specialist to...
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 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, totaling $1,800,000.00, was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will be used by Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Inc. (dba Sihf Healthcare), a non-profit community health center, to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in both urban and rural areas. Specifically, the grant will enable Sihf Healthcare to: 1) expand its partnership with local...