Grants and Contracts Details
Description
This project will focus on two areas of the H8F funding.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Capacity – In this area we will focus our efforts on outreach to our service
area residents. This outreach will include providing education to our residents on the COVID-19
vaccination and encourage those that have not received the vaccine to do so. Vaccines are
given at our clinical locations or for those that are hindered by transportation barriers, our
center will provide in home vaccines. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will be added to facilitate
the increased burden on our nursing staff during our vaccine clinics and to provide vaccines to
residents who desire to get the vaccine during a home visit opposed to going into the clinic.
• Maintaining and Increasing Capacity – Personnel will be added to increase our behavioral health
providers through addition of a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a LCSW. This will aid in
relieving the pent-up demand for behavioral health services realized throughout the pandemic
as well as the demand created by the pandemic itself. Additionally, a dental hygienist will be
added to our fixed dental clinic to increase capacity and expand access to our fixed dental clinic
for hygienist services, another area worsened by the pandemic. To combat the issue of
scheduling for increased fixed dental clinic activity a Patient Relations Assistant will be added to
our staff to ensure patients calling our center will be able to reach the dental clinic to schedule.
A triage nurse will be added to more promptly respond to patient calls. Telehealth services will
be expanded with the addition of telehealth capability at two local schools located in more
remote parts of the county school system as well as increased capability of telehealth services in
homes within our service area. Lastly, three Community Health Workers will be added to work
with our patients needs determined through social determinants interviews and also work with
our home telehealth patients.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 4/1/21 → 3/31/24 |
Funding
- Health Resources and Services Administration: $1,075,393.00
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