Quality Health Associates Of North Dakota

Quality Health Associates of North Dakota (QHA) is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporate entity based in Minot, North Dakota, that has been registered in SAM.gov since October 2003. QHA serves as both a prime awardee and subcontractor for federal contracts and grants, providing health systems improvement, public health, and community health services throughout rural North Dakota. The organization focuses on evidence-based interventions and capacity building within underserved and rural communities, particularly targeting American Indian populations and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

Through federal contract awards, QHA has engaged in quality improvement and healthcare system enhancement work. Specifically, QHA received a federal contract sub-award effective June 30, 2022, as part of the 12th Statement of Work (SOW), which focused on achieving national aims in three core task areas: nursing home recruitment, community coalition recruitment, and quality improvement initiatives engagement. This contract work emphasized five key objectives: improving behavioral health outcomes with a focus on decreased opioid misuse, increasing patient safety, increasing chronic disease self-management, improving quality of care transitions, and enhancing overall nursing home quality. The contract demonstrates QHA's capacity to work on complex healthcare system challenges and coordinate multi-stakeholder engagement across nursing homes and community coalitions.

Through federal grant awards, QHA has established itself as a significant implementer of public health and health systems interventions. QHA currently holds two active prime federal grants: a $403,937 Cooperative Agreement from the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion awarded August 30, 2025, under the "Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening" program (CFDA 93.800), focused on increasing colorectal cancer screening in FQHCs and tribal clinics in North Dakota through evidence-based interventions; and a Project Grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services awarded December 31, 2022, for delivery of Mental Health First Aid training to rural North Dakota communities, with a goal of training 1,080 participants annually over five years. Additionally, QHA has received multiple federal grant sub-awards from the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, including work on geriatrics workforce enhancement programs, cancer prevention and control initiatives under CFDA 93.898, an emergency room oral health diversion project involving environmental scans and dental office workflow assessments, and development of a web-based bi-directional referral platform for healthcare and community-based partners. These grants collectively demonstrate QHA's expertise in health systems improvement, workforce development, and addressing healthcare disparities in rural and tribal populations.