Healthie Georgia Corporation

RURAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

SAMHSA20 CCBHC PBHDD PROJECT TITLE: CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS(CCBHC) EXPANSION GRANTS THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT PERIOD IS UP TO 2 YEARS, AND THE ESTIMATED FUNDING IS UP TO 2,000,000 ANNUALLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT SERVICES THROUGH THE EXPANSIONS OF CCBHCS. CCBHSCS PROVIDE PERSON- AND FAMILY- INTERGRATED SERVICES. THE CCBHC EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM MUST PROVIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES INCLUDING 24/7 CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS(SMI) OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD), INCLUDING OPIOD USE DISORDERS; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTRUBANCE(SED); AND INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURING MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE DISORDERS (COD). SAMHSA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATION) EXPECTS THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE 24/7 ACCESS TO COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES; TREATMENT OF CO-OCCURING DISORDERS; AND PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE IN ONE SINGLE LOCATION.

HRSA21-140 WORKFORCE VACCINE PROJECT TITLE: LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINE ACCESS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ESTABLISH, EXPAND, AND SUSTAIN A PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, AND REPSOND TO COVID- 19. THIS INCLUDES MOBILIZING COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKERS, WHICH INCLUDES COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, PATIENT NAVIGATORS, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN ACCESSING AND RECEIVING COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. THIS INCLUDES ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CONDUCTIONG FACE-TO-FACE OUTREACH AND REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY MEMEBERS TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE VACCINE, ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN MAKING A VACCINE APPOINTMENT, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO FIND CONVENIENT VACCINE LOCATIONS, ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER NEEDS TO GET TO A VACCINATION SITE. THE PROGRAM INTENDS TO ADDRESS PERSISTENT HEALTH DISPARITIES BY OFFERING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO VULNERABLE AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITITES, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AREAS OF HIGH SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.

HRSA 19-RCORP PROJECT TITLE:HEALTHIE GA SOUTHEAST RURAL COMMUNITY OPIOID RESPONSE. FUNDING REQUEST: 1,000,000 PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO 1 MILLION EACH OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE TO IMPLEMENT A SET OF EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS AND PROMISING PRACTICES THAT ALIGN WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES'S FIVE-POINT STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS. THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE, TELEHEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) AND BH CARE COORDINATION, RESULTING IN IMPROVED BEHAVORIAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR GEORGIA'S MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED CITIZENS LIVING IN THESE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF PERSISTENT POVERTY. RCCORP-IMPLEMENTATION AIMS TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), INCLUDING OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS.

HRSA21-027 OUTREACH PROGRAM TITLE: RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS OUTREACH PROGRAM 4 YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD UP TO 250,000 PER YEAR THE OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THE OUTREACH PROGRAM ARE TO: - EXPAND THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO INCLUDE NEW AND ENHANCED SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY IN RURAL COMMUNITITES; -DELIVER HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH A STRONG CONSORTIUM, IN WHICH EVERY CONSORTIUM MEMBER ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES; -UTILIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EVIDENCE-BASED OR INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE INFORMED MODEL(S) IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES; AND -IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH, AND DEMONSTRATE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SUSTAINABILITY HRSA21-082 TELEHEALTH TITLE: EVIDENCE BASED TELEHEALTH NETWORK PROGRAM 5 YEAR PERFOIRMANCE PERIOD UP TO 350,000 PER YEAR THE TWO-FOLD PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS (1) TO DEMONSTRATE HOW HEALTH NETWORKS CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES UTILIZING TELELHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES AND (2) TO CONDUCT EVALUATIONS OF THOSE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AN EVIDENCE BASE FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEHEALTH CARE FOR PATIENTS, PROVIDERS, AND PAYERS. HRSA21-088 RCORP PROGRAM TITLE: RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOD RESPONSE PROGRAM - IMPLEMENTAITON UP TO 1,000,000 FOR THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE THE RCORP IS A MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE BY THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) AIAMED AT REDUCING THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), INCLUDING OPIOD USE DISORDER (OUD), IN HIGH RISK RURAL COMMUNITITES. THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, RCORP IMPLEMENTATION, WILL ADVANCE RCORP'S OVERALL GOAL BY STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING SUD/OUD PREVENTION, TREATMENTS, ADN RECOVERY SERVICES TO ENHANCE RURAL RESIDENTS' ABILITY TO ACCESS TREATMENT AND MOVE TOWARDS RECOVERY. SAMHSA21 CMHC PROGRAM TITLE: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS GRANT PROGRAM (CMHC GRANTS) PROJECT PERIOD IS UP TO 2 YEARS AND THE ESTIMATED AWARD RANGES FROM 500,000 TO 2,500,000 PER YEAR. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA), CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (CMHS), IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2021 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS (CMHC) GRANT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ENABLE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE THE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL SERVICES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI OR SED AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, REFERRRED TO AS CO-OCCURING DISORDER (COD). SAMHSA RECOGNIZES THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, INDCLUING MINORITY POPULATIONS AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITTIES, HAVE NOT BEEN MET DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THAT CMHC STAFF AND OTHER CAREGIVERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.