Grantee Organization: Talbot County Health
Department.
Jurisdiction Served: Talbot
Grant and Amount: 18-002 ($175,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would establish a Rural Health
Collaborative working across five counties (Queen Anne’s, Kent, Talbot,
Caroline, and Dorchester) to improve the integration of clinical, social, and
preventative health systems. The Collaborative would focus on improving health
care for low-income residents and would develop models for integration that can
be duplicated in other rural areas.
Organization Contact Information: health.maryland.gov/talbotcounty/Pages/home.aspx
Grantee Organization: Prince George’s County
Fire/EMS.
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount: 18-005 ($175,000)
Grant Project Description: This Mobile Integrated Health project would reduce
preventable 911 calls through the use of community paramedics who would
interact with at-risk residents who frequently call 911 for non-emergent
conditions. The integrated health team would connect these residents with
quality healthcare services and other necessary community supports. The program
offers the 2 potential to help reduce avoidable EMS and hospital utilization
services and is replicable in other areas of the state.
Organization Contact Information: www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/222/FireEmergency-Medical-Services
Grantee Organization: Wicomico County Health
Department/EMS
Jurisdiction Served: Wicomico
Grant and Amount: 18-006 ($90,000)
Grant Project Description: This Mobile Integrated
Health project would reduce preventable 911 calls through the use of a
team consisting of an emergency medical technician and a registered nurse. The
team would identify frequent callers to 911 for non-emergent conditions and
would conduct welfare checks, case management, safety planning, and refer
patients to primary care physicians, medical specialists, and, if necessary,
in-home care providers. The program offers the potential to help reduce
avoidable EMS and hospital utilization services and is replicable in other
rural areas of the state.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.wicomicohealth.org/index.aspx?pageId=1
Grantee Organization: Esperanza Center
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 18-007 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would increase access
to culturally competent, patient-centered care in a free clinic in Baltimore
City, perhaps the only one in the state that serves only low-income uninsured
individuals. The project would increase the number of hours of staffing for the
clinic to provide primary care as well as referrals to specialty care and
services to address social determinants of health. The program at the Esperanza
Center offers the strong potential of reducing avoidable hospital utilization
for primary care services by the target population.
Organization Contact Information: www.catholiccharities-md.org/services/esperanza-center/health-center/
Grantee Organization: Care For Your Health
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 18-017 ($75,000)
Grant Project Description: This project would increase access to
geriatric primary care services for home bound and low‐ income senior citizens, who do not have or
have not been able to see a primary care provider. The program has three sites
in NE Montgomery County, in Pine Ridge and in Baltimore City, and the CHRC
grant would support the expansion of the program to a new site in Baltimore
City and support home visitation to seniors unable to travel for care. The
program would also encourage older adults who are at risk of hospitalization or
death to develop advanced directives and an active care plan..
Organization Contact Information: http://careforyourhealth.org/
Grantee Organization: University of
Maryland-Baltimore
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount: 17-001 ($1,200,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to expand
access to primary and preventative care services and promote care continuity in
Prince George’s County, an area of Maryland with some of the highest chronic
disease burdens in the state that would benefit from increased access to
primary care services in the community. The project provides a specific
emphasis on low-income individuals who present at the emergency department of
the Prince George’s Hospital Center for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
and seeks to link these residents with routine and ongoing primary care
services at a new center in Cheverly. The project would also deploy the
Governor’s Wellmobile to reach patients where they live. CHRC grant funds are
being utilized to support the salary costs in the clinic and Wellmobile.
Organization Contact Information: www.umaryland.edu
Grantee Organization: Health Partners
Jurisdiction Served: Charles
Grant and Amount: 17-002 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
increase access to primary care services in two sites in Charles County, a
rural and underserved area of the state. The project will support continuation
of services in Waldorf and establishment of a new site in Nanjemoy. CHRC
grant funds are being used to support salaries at the two sites.
Organization Contact Information: healthpartnersinc.org
Grantee Organization: Family
Services
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 17-003 ($250,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant will support the
Thriving Germantown initiative, which focuses on increasing access to health
and social support services in an underserved, low-income, and diverse
community around the James Daly elementary school, a Title I elementary school.
The Thriving Germantown initiative utilizes a collective impact model and
builds on the "Promise Neighborhood" concept, which tracks 15
indicators across the cradle-to-grave continuum for low-income families. The
Thriving Germantown initiative provides a multisectoral approach to improving
both health and educational outcomes and offers the potential to leverage
significant additional funding from private philanthropic organizations that may
be replicable in other underserved and diverse areas of the state.CHRC grant
funds are being used to support staff salaries and other program costs.
Organization Contact Information: www.fs-inc.org
Grantee Organization: Wicomico County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Wicomico
Grant and Amount: 16-009 ($425,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant is being used to
support the opening of a school-based health center (SBHC) in Salisbury. In
addition to serving students, the SBHC will be open to the adult staff members
of the two schools and provides a new access point for both primary and
behavioral health services. Billable services will be billed to Medicaid and
third-party insurers. CHRC grant funds are being utilized to support the salary
costs of the new SBHC.
Organization Contact Information: www.wicomicohealth.org
Grantee Organization: Shepherd’s
Clinic
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 16-010 ($105,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant is being used to
support a diabetes Self-management program at a free clinic in Baltimore City
that predominantly serves low-income, un/underinsured individuals by providing
a number of services including primary, specialty, and wellness programs. The
proposal requests funding to triple the capacity of the Diabetes
Self-Management Program and grant funds are being utilized to hire a part-time
certified diabetes educator.
Organization Contact Information: www.shepherdsclinic.org
Grantee Organization: La Clinica del
Pueblo
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount: 16-011 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant is being used to
support the opening of a new Federally Qualified Health Center site in
Hyattsville, Prince George's County, which serves the Langley Park,
Hyattsville, Riverdale, Mt. Rainer, and Bladensburg communities, providing
access to medical, behavioral health, and other social support services. In
August 2015, the applicant secured a FY 2015 New Access Point grant from HRSA
to support the new site in Hyattsville and has leveraged additional funding
from private foundations. Grant funds are being utilized to support the salary
costs of program personnel at the new health center site.
Organization Contact Information: www.lcdp.org
Grantee Organization: Charles County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Charles
Grant and Amount: 16-013 ($400,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports an
innovative “public health-EMS-hospital” partnership that seeks to address
utilization of EMS and ED services in Charles County by assisting frequent
ED/EMS users to manage their chronic conditions in a primary care setting or at
home. The program is a collaboration among the Charles County Health
Department, Charles EMS, and Charles Regional Hospital. Grant funding is being
utilized to support a Mobile Integrated Healthcare team comprised of a
paramedic, a nurse practitioner, and two community health workers (This
grant is also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care
in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.charlescountyhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Chinese Culture
and Community Service Center
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 16-014 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant is being utilized
to support the relocation and expansion of the Pan Asian Volunteer Health Clinic,
which serves the low-income Asian American population in Montgomery County. The
clinic will provide primary care, case management, prescription assistance, lab
testing, and free screening and vaccinations for Hepatitis B. The Clinic is
staffed by volunteer physicians and part-time administrative staff. Grant
funding is being utilized to the support the salary costs of program staff.
Organization Contact Information: www.ccacc-dc.org
Grantee Organization: Harford County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Harford County
Grant and Amount: 15-008 ($320,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant provides funding
to support the partnership between Harford Health Department and Upper
Chesapeake Health (UCH) to identify high-risk, high-cost populations and would
"integrate" the care coordination efforts of Harford Health
Department with disease management efforts of UCH. Grant funds are utilized to
cover the salary costs of program staff (This grant is also listed in
"Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care in the
community").
Organization Contact Information: http://harfordcountyhealth.com/
Grantee Organization: Medstar Union
Memorial Hospital
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 15-009 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supports a
hospital-community partnership to open a new FQHC site operated by Total Health
Care on the grounds of Medstar Union Memorial Hospital (MUMH). The FQHC will
serve patients from Baltimore City who are chronically ill and who are frequent
users of the hospital ED and inpatient services. Grant funding covers the salaries
of care coordinators who are embedded in the MUMH ED (This grant is also
listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care in the
community").
Organization Contact Information: http://www.medstarunionmemorial.org/
Grantee Organization: Esperanza Center
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 15-010 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant award is being used
to support a program to expand clinic hours at the Esperanza Center from 17 to
28 per week. The center serves low-income un/underinsured patients in Baltimore
City and is supported by Catholic Charities and Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine. Grant funding utilized covers the salary costs program personnel.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.catholiccharities-md.org/immigrants/
Grantee Organization: West Cecil
Community Health Center
Jurisdiction Served: Harford County and Cecil County
Grant and Amount: 14-008 (480,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports the
opening of a new Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Harford County.
The new FQHC will offer primary care services in West Cecil in a Medically
Underserved Area (MUA) between Aberdeen and Havre de Grace. Grant funds are
being utilized to support the start-up operational costs of the center. West Cecil
Community Center leveraged this grant funding to receive an additional $250,000
from the Weinberg Foundation.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.westcecilhealth.org/
Grantee Organization: Health Care for
the Homeless
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grants and Amounts: 14-009 ($140,000)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported a program
that provided a medical home for homeless individuals in Baltimore City who
were high utilizers of the City’s emergency departments. The program provided
health-related services, education, and advocacy to reduce the incidence and
burdens of homelessness. Over the duration of the program 66 individuals
received care through 1,040 encounters.
Organization Contact Information: www.hchmd.org
Grantee Organization: Mobile Medical Care
Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grants and Amount: 14-010 ($480,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
opening of a new multicultural safety net health clinic in the Aspen Hill
neighborhood of Montgomery County. The clinic includes eight exam rooms for
adult and pediatric medical care. Grant funding is being utilized to support
salary costs of staff as well as equipment and supplies during the start up for
the clinic. Mobile Medical Care Inc. leveraged this grant funding to receive
$900,000 in Federal New Access Point funds and to become designated as a
Federally Qualified Health Center.
Organization Contact Information: www.mobilemedicalcare.org/
Grantee Organization: Health Care
Access Maryland
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grants and Amount: 14-011 ($800,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supports a
program that targets individuals with chronic disease conditions who frequently
utilize the Sinai Hospital emergency departments and promotes access to primary
and preventative care services in the community. The program helps residents
enroll in public health care coverage and navigate the complex health care
system. Grant funds are being used to support new ED diversion teams deployed
in two hospitals in Baltimore City (Sinai and Northwest Hospitals) (This
grant is also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care
in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.healthcareaccessmaryland.org
Grantee Organization: Access Carroll
Jurisdiction Served: Carroll County
Grant Amount: 14-015 ($125,000)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant program supports the
promotion of the long-term financial sustainability of the grantee, from a
grant based billing model to billing both Medicaid and private payors. Grant
funds are being utilized to hire a full time biller/coder and consultant help
to design and implement billing systems and enhance the use of its IT
system.
(The grant is also listed in
"Expanding Safety Net Capacity")
Organization Contact Information: www.accesscarroll.org
Grantee
Organization: Health Partners
Jurisdiction Served: Charles County
Grant Amount: 14-016 ($300,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant assists this free
clinic as it transitions from a grant based billing model to billing both
Medicaid and private payors. Grant funds are being utilized to support the
salary costs of four new health clinicians in a patient-centered medical home
model. (The grant is also listed in "Expanding Safety Net Capacity"
).
Organization Contact Information: www.healthpartnersinc.org
Grantee Organization: Allegany County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Allegany
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-001 ($185,048)
Grant Project Description: This proposal seeks to reduce health
disparities and address social determinants of health by deploying community
health workers to link patients to community resources. Grant funds would
be utilized to create a community resource guide, to support cultural
competency provider training, and to provide access to subsidized
transportation services.
Grantee Organization: Howard County Local
Health Improvement Coalition
Jurisdiction Served: Howard
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-002 ($250,000)
Grant Project Description: This proposal seeks to increase access
to health care and enhance chronic disease prevention by utilizing
“hotspotting” data analysis and targeting resources to address the complex
health needs of individuals identified in this analysis. Grant funds will be
utilized to establish a community health worker program; increase the number of
PCMHs in the community; and create shared savings blueprint.
Grantee Organization:
Tri-County/Worchester County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-003 ($250,000)
Grant Project Description: This proposal targets diabetes-related
hospital ED visits and develops a comprehensive care coordination model to link
frequent ED users with access to primary care services in the community. The
model leverages community partnerships and addresses social determinants of
health in the Lower Shore. Grant funds would be utilized to develop and
implement regional diabetes care management teams to assist diabetic patients
in gaining access to a range of health care and social support resources.
Grantee Organization: Cecil County Health
Department (Cecil County Community Health Advisory Committee)
Jurisdiction Served: Cecil
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-004 ($120,000)
Grant Project Description: This proposal seeks to reduce
behavioral health-related visits to Union hospital related by embedding a
nursing case management program in the hospital to link patients with services
in the community. The grant would also support a mobile mental health crisis
program in Cecil County, which is supported by Cecil County Government (in
addition to CHRC grant funding).
Grantee Organization: The Partnership for
a Healthier Charles County
Jurisdiction Served: Charles
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-005 ($125,000)
Grant Project Description: This proposal seeks to expand access to
primary care services in an underserved area in western Charles County and
utilizes CHRC grant funds to establish a new Patient-Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) in Nanjemoy.
Grantee Organization: Harford County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Harford
Grant and Amount: LHIC13-007 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This proposal seeks to improve overall
health outcomes for high-risk residents by providing comprehensive coordinated
care and preventative mental health services to decrease ED utilization. Grant
funds would be utilized to hire three “clinical nurse social workers” and to
expand the Comprehensive Women’s Health Project care coordination model to 3
additional sites.
Grantee Organization: Calvert Memorial
Hospital
Jurisdiction Served: Calvert
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-006 ($50,000)
Grant Project Description: The Calvert County Health Improvement
Roundtable utilized grant funds to form a collaborative, comprehensive
community care coordination team with faith and community-based organizations
and local health system providers to target a reduction in diabetes emergency
room visits by the African American population. CHRC grant funding
supports development of a “Diabetes Boot Camp” designed to educate patients
about monitoring blood sugar levels and maintaining normal blood sugar
levels.
Grantee Organization: Charles County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Charles
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-009 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Charles County Health Department utilized
grant funds to initiate projects targeting chronic disease and obesity in adults
and children. Grant funding supported a resident education campaign that
utilized community events, pediatrician offices, and billboards. In
addition, grant funding was used to develop educational and outreach materials
that were used at events held throughout the year to educate and engage the
residents on the health risk factors for cardiovascular disease and obesity.
Grantee Organization: Frederick County
Health Care Coalition
Jurisdiction Served: Frederick
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-010 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Frederick County Health Care Coalition’s
Local Health Improvement Plan focused on six priorities identified by community
stakeholders in October 2011: 1) mental health, 2) affordable dental care, 3)
access to care, 4) wellness and prevention, 5) health inequities, and 6) early
childhood growth and development. The CHRC grant funding was utilized to
support strategies to address each of these priority areas, such as supporting
the development of a suicide prevention kit to promote depression screening by
pediatricians, providing education and resources to address the health care
needs of residents with limited English proficiency, and providing direct care
coordination services to individuals most in need of health care.
Grantee Organization: The Howard County
Local Health Improvement Coalition
Jurisdiction Served: Howard
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-013 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Howard County Local Health Improvement
Coalition utilized grant funding to support efforts to strengthen the
coordination and collaboration among community providers and other resources to
more effectively address access to health care and behavioral health services
and to encourage people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Grant funds
supported the implementation of three projects: (1) a Biennial Health Survey,
jointly sponsored with the Horizon Foundation, to gather baseline ethnic health
information not previously collected; (2) the development of “Sugar Sweetened
Beverage Campaign,” a marketing campaign aimed at reducing sugar sweetened
beverage consumption, jointly sponsored by the Horizon Foundation; and (3) a
Behavioral Health Inventory to improve understanding of the referral and
release processes of three behavioral health major providers
Grantee Organization: Montgomery County
Department of Health and Human Services
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-014 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Montgomery County Health Improvement
Coalition utilized grant funds to establish six workgroups to address the six
priorities for community health improvement; (1) Behavioral health, (2)
Cancers, (3) Cardiovascular disease, (4) Diabetes, (5) Maternal and infant
Health, and (6) Obesity. These workgroups are tasked with developing,
executing and evaluating action plans targeting the priority areas. utilized
grant funding to support two workgroups, of their existing coalition, Healthy
Montgomery.
