Pine Hill

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING - THIS AWARD CONTINUES TRAINING EMS PERSONNEL ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, NALOXONE USE, EXPAND OUR EMS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED AND RECOVERY-BASED COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE CARE, AND SUPPORT OUR RURAL COMMUNITY WITH MOBILIZED HEALTH EDUCATION, CASE MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE 2023 ANNOUNCEMENT. FUNDING WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF OUR EMS SYSTEM WITH MOBILIZED INTEGRATED HEALTH/COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE OUTREACH COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PINE HILL HEALTH NETWORK (OPERATED BY PINE HILL INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE), INCREASE EMS PERSONNEL WITH 24 NEW EMT GRADUATES EACH YEAR (48 GRADUATES BY THE END OF YEAR 2 OF THIS AWARD, OR 58 TRAINED EMTS AS A RESULT OF YEAR 2023 AND YEAR 2024 AWARDS) ESSENTIAL TO THE STABILITY OF THE FOUR COUNTY AREA, AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS TO CREDENTIALED EMTS AND PARAMEDICS. FUNDING ALSO CONTINUES COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN NALOXONE USE, CPR AND AED, AND OTHER EMERGENCY TECHNIQUES VITAL DURING EMS ARRIVAL WAIT TIMES. FUNDING ALSO INCREASES MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING TO EMS AND FOR EMS STAFF TO MAXIMIZE WORK PERFORMANCE WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRIMAND, WRONGFULLY DEEMED 'UNFIT FOR DUTY' OR TERMINATION, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED FIRST RESPONDER-SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH/SUD TREATMENT TRANSITION IN A STEP UP FOR ADMISSION INTO AND STEP DOWN AFTER RELEASE FROM A TREATMENT FACILITY. THESE ACTIVITIES IMPACT ALLENDALE COUNTY, BARNWELL COUNTY, BAMBERG COUNTY AND ORANGEBURG COUNTY. THIS GRANT AWARD PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE PATH TO LEVERAGE EXISTING PARTNERSHIP AND MUTUAL CARE GAPS TO DEVELOP A SHARED SAFETY NET, A CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 125,000, WITH AN INFUSION OF WORKFORCE TRAINED TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD CRISES, FORTIFYING AND/OR RESTRUCTURING OUR FRAGILE EMS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS.

STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER)

ALLENDALE COUNTY EMS TRAINING GRANT - THIS AWARD WILL TRAIN ALLENDALE EMS PERSONNEL ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, NALOXONE USE, EXPAND OUR EMS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED AND RECOVERY-BASED COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE CARE, AND SUPPORT OUR RURAL COMMUNITY WITH MOBILIZED HEALTH EDUCATION, CASE MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. AWARD FUNDING WILL DEVELOP THE CAPACITY OF THE ALLENDALE EMS SYSTEM WITH COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE OUTREACH COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PINE HILL HEALTH NETWORK (OPERATED BY PINE HILL INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE), INCREASE EMS PERSONNEL WITH TEN (10) NEW EMTS, TWO (2) NEW PARAMEDICS, AND TWO (2) NEW DISPATCHERS, TRAIN TWENTY-FIVE (25) NEW PINE HILL PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS. THESE ACTIVITIES IMPACT ALLENDALE COUNTY AND MULTIPLE COUNTIES PROVIDED MUTUAL AID SUPPORT; I.E., BARNWELL COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY. THIS AWARD FORGES A SUSTAINABLE PATH TO LEVERAGE EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS AND MUTUAL CARE GAPS TO DEVELOP A SHARED SAFETY NET, REACHING A CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION OF 113,000, WITH AN INFUSION OF WORKFORCE TRAINED TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD CRISES, FORTIFYING OUR FRAGILE EMS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS.

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS

VALUE- ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER)

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

SBIR PHASE I: INFERRING NEURAL STATE WITH A HOME-BASED ROBOTIC SYSTEM

SEC. 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYS GRANTS (MAN)

COMMUNITY FACILITIES - ECONOMIC IMPACT INITIATIVE GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS