May in Brief In May, HRSA announced new health center funds to address the maternal mortality crisis, celebrated the first anniversary of the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, commemorated National Nurses Week, and honored HRSA staff named as 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal® Finalists. Recent HRSA Highlights HRSA Administrator Johnson Joins HHS Leaders at Mental Health Summit Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Honors HRSA Associate Administrator Michael Warren  PAS honored HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau Associate Administrator Dr. Michael Warren with the William Silverman Award during the PAS Annual Meeting held April 27 – May 1 in Washington, DC. The award is an honorary lectureship that recognizes an individual's contributions to improving maternal and child health across the country. As part of his lecture, Dr. Warren described the concrete ways pediatricians have improved health care for children and challenged the audience to eliminate disparities in infant mortality by 2030. | HRSA Administrator Johnson Visits Cahaba Medical Care To Announce Over $67 Million in New Funding for Maternal Health Initiatives  HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson met staff and patients at Cahaba Medical Care in Centreville, Alabama, on May 19 to announce $67 million in new HRSA funding for health centers to improve maternal health services in underserved communities nationwide. Awardees will use funds to implement innovative approaches to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce disparities for patients at highest risk. For example, Cahaba Health Care will use their award to integrate behavioral health in maternal health care services for women in rural Alabama. | HRSA Celebrates National Nurses Week Nurse leaders from across HRSA celebrated National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12), including being recognized for their service at HRSA's May All-Hands meeting. Nurses at HRSA are helping underserved and rural communities get the care they need and helping train the next generation of nurses. Two recently released grant opportunities to support the nursing workforce are the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Simulation Education Training (SET) Program and the Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (MatCare) Program. HRSA Staff Named 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® Finalists  On May 11, staff from the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) were recognized at the Partnership for Public Service as 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® Finalists for their critical, lifesaving work to address the opioid crisis in rural communities. HRSA Administrator Johnson and Associate Administrator Tom Morris joined the event to celebrate HRSA's honorees: FORHP Rural Strategic Initiatives Division Director, Megan Meacham; Deputy Director, Allison Hutchings; and Team Lead, Sarah O'Donnell. | HRSA Celebrates the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline's First Anniversary HRSA Awards $147 Million to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States HRSA Leaders Visit Rural Health Grantees in York, Alabama  FORHP senior leaders visited Hill Hospital of Sumter County in York, Alabama, on May 1 to learn about initiatives to increase access to quality health care for rural Alabama communities. Hill Hospital participates in HRSA's Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program, which provides technical assistance to rural hospitals and clinics in the eight states of the Mississippi Delta Region. Working closely with the Delta Regional Authority, this program helps rural Delta communities to strengthen their health care delivery system through direct support of financial and operational efficiency and quality improvement. | News from the Regions HRSA Convenes Regional Behavioral Health Workforce Summit in Massachusetts  HRSA's Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs convened a behavioral health workforce summit in Newton, Massachusetts, with HRSA grantee William James College. HRSA Deputy Regional Administrator CAPT Chris Bersani and William James College President Nicholas Covino provided opening remarks and several HRSA grantees and behavioral health experts presented during the event, alongside Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kate Walsh, and Secretary Lauren Jones from Massachusetts' Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The summit also featured a panel where William James College students shared firsthand perspectives about how HRSA loan and scholarship programs have enabled them to receive the education and professional development needed to enter the behavioral health workforce. | HRSA Holds Grants Workshop in Western Nebraska  HRSA IEA hosted a grants workshop in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to bring together organizations from across rural western Nebraska to learn about HRSA programs, resources, funding opportunities, and the federal grant application process. HRSA IEA hosts Grants 101 workshops across the country to reach new populations and promote HRSA funding opportunities, especially in rural and underserved communities. | HRSA Hosts Substance Use Disorder Forum in New York City HRSA's Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs hosted a forum on leveraging HRSA resources to address substance use disorder in New York City's primary care settings. The Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the New York City Police Department presented during the forum. HRSA staff highlighted HRSA programs, including the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, and local HRSA-funded health centers, Housing Works Community Healthcare, Damian Family Care Centers, and VIP Community Services shared their work to address substance use disorder in the community. HRSA Participates in HHS Region 4 Women's Health Week Community Conversation  HRSA Deputy Regional Administrator Colleen McCarty spoke on a panel during the HHS Region 4 Women's Health Week Community Conversation Panel. The event was hosted by HRSA grantee, Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, and provided an opportunity for federal, state, and local leaders to discuss how to improve the health of women and girls. Deputy Regional Administrator McCarty promoted HRSA programs and resources including the Health Center Program, National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. HRSA Presents at Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Summit  HRSA Regional Administrator Sharon Turner presented at the 2023 Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Spring Summit and discussed HHS efforts to prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency along with HRSA's efforts to address health equity and behavioral health. HRSA Deputy Regional Administrator Aphrodyi Antoine also facilitated two sessions on federal and state behavioral health resources and youth mental health and leadership from HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care and Bureau of Health Workforce served as plenary speakers during the event. | |
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