Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health, Inc.

Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health, Inc. (doing business as Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health Inc. and operationally as Mountain Laurel Integrated Healthcare, or MLIH) is a West Virginia-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that serves as a prime recipient of federal health grants, delivering integrated primary medical, behavioral health, and oral health services to medically underserved rural populations in southern Appalachia.

MLIH operates as a Health Center Program Look-Alike (designated February 2020) originally established in 1970. The organization is headquartered in Stollings, West Virginia, with administrative offices and place of performance in Logan, West Virginia 25601. Recent federal funding flows through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), with supplemental grants from the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

MLIH's service area spans five rural West Virginia counties: Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming. The region is characterized by poverty rates exceeding 50 percent of the federal poverty guideline, high prevalence of chronic disease (heart disease, diabetes), food insecurity, limited health insurance coverage, and evolving substance use disorder challenges including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use and rising methamphetamine and polysubstance use. MLIH addresses health-related social needs including housing and employment barriers through integrated care teams and community health worker models.

Recent prime grant work includes a $1.3 million Health Center Program award (CFDA 93.224) from HHS HRSA for August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027, serving integrated primary, behavioral, and oral health delivery. MLIH also holds an August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029, Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant award from HHS Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, where MLIH chairs a consortium (with partners including Mingo County Health Department, One Voice, and Tug Valley Wellness) to expand telehealth and integrate community health workers across McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties. A Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement grant running August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2026, from HHS Federal Office of Rural Health Policy supported MLIH's transition to an in-house pharmacy and medication management integration. MLIH also received HHS HRSA Bridge Access Program (September 1, 2023, through December 31, 2024) and COVID-19 vaccination expansion funding (December 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023) awards.

MLIH acts as prime recipient in 80 percent of recent federal awards. Two sub-recipient positions (with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources) supported COVID-19 response coordination and peer recovery specialist staffing in 2021–2022. HHS agencies account for 100 percent of MLIH's recent award count (five awards to HHS HRSA, one to SAMHSA, one to CDC), representing approximately $6 million in combined obligated dollars. Activity has remained modest but consistent — two to three awards annually from 2021 through 2023, with one award each in 2025 and 2026. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the near term.