Georgia Association For Primary Health Care Inc

STATE AND REGIONAL PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS

STATE AND REGIONAL PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK

GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (GAPHC) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NAVIGATORS INFEDERALLY-FACILITATED EXCHANGES

WORKING WITH PUBLICLY FUNDED HEALTH CENTERS TO REDUCE TEEN PREGNANCY AMONG YOUTH FROM VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NAVIGATORS IN FEDERALLY-FACILITATED AND STATE PARTNERSHIP MARKETPLACES

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - 1. PROJECT TITLE: RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM–BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORT 2. REQUESTED AWARD AMOUNT: $500,000 FOR EACH OF 4 PROJECT PERIOD YEARS 3. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC. 4. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION ADDRESS: 315 WEST PONCE DE LEON AVE. SUITE 1000, DECATUR, GA 30030-2433 5. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION FACILITY TYPE: PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION 6. PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME AND TITLE: LAKISHA SAMUELS 7. PROJECT DIRECTOR CONTACT INFORMATION: (912) 438-9748, LSAMUELS@GAPHC.ORG 8. DATA COORDINATOR NAME AND TITLE: TBH, DATA COORDINATOR 9. DATA COORDINATOR CONTACT INFORMATION: TBH 10. EIN/DUNS NUMBER EXCEPTION REQUEST IN ATTACHMENT 8? (Y/N): N 11. HOW THE APPLICANT FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: HRSA NEWS RELEASE 12. NUMBER OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS & LIST OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: 4 CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC.; COUNCIL OF ACCOUNTABILITY COURT JUDGES OF GEORGIA; EAST GEORGIA HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.; SOUTH CENTRAL PRIMARY CARE CENTER, INC. 13. IS THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION A PREVIOUS OR CURRENT RCORP AWARD RECIPIENT OR CONSORTIUM MEMBER? NO. 14. INDICATE IF APPLICANT ORGANIZATION INTENDS TO APPLY FOR FY22 RCORP- IMPLEMENTATION? (Y/N): N 15. DOES THE TARGET SERVICE AREA OVERLAP WITH THE SERVICE AREAS OF THE NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION, THE DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY, OR THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION? (Y/N): N 16. RCORP-BHS TARGET SERVICE AREA: - FULLY RURAL COUNTIES: APPLING, ATKINSON, BEN HILL, BERRIEN, BULLOCH, CANDLER, COFFEE, COOK, EMANUEL, EVANS, IRWIN, JEFF DAVIS, JENKINS, MONTGOMERY, SCREVEN, TATTNALL, TOOMBS, TREUTLEN, AND WAYNE. ALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. - PARTIALLY-RURAL COUNTIES: NONE. 17. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET POPULATION: ALL 19 TARGET SERVICE AREA COUNTIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HEALTH GRANTS ACCORDING TO THE HRSA RURAL HEALTH GRANT ELIGIBILITY