Neighborhood Improvement Project Inc

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

MAP FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES

MAP FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES - NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, INC. DBA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PLUS (MAP) HAS SERVED RESIDENTS OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1997. MAP PROVIDES PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL AND DENTAL HEALTH CARE, SCHOOL-BASED CARE, MOBILE COVID-19 TESTING AND VACCINATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES AT ELEVEN SERVICE DELIVERY SITES IN GREATER AUGUSTA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MAP MAINTAINS TOP PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME STATUS (LEVEL 3), IS A TOP QUALITY ACHIEVER IN THE STATE, AND IS A 2020 HRSA HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCER AND ACCESS ENHANCER AWARDEE. MAP HAS SERVED AS A TITLE X GRANTEE SINCE 2018. THE TARGET POPULATION IS THE LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, AND UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IN RICHMOND AND BURKE COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE GREATER AUGUSTA SERVICE AREA. THE SERVICE AREA DEMONSTRATES HIGH NEED FOR PROVIDERS AND SERVICES WITH MULTIPLE HPSA/MUA DESIGNATIONS NOTING A REGIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. IN 2020, 95.1% OF MAP TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING USERS HAD INCOMES BELOW 250% OF FPG AND 52.2% WERE UNINSURED. ADOLESCENTS COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 13.3% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS AND EXPERIENCE RISK FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATES, HIGH INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY, HIGH PREVALENCE OF LOW-WEIGHT BIRTHS, AND HIGHER RATES OF STI INFECTIONS COMPARED TO OTHER GEORGIA COUNTIES AND THE NATION. POOR HEALTH BEHAVIORS RESULTING IN POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE RESOURCES FOR LOW-INCOME AND OTHER SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH. MAP WILL IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND RELATED PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE PATIENT-CENTERED, CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE, INCLUSIVE, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL SERVE AND ESTIMATED 1,701 PATIENTS WITH UNMET NEED BY THE END OF YEAR 1, INCLUDING 266 ADOLESCENTS AND 1,617 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

HEALTH CENTER CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT FUNDING

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

FISCAL YEAR 2025 EXPANDED HOURS. - ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY: NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, INC. DBA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PLUS (MAP) HAS SERVED RESIDENTS OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1997. MAP PROVIDES PRIMARY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE, WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE, SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CARE SERVICES, ORAL HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT, AND 340B PHARMACY SERVICES AS WELL AS PULMONOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES CARE, INFUSION THERAPY, AND ENDOCRINOLOGY SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES AT 19 SERVICE DELIVERY SITES – 11 IN AUGUSTA (10 IN RICHMOND COUNTY AND ONE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY), ONE IN WRENS (JEFFERSON COUNTY), ONE IN KEYSVILLE (BURKE COUNTY), THREE IN WAYNESBORO INCLUDING TWO SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES SITES (BURKE COUNTY), ONE IN LINCOLNTON (LINCOLN COUNTY), AND TWO IN THOMSON (MCDUFFIE COUNTY). THE HEALTH CENTER ALSO PROVIDES PRIMARY MEDICAL AND ORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COVID-19 TESTING AND VACCINATION SERVICES VIA TWO MOBILE CARE UNITS. THE MAP SERVICE AREA POPULATION IS 612,898 AND THE REGION IS PRIMARILY URBAN (72.5%) WITH SOME OUTLYING RURAL AREAS (27.5%). APPROXIMATELY 77% OF SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS ARE AGED 18 OR OLDER. RICHMOND COUNTY HAS AN ESTIMATED 206,153 RESIDENTS AND IT IS PREDOMINATELY BLACK (66.5%). NEARLY ONE IN FIVE RESIDENTS (19.5%) LIVE WITH INCOMES BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL) (AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY: 5-YEAR ESTIMATE 2018-2022, US CENSUS BUREAU, 2023). MAP IS RECOGNIZED AS A PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE, AND IS A 2021 HRSA HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCER, ACCESS ENHANCER, AND ADVANCING HIT FOR QUALITY AWARDEE. THE GEORGIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION NAMED MAP THE 2022 HEALTH CENTER OF THE YEAR. IN 2023, MAP SERVED 45,403 PATIENTS WITH 123,356 MEDICAL, 3,680 DENTAL, 3,024 MENTAL HEALTH, AND 102 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ENCOUNTERS (UDS REPORT). PROPOSED PROJECT: MAP PROPOSES USING EXPANDED HOURS FUNDING TO ADD 39 ADDITIONAL OPERATING HOURS AT FIVE OF ITS EXISTING SERVICE DELIVERY LOCATIONS IN RICHMOND AND MCDUFFIE COUNTIES. THE ADDITIONAL HOURS AT THE SITES WILL INCLUDE 19 NEW DAYTIME/EVENING HOURS AND 20 NEW WEEKEND HOURS. ALSO, MAP WILL ADD NEW IN-PERSON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD SERVICES AT THE MCDUFFIE COUNTY LOCATION. A TOTAL OF 22 EXPANDED HOURS WILL BE ADDED WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE PROJECT PERIOD (BY 5/31/2025). PROJECTIONS: MAP PROJECTS AN INCREASE OF 2,105 PATIENTS BY THE END OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD, TO INCLUDE 1,100 NEW PRIMARY CARE AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS, AND 1,005 MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS INCLUDING 34 SUD PATIENTS. THE ESTIMATED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED THROUGH EXPANDED HOURS IS BASED ON UNMET NEED, THE LACK OF ACCESS TO CARE, AND OTHER BARRIERS THAT SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS CURRENTLY FACE. ALL PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF YEAR 2 OF THE PROJECT PERIOD (BY 11/30/2026).

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPANSION - SCHOOL BASED SERVICE SITES (SBSS)

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

ARRA - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

FY 2018 CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS

CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS

NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, INC. FAMILY PANNING AND WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAM FOR RICHMOND COUNTY, GA

ARRA - INCREASE SERVICES TO HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM

FY 2018 CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS