Mainegeneral Health

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ADDRESS: 35 MEDICAL CENTER PARKWAY, AUGUSTA MAINE 04330 PROJECT DIRECTOR: LINNET HUMBLE CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 207-626-3811 EMAIL ADDRESS: LINNET.HUMBLE@MAINEGENERAL.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://GIVE.MAINEGENERAL.ORG/CANCER-CARE-EXPANSION IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER REQUESTED $2,000,000 IN CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING (CDS) TO SUPPORT THE $36 MILLION EXPANSION OF THE HAROLD ALFOND CENTER FOR CANCER CARE (HACCC). LOCATED IN AUGUSTA MAINE, THE HACCC SERVES 12% OF MAINE’S CANCER POPULATION. WHEN THE CENTER OPENED IN 2007, IT WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 800 NEW PATIENTS ANNUALLY. TODAY, THE HACCC CARES FOR MORE THAN 2,035 NEW PATIENTS ANNUALLY, TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE NUMBER THAT THE BUILDING WAS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE. THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE HACCC IS PLANNED IN TWO PHASES TO ENSURE PATIENT SERVICES ARE NOT DISRUPTED DURING CONSTRUCTION. PHASE I IS A NEW, 28,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT BUILDING. THIS PHASE BEGAN OCTOBER 2023 AND IS IN PROGRESS. PHASE II IS 18,386 SQUARE FEET OF RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING SPACE, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN OCTOBER 2024. THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN SPRING 2026. THE CDS FUNDING REQUEST WILL SUPPORT THE PHASE II OF THE PROJECT. THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, MAINEGENERAL HAS CONTRACTED WITH A HIGHLY RESPECTED, LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND LEADER IN MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION IN MAINE, LAJOIE BROTHERS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. ONCE COMPLETED, THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATIONS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EXAM ROOMS BY 80 PERCENT (FROM 15 ROOMS TO 27); INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INFUSION BAYS BY 30 PERCENT (34 TO 44); PROMOTE CENTRALIZED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CARE BY GROUPING ALL EXAM ROOMS IN PODS WITH DEDICATED CLINICAL OFFICES; ALLOW FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTEGRATED MEDICAL ONCOLOGY HOME/SURVIVOR CLINIC; IMPROVE RADIATION ONCOLOGY PATIENT FLOW AND USE OF SPACE; AND CREATE DEDICATED SPACE FOR EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PATIENTS. CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN MAINE AND IN KENNEBEC COUNTY. CANCER PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, SURVIVORSHIP AND PALLIATIVE CARE ARE CRITICAL TO REDUCING THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF CANCER ACROSS OUR STATE. BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY CARE, STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCING BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE, SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP CANCER CARE CLOSE TO HOME FOR OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

CENTRAL MAINE YOUTH TRAUMA INITIATIVE

RYAN WHITE TITLE III OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE-IMPLEMENTATION

KENNEBEC SOMERSET COUNTIES ASSAULT SERVICES COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

RYAN WHITE TITLE III OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

MID-MAINE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION COALITION APPLICATION FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITIE

THE CLINICAL COMMUNITY PREVENTION HUB

RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

THE CLINICAL COMMUNITY PREVENTION HUB

RURAL HEALTH OPIOID PROGRAM

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

RYAN WHITE PART C OUTPATIENT EIS PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

MID-MAINE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION COALITION APPLICATION FOR DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES FUNDING

RURAL HEALTH OPIOID PROGRAM

UP & RUNNING GETTING THE NATIONAL DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM STARTED IN KENNEBEC

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS - ADDRESS: 35 MEDICAL CENTER PARKWAY, AUGUSTA MAINE, 04330 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: SHANE GALLAGHER, HIV/HARM REDUCTION SERVICES DIRECTOR CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS (VOICE): 207-248-0477 EMAIL ADDRESS: SHANE.GALLAGHER@MAINEGENERAL.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.MAINEGENERAL.ORG/LOCATIONS/LOCATIONS-PROFILE/MAINEGENERAL-HORIZON-PROGRAM-AUGUSTA/ MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER’S RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART C EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM, KNOWN AS THE HORIZON PROGRAM, IS SEEKING $150,000 IN PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO EXPAND OUR TELEHEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY OF THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HRSA-25-049). THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE AIM TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO CARE FOR RURAL MAINERS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS—MANY OF WHOM FACE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, AND CO-OCCURRING CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT COMPLICATE THEIR ABILITY TO STAY ENGAGED IN CARE. OUR PROJECT FOCUSES ON TWO KEY STRATEGIES: ENHANCING VIRTUAL VISIT CAPABILITIES AND LAUNCHING A REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING (RPM) PROGRAM. BY STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL DIGITAL EQUITY CENTER, WE WILL PROVIDE 11 TABLETS AND HANDS-ON DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING TO CLIENTS WHO LACK ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, INCREASING VIRTUAL VISIT PARTICIPATION BY AT LEAST 3%. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE WILL INTRODUCE RPM TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HEALTH RECOVERY SYSTEMS (HRS), EQUIPPING CLIENTS WITH TABLETS AND LINKED MONITORING DEVICES—INCLUDING A BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF, OXIMETER, AND SCALE—TO TRACK VITAL HEALTH DATA IN REAL TIME. THESE TOOLS WILL SEAMLESSLY TRANSMIT DATA TO OUR CLINICAL TEAM, ALLOWING FOR PROACTIVE INTERVENTION AND DIRECT VIDEO, AUDIO, OR TEXT COMMUNICATION WITH PATIENTS. BY INTEGRATING THESE TELEHEALTH SOLUTIONS, THE HORIZON PROGRAM WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE, REDUCE MISSED APPOINTMENTS, AND BETTER SUPPORT CLIENTS IN MANAGING BOTH HIV AND CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS. THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT IN MEDICAL CARE, PROMOTE LONG-TERM HEALTH STABILITY, AND EMPOWER CLIENTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR CARE TEAMS—NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS

AN ESTIMATED 165 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 120 WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MEAL DELIVERY PROGRAMS AND COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND, OLDER ADULTS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP PREPARE AND DELIVER NUTRITIOUSLY BALANCED MEALS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY, OLDER ADULTS, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS. FRIENDLY VISITING VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP AND THE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS NEEDED TO REMAIN HEALTHY AND IN THEIR OWN HOMES. IN ADDITION TO VISITS, THEY MAY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO APPOINTMENTS AND HELP WITH ERRANDS RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL LEAD BONE BUILDERS, AN OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION EXERCISE PROGRAM THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE RISKS OF THIS DISEASE AND PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION OF THE BONES IN PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE THIS CONDITION. RSVP VOLUNTEERS AT FOOD BANKS WILL HELP PROVIDE FOOD TO ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT: 150 INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 5 MEALS FOR EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR FROM MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEERS. 15 HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING ALONE, ARE ISOLATED AND LONELY, WILL RECEIVE COMPANIONSHIP THROUGH FRIENDLY VISITING VOLUNTEERS. 120 PEOPLE WILL ATTEND AN EXERCISE PROGRAM (BONE BUILDERS) THAT WILL HELP PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS AND PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT BONES, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND DRUG THERAPIES. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $100,390 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $53,736 OF LOCAL FUNDS.

MID-MAINE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION COALITION - DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES

RURAL ACCESS TO EMERGENCY DEVICES DI OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL GRANT PROGRAM

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS

RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS - ADDRESS: 35 MEDICAL CENTER PARKWAY, AUGUSTA MAINE, 04330 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: GILLIAN LAPLANTE, PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR, HORIZON PROGRAM CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS (VOICE, FAX): 207-248-0477 EMAIL ADDRESS: GILLIAN.LAPLANTE@MAINEGENERAL.ORG WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTPS://WWW.MAINEGENERAL.ORG/LOCATIONS/LOCATIONS-PROFILE/MAINEGENERAL-HORIZON-PROGRAM-AUGUSTA/ LIST ALL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS REQUESTED IN THE APPLICATION: MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER’S RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART C EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HORIZON PROGRAM, IS REQUESTING $58,000 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AID PROGRAM PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HRSA-23-052) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER’S RYAN WHITE PART C EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM, KNOWN AS THE HORIZON PROGRAM, PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE AND COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIV POSITIVE. THE HORIZON PROGRAM HAS ONE CLINIC, LOCATED IN AUGUSTA MAINE (KENNEBEC COUNTY), AND SERVES RESIDENTS FROM NINE OF 16 MAINE COUNTIES, INCLUDING: ANDROSCOGGIN, FRANKLIN, KENNEBEC, KNOX, LINCOLN, OXFORD, SAGADAHOC, SOMERSET AND WALDO. EIGHT OF THESE NINE COUNTIES (EXCLUDING ANDROSCOGGIN) ARE CATEGORIZED RURAL AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICES OF RURAL HEALTH POLICY. PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, OFTEN EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING. WHILE THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE HIV/AIDS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THE CHALLENGES ARE AMPLIFIED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN MAINE. DATA SHOWS THAT THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HAS AN INCREASED RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV/AIDS; HOWEVER, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED IN GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE; WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT SUPPORT OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY; AND OUR CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED THROUGH A GENDER-AFFIRMING LENS. WITH THE REQUESTED RESOURCES OUR DED ICATED TEAM WILL BECOME CERTIFIED TO PROVIDE SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY HEALTH TRAINING, DEVELOP A MAINEGENERAL-SPECIFIC GENDER AND MINORITY HEALTH TRAINING CURRICULUM, FACILITATE TRAININGS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS. THE TEAM WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE A GENDER-INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AT THE HORIZON CLINIC FROM SIGNAGE AND MARKETING MATERIALS TO OUR POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND INTAKE FORMS. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH INEQUITIES AMONG OUR TRANSGENDER POPULATION AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER TO RECOGNIZE OUR OWN BIASES. RURAL MAINE COMMUNITIES CAN BE CONSIDERED CULTURALLY-CONSERVATIVE, IT IS OUR GOAL TO MAKES STRIDES TOWARD REDUCING STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH INEQUITIES AMONG OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY, INCREASE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR THE TRANSGENDER POPULATION.

RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM PART C EIS COVID-19 RESPONSE

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS