The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,350,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) to Delta Health Center, Inc., a non-profit rural health organization in Mound Bayou, MS. The grant aims to improve and expand access to and coordination of perinatal health care services for low-income women...
This Project Grant award of $900,000 was made on September 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The purpose of the award is to improve and increase access to maternal care for pregnant women and new mothers in a 18-county rural region of West Tennessee. Key activities...
This $1,200,000 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 support G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center, Inc. in Canton, Mississippi to substantially expand their behavioral health services across five counties. The project aims to increase patient reach for mental health and substance use disorder treatment by 20%, establish medication-assisted treatment (MAT)...
This Project Grant award of $599,887 was provided by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health (CFDA 93.137) federal grant program. The award was made to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to implement the Delta Maternal Outreach and Transformational Health Education Resource (Delta Mother) project. The Delta Mother project aims to create community-level health initiatives that reduce...
The West Central Alabama AHEC (WCAAHEC) was awarded a $899,978 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant, titled "ALARISE (Resources Information Support and Empowerment)", aims to improve and increase access to maternal care for pregnant women and new...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) will enable Delta Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Mississippi, to expand the availability, accessibility, and utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services across its network of 11 primary care access points. The project aims to: 1) integrate addiction treatment services, including a substance abuse counselor...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to the Coastal Family Health Center, Inc. (CFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224). The funding will be used to expand operating hours at three CFHC clinic locations in Mississippi's Gulf Coast region, including opening a new Convenient Care Center at the Moss Point Pharmacy site. The expanded hours will provide...
This $1,250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (CFDA 93.912) supports a Community Paramedicine and Health Worker Program in Laconia, New Hampshire. The program aims to increase preventative care access for underserved populations, such as older adults and...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) provides $1,200,000 to the Public Health Law Center Inc., a non-profit organization in St. Paul, MN, to deliver legal capacity-building technical assistance to accelerate state and local policy innovation for better maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing a...
The Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHA) received a $450,000 per year, 4-year Project Grant award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the CFDA 93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program. The grant will fund the Tennessee Delta Doula Network project, which aims to increase the number of healthcare providers and paraprofessionals trained on providing culturally sensitive,...
This Project Grant award of $2,250,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) aims to expand coordinated perinatal healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers in Yazoo City and Belzoni, Mississippi.
The G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center, a minority-owned non-profit FQHC, will lead this 4-year project to increase coordinated care by 30% in the first year, reduce preterm births by 15%, and boost adequate prenatal care from 70% to 85% over two years. The project will also reduce late or no prenatal care from 15.5% to 10% and increase telehealth and community outreach by 40%. Key activities include forming a healthcare consortium, expanding telehealth, and offering community outreach, health education, and support groups for pregnant women and new mothers.