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 $2,400,000 Project Grant under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Community Health & Wellness Partners of Logan County (CHWP), a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in Ohio. The funding will be used to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in CHWP's service area. Key initiatives include: Hiring chemical dependency counselor assistants to increase enrollment in CHWP's...
This Project Grant award of $600,000.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to the Erie County Health Department and Erie County Community Health Center (ECHD/ECCHC) in Ohio. The funding will be used to expand access to behavioral health services, including substance use, opioid use, and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment, for high-risk rural populations in Erie, Huron, and Ottawa counties. Key...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) to the Ohiohealth Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio. The grant titled "RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM-IMPACT - THE CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PROJECT" aims to improve access to comprehensive, evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder...
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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant to My Community Health Center in North Canton, Ohio. The funding will be provided over 2 years, from September 2024 to August 2026, to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment, to 500 unduplicated patients in the Canton, Ohio area. This award...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $600,000, was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to Axesspointe Community Health Centers. The funding will be used to expand behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio. Specifically, the grant will support the addition of a psychiatric pharmacist, medical doctor, nurse practitioner,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University (OSU) to expand behavioral health services at its OSU Total Health & Wellness (OSU THW) health center. The funding will enable OSU THW to develop a new behavioral health department that will add substance use disorder services, expand and coordinate mental health services, and increase the capacity to provide medication for opioid...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Neighborhood Health, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Alexandria, Virginia. The 2-year grant, beginning September 1, 2024, will enable Neighborhood Health to expand its behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) services. The grant will fund the addition of 2 FTE mental health therapists, 1 FTE case manager, 1 FTE addiction...
The Cherokee Health Systems, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The grant 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, under-resourced areas of Tennessee. Key project activities...
The Neighborhood Health Association of Toledo, Inc. was awarded a $2,400,000 project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) to expand behavioral health services in the Toledo, OH area.
The grant funding will support two main efforts: 1) Expanding the organization's integrated primary care and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program for opioid use disorder (OUD) by hiring four outreach workers to identify and refer high-risk populations including at-risk individuals, unhoused individuals, and pregnant women with substance use disorder; and 2) Creating a new Recovery Community Resource Center to provide harm reduction services, case management, legal services, family support, and counseling for individuals with substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders, with a focus on those with OUD in the East Toledo area. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026.