Project Grant NU58DP007063

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP), a non-profit community action agency based in Presque Isle, Maine, received an $8.64 million Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Head Start under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026, funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income...

Healthy Acadia received a $100,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912), specifically the Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, supports the planning and expansion of the Downeast Housing Collaborative, a multi-sector rural health network serving Hancock and Washington counties in Maine....

The Aroostook County received a $375,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to support community policing efforts through September 30, 2026. The funding supports the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, which provides assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to develop community policing strategies through organizational transformation, problem...

Maine Rural Health Transformation Cooperative Agreement The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a Cooperative Agreement award of $380.0 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program (CFDA 93.798) to implement a comprehensive rural healthcare transformation initiative. The award, effective December 29, 2025, through October 30, 2030, supports Maine's development of a resilient and integrated rural...

This federal Project Grant award of $270,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The funding will support Healthy Acadia, a community health organization in Maine, to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents. Healthy Acadia frequently receives federal and state sub-grants to deliver a range of...

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $650,000 to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services through the State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Exchanges program (CFDA 93.525) on September 10, 2021. This one-year cooperative agreement will support modernizing or updating Maine's state-based health insurance marketplace systems and programs to implement provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network (ABHIN) received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The Arkansas Rural Opioid Use Team Education Pathways (AROUTE-P) initiative addresses critical behavioral health (BH) workforce shortages across six rural North Arkansas counties—Carroll, Boone, Newton,...

Alaska Rural Health Transformation Program Summary The State of Alaska Department of Health received a $816.5 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) on December 29, 2025, with a performance period extending through October 30, 2030. The award supports Alaska's comprehensive effort to strengthen community-led and regionally designed health systems that deliver a full continuum of...

The Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness (WPHW) received a $708,578 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program. The three-year award will support WPHW's Ktanaqson Project to develop a sustainable Indigenous food sovereignty system for the five Wabanaki communities in Maine. Key deliverables include hiring a Food Sovereignty Coordinator and Educator to identify and develop tribal...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Executive Office of the State of Arkansas received a $417.6 million Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program (CFDA 93.798), effective December 29, 2025, through October 30, 2030. This comprehensive statewide initiative delivers four integrated service components designed to strengthen rural healthcare delivery across Arkansas. The Healthy Eating, Active Recreation,...