Grantee Organization: Prince George’s
Healthcare Action Coalition
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George’s
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-015 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Prince George's Healthcare Action
Coalition utilized grant funding to address several goals of the Coalition:
health care access, chronic disease, birth outcomes, and infectious
diseases. Grant funds were utilized for the following strategies: (1) to
develop a safety net services directory to inform low-income and uninsured
residents about options for accessing primary and specialty care services in
the community; (2) to expand HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention education efforts
to include the use of social media technology, promoting culturally sensitive
messages to educate the public about HIV prevention.
Grantee Organization: St Mary’s County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: St Mary’s
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-016 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The St. Mary's County Health Department
utilized grant funds to implement a smoking cessation social marketing campaign
targeted low-income residents of St. Mary’s County. Grant funds supported
staffing costs and overall efforts to recruit local employers willing to adopt
tobacco free work places throughout the jurisdiction. In addition, the
St. Mary’s LHIC has been working to develop county-wide policies to create
tobacco free government facilities and public areas.
Grantee Organization: Washington County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Washington
Grant and Amount: LHIC12-017 ($25,000)
Grant Project Description: The Washington County Health Department
utilized grant funds to complete a comprehensive community needs assessment to
identify gaps and barriers related to accessing health care in the
County. A needs assessment had not been conducted in Washington County
for more than 10 years. The needs assessment was completed, and
identified the following three priority areas: (1) reduce behavioral health ED
visits; (2) reduce diabetes related ED visits; and (3) reduce cardiovascular
disease related ED visits.
Grantee Organization: Community
Clinic, Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 12-008 ($280,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant expanded services
for high-risk patients in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties by supporting
the integration of Community Health Workers and other staff into its primary
care clinical program. CHRC grant funding was utilized to enhance Community
Clinic Inc.’s (CCI) electronic medical records system and support the salaries
of program staff. The grantee reported serving over 4,919 individuals through
10,680 visits. CCI leveraged this grant funding to receive $1,926,000 in
federal and private funding.
Organization Contact Information: www.cciweb.org
Grantee Organization: Catholic
Charities-Esperanza Center
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grants and Amount: 12-009 ($219,400)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant enabled Catholic
Charities to expand the successful Asociación Comunidad Saludable (ACS) Project
which increased access to care for the uninsured Latino population in Baltimore
City. Grant funds were used to hire a full-time nurse practitioner who provided
primary care visits to children and adults. The grantee reported serving 3,156
patients through 6,498 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.catholiccharities-md.org/immigrants/
Grantee Organization: Shepherd's
Clinic
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grants and Amount: 12-010 ($160,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant increased the
capacity of the Shepherd’s Clinic to provide primary care services to
low-income and uninsured residents of Baltimore City. The grant enabled
Shepherd's Clinic to expand its hours of operations, reduce the current
month-long wait time for an appointment by 50%, and address the clinic's rapid
patient growth. The grantee reported serving 2,869 patients through 16,443
visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://shepherdsclinic.org/
Grantee Organization: Greater Baden
Medical Services
Jurisdiction Served: Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's
Grant and Amount: 11-012 ($200,000)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported the
delivery primary care services at a new location in Waldorf, Md. Grant funds
supported the salaries of primary care staff in the center's initial year of
operations. The grantee reported serving 578 patients and providing over 1,600
patient visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.gbms.org/
Grantee Organization: Anne Arundel
Medical Center
Project Name: Anne Arundel Medical Center's Community Health Center
Jurisdiction Served: Anne Arundel
Grant and Amount: 11-013 ($150,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
expansion of access to primary care services at a new health care clinic in
Anne Arundel County. The clinic offered primary care, specialty and diagnostic
referrals, case management, and bilingual services on a sliding-fee scale.
Grant funds were utilized to support operation and administrative costs for
expansion of services. The grantee reported serving 6,168 patients and provided
over 21,000 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.aahs.org/healthcenter/index.php
Grantee Organization: Calvert
Healthcare Solutions
Jurisdiction Served: Calvert
Grant and Amount: 11-014 ($225,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant expanded the
grantee’s capacity to provide primary health care services and linkage to other
service supports in Calvert County. The grant supported an increase in
service hours for primary care and mental health services, the creation of a
formal referral consortium with community agencies, and an increase in access
to prescription assistance programs. Grant funds were utilized to support
salaries for expanding the program. The grantee reported serving 493 patients
through 3,311 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://www.calverthealthcare.org
Grantee Organization: Baltimore City
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 09-002 ($160,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the Health
Department's efforts to develop and implement a technical assistance and training
project so school-based health centers (SBHC) bill public and private payors
for health care services. The grant supported the health department’s efforts
to provide training materials and technical assistance services aimed at
assisting SBHCs develop and manage billing and collections systems.
Organization Contact Information: http://health.baltimorecity.gov/
Grantee Organization: Baltimore County
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore County
Grant and Amount: 09-003 ($55,450)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported the health
department’s efforts to enhance the information technology capacities in the health
department's school-based wellness centers, and to expand services by opening a
school-based wellness center in Dundalk. Grant funds were utilized to upgrade
the computers systems at the SBHCs. The new computers and other upgraded
equipment paid for with this funding enabled the SBHC to keep more complete and
accurate patient records with an ultimate goal of being able to bill for health
care services rendered.
Organization Contact Information: www.baltimorecountymd.gov/agencies/health
Grantee Organization: Coppin State
University/Helene Fuld School of Nursing
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 09-004 ($201,963)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
expansion of a school based health center program to serve the residents of
Baltimore City. Funding was utilized to upgrade equipment, install health
information technology to improve the health center's clinical records, and
assist in billing and reimbursement from third party payers. The grantee
reported providing services for 2,319 students over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.coppin.edu/nursing
Grantee Organization: Dorchester
Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Dorchester
Grant and Amount: 09-005 ($220,000
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
operations of a school based health center in Dorchester County. Grant funds were
utilized to support staff salaries at the center as well as to assist
administrative personnel in making the program more sustainable through
increased billing and maximizing reimbursement. The grantee reported serving
more than 860 students and providing more than 2,700 clinical and mental health
services over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.dorchesterhealth.org
Grantee Organization: Frederick Health
Department
Jurisdiction Served: Frederick
Grant and Amount: 09-006 ($464,785)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
opening of the Hillcrest Elementary school based health center in 2009.This
grant supported primary care services, links for students and families to
medical homes, oral health screenings and dental fluoride varnishes. In 2011,
the Frederick County Health Department transferred this grant to the Frederick
Community Action Agency (FCAA), which expanded the program to two additional
schools in the jurisdiction; Lincoln Elementary and Waverly Elementary and
linked students and families in need of care to FCAA's clinic.
Organization Contact Information: www.cityoffrederick.com/Index.aspx?NID=183
Grantee Organization: Harford Health
Department
Jurisdiction Served: Harford
Grant and Amount: 09-007 ($145,749)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported a school
based health center program at four elementary schools in the county. The
CHRC's grant supported expansion of primary care and mental health services at
the SBHCs for students and their families, particularly those lacking access to
care. Grant funds were utilized for administrative costs and to support
Community Health Service Evenings, which provided free health screenings,
physicals and assisted linking individuals and families to a medical home. The
grantee reported that 1,474 patients received care through the program.
