Larry Hogan,
Governor
Boyd K. Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor
Robert R. Neall, Health Secretary
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Elizabeth Chung
Scott T. Gibson
J. Wayne Howard
Surina Jordan, PhD
Barry Ronan
Erica I. Shelton, MD
Carol Ivy Simmons,
PhD
Julie Wagner
Anthony C. Wisniewski
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SAMHSA Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families grant program (Short Title: Youth and Family TREE). The purpose of this program is to enhance and expand comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services for adolescents (ages 12-18), transitional aged youth (ages 16-25), and their families/primary caregivers with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.
Applications due: April 10, 2018,
Anticipated total available funding:
$14,616,450. For more information, click here.
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HRSA School-Based Health Center Capital (SBHCC) Program
FY 2019 SBHCC awards will increase access to mental health, substance abuse, and childhood obesity-related services in operational school-based health centers (SBHCs), by funding minor alteration or renovation (A/R) projects and/or purchase of moveable equipment, including telehealth equipment. Applicants must demonstrate how their proposal will support the provision of effective, efficient, quality health care, and lead to improvements in access to mental health, substance abuse, and childhood obesity-related services at the SBHC site(s). For the purposes of this funding opportunity, eligible applicants must be a SBHC or a sponsoring facility of a SBHC applying on behalf of a SBHC.
Applications due:
April 17, 2018. Anticipated total available funding: $10 million. For more information, click here.
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Eighteen applicants invited to present to the Commission on March 13, 2018
The CHRC's Call for Proposals released this year generated 46 applications requesting $18.9 million in funding. The CHRC's budget enables $2.3 million to support new grant awards this fiscal year. This year's Call for Proposals looked to support the following three types of projects: (1) Promoting delivery of essential health services: primary/preventative care, dental, and women's health services; (2) Addressing the heroin and opioid epidemic through behavioral health integration; and (3) Promoting food security and addressing childhood and family obesity.
Following a call with CHRC Commissioners on February 8, eighteen top-scoring applicants have been invited to present to the CHRC Commissioners on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in Annapolis, Room 150, House of Delegates. The meeting on March 13 will be open to the public.
Grant award decisions are expected to be made by the CHRC Commissioners following the applicant presentations on March 13. Click
here
for a brief overview of the applicants invited to present to the CHRC.
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CHRC invited to present at CareFirst's Southern Maryland Nonprofit Outreach event
On January 31, CareFirst hosted a community outreach event in southern Maryland that brought together nonprofit community service providers and a number of philanthropic organizations, including the CHRC, Community Foundation of Southern Maryland, and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. For press coverage of the event, click
here
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CHRC submits budget testimony to Senate Budget & Taxation and House Appropriations Committees
The CHRC submitted its budget testimony to the House Appropriations Health and Social Services Subcommittee and Senate Budget & Taxation Health and Human Services Subcommittee earlier this month. The CHRC's presentation highlighted its grants to support projects that are innovative, sustainable, and replicable. To view the presentation, click
here.
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Esperanza Center Health Clinic completes primary care grant
In 2015, the Esperanza Center, part of Catholic Charities-Baltimore, received a two-year grant from the CHRC to provide primary care services to un/underinsured individuals in Baltimore. During program implementation, the grantee provided services to 5,315 individuals through 8,400 patient visits. As a result of the program, 54% of patients with chronic illness have reduced their blood pressure and/or HbA1c to control levels (BP<140/90; HbA1c<7).
Patient surveys indicated that 2,571 patient visits would have resulted in an ED visit, which translated into total cost savings/avoided charges of $2.3 million. Esperanza Center leveraged $200,000 in CHRC funding to receive an additional $818,860 in funds from private resources.
Supporting programs that expand access to affordable, high-quality health services for low-income individuals and leverage additional funding are priorities of the CHRC. Since its inception, the initial funding provided by the CHRC ($60.3 million) has enabled its grantees to leverage $21.4 million in additional funding. Click
here
to read more about how our grantees have leveraged CHRC funds to expand health care access for Marylanders.
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