Organization Contact Information: www.harfordcountyhealth.com
Grantee Organization: Montgomery
County Department of Health and Human Services
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 09-008 ($224,100)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
expansion of health care and preventative dental services at four of the school
based health centers in the county. Funds supported the purchase of equipment
and the provision of fluoride varnishes to children in the school system. The
grantee reported nearly 900 students were served through 1,420 primary cares
visits and more than 1,700 fluoride varnish applications over the duration of
the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/hhstmpl.asp
Grantee Organization: Washington
County Health Department
Jurisdiction Served: Washington
Grant and Amount: 09-009 ($216,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported the
expansion of mental health services at the health department's three
School-Based Health Centers. The grant funds enabled the expansion of patient
access to a licensed social worker. The grant also helped to support the
evaluation and implementation of a software system to improve student/patient
tracking and improve billing and collections for services. The grantee reported
serving 183 students through 1,069 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://washco-md.net/human/index.shtm
Grantee Organization: Muslim Community
Center
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 09-015 ($240,000)
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant allowed expansion of
a diabetes treatment program in the community center. Grant funds supported
primary and specialty care for diabetic patients and worked with patients to
receive diabetic education and regular tests such as HbA1c and retina exams.
Grant funds supported the staff salaries for clinic staff. In 2011 MCC was the
recipient of clinical staff from Kaiser Permanente’s Community Ambassadors
Program, which sustained the Clinic's expanded capacity and diabetes program
for an additional three years. The grantee reported serving 2,296 patients
through 20,616 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: http://mccmd.org/services/medical-clinic
Grantee Organization: Primary Care
Coalition of Montgomery
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 09-016 ($375,000)
Grant Project Description: The CHRC grant supported the Montgomery
Cares program through the development of a Specialty Treatment Access Team
which provided care coordination and case management services for the most
complex specialty care patients. The grant also supported the Specialty Care
Workgroup which focused on high-level change, coordination, and policy
development to identify system level barriers to care and creating sustainable
access to specialty care. Grant funds provided linkages and the specialty care
referral process between safety net providers, care coordinators, and specialty
care physicians.
Organization Contact Information: www.primarycarecoalition.org
Grantee Organization: Total Health
Care
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 08-022 ($100,250)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported a program
with Total Health Care to reduce ED visits for non-emergency conditions by
clients accessing Maryland General Hospital's ED. The grantee placed Outreach
Coordinators in the hospital's ED during peak usage hours to educate patients
on appropriate ED use and to assist patients in connecting with a primary care
provider in the community. The grantee reported an 8% reduction in ED visits at
Maryland General Hospital from the year prior to the grant's
implementation (This grant is also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED
visits and promoting care in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.totalhealthcare.org
Grantee Organization: University of
Maryland Department of Family Medicine
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 08-023 ($499,749)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
Better Access to Care (BAC) Program aimed at reducing hospital ED visits using
the Chronic Care Model for patients with diabetes, depression and asthma.
Patients were referred from the UM hospital ED and other community
organizations. Grant funds were used to support the salary costs of program
staff (This grant is also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and
promoting care in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.medschool.umaryland.edu/familymedicine
Grantee
Organization: Upper Chesapeake Health
Grant and Amount: 08-024 ($485,743)
Jurisdiction Served: Harford County
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
development of a comprehensive ED diversion program to redirect uninsured
patients away from using emergency rooms for non-emergent visits by redirecting
uninsured and underinsured patients towards a medical home for primary and
preventative care, as well as linking them to a comprehensive community based
continuum of care (mental health, specialty care, substance abuse, entitlement
programs, etc.). The program provided a medical home for patients at the Upper
Chesapeake HealthLink Primary Care Clinic. Grant funding was utilized to
support staff salaries. During the three year grant period, 2,487 patients were
served by the HealthLink PCC (This grant is also listed in "Reducing
avoidable ED visits and promoting care in the community").
Organization Contact Information: http://www.uchs.org/
Grantee Organization: Greater Baden
Medical Services
Jurisdiction Served: Prince George's
Grant and Amount: 08-025 ($500,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
opening of a new health center in Brandywine, MD, as well as the expansion of
primary care and prenatal services at GBMS’s Capitol Heights, MD facility.
Grant funds supported the salaries of clinical and support staff and to
purchase necessary equipment and supplies. This program served 3,519
individuals and provided over 6,000 visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.gbms.org/
Grantee Organization: Mobile Medical
Care Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Montgomery
Grant and Amount: 08-026 ($500,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported
increased access to primary care and integration of behavioral health care
services in a model that leverages grant funding with existing County
resources. The grant funds enabled MobileMed to open a new primary care clinic
in Rockville which was co-located with existing behavioral health care services
provided by Montgomery County. The grantee reported that the clinic provided
services to over 5,791 patients through 12,641 visits over the duration of the
grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.mobilemedicalcare.org/
Grantee Organization: Access Carroll
Jurisdiction Served: Carroll County
Grant and Amount: 07-001 ($100,000)
Grant Project Description: This one-year grant supported an
expansion of care coordination to ensure timely referrals for specialty care
services and improve the organization’s overall efficiency. Grant funding was
utilized to support the staff salaries. Over the one-year grant period, Access
Carroll was able to care for 594 new patients and increase their volunteer
specialty provider referral network by 34 physicians for a total of 62
providers.
Organization Contact Information: www.accesscarroll.org
Grantee Organization: Baltimore
Medical System
Jurisdiction Served: Baltimore City
Grant and Amount: 07-003 ($502,500)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate health services to
low-income Hispanic patients by improving medical interpretation services. BMS
expanded access to primary care, pre and postnatal care, and specialty and
diagnostic services for non-English speaking patients by providing on-site medical
interpretation and case management. The grantee reported serving 6,320 patients
through 42,000 patient visits over the duration of the grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.bmsi.org
Grantee Organization: Calvert Memorial
Hospital
Jurisdiction Served: Calvert County
Grant and Amount: 07-004 ($500,000)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported
improving access to health care services for low-income and uninsured residents
of Calvert County by increasing the capacity of the Twin Beaches Community
Health Center, increasing access to the case management and providing
supplemental payments to specialists and an area pharmacy to cover the gap
between patients sliding fee scale payments and actual costs. This program
provided services to 898 patients with 6,500 visits over the duration of the
grant.
Organization Contact Information: www.calverthospital.com
Grantee
Organization: Chase Brexton Health Services Inc.
Grant and Amount: 07-005 ($200,000)
Jurisdiction Served: Howard County
Grant Project Description: This two-year grant supported a program
aimed at reducing avoidable visits to the emergency department at Howard County
General Hospital. The program employed outreach workers in the ED to connect
patients to a Chase Brexton health center location for follow-up care. Funds
were used to support personnel costs and to implement a digital interface
between the hospital and Chase Brexton. The program served over 600 patients
and provided for over 900 patient visits in ambulatory care settings (This
grant is also listed in "Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care
in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.chasebrexton.org
Grantee Organization: Frederick
Community Action Agency
Jurisdiction Served: Frederick County
Grant Amount: #07-006 ($353,585)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported the
Access to Care Program which provided primary health care services to
low-income, uninsured adults and children in Frederick County. CHRC grant funds
were utilized to support salary costs for staff to implement this program. This
grant allowed for 1,324 patients to be served and provided these patients with
3,740 visits in ambulatory care settings (This grant is also listed in
"Reducing avoidable ED visits and promoting care in the community").
Organization Contact Information: www.cityoffrederick.com/Index.aspx?NID=183
Grantee Organization: Health Partners,
Inc.
Jurisdiction Served: Charles County
Grant and Amount: 07-007 ($500,106)
Grant Project Description: This three-year grant supported
expanding the capacity of the grantee’s capacity to serve low-income
un/underinsured residents in Charles County. Grant funds were utilized to
support clinical staff salaries. The grantee reported that there was a 300%
increase the clinic's capacity, during the program, with over 3,300 patients
served. Health Partners leveraged their CHRC grant with a number of other
private and local organizations, raising $296,000 in additional grant funding,
including more than 3,100 volunteer hours donated by physicians, specialists
and other health care professionals.
Organization Contact Information: www.healthpartnersinc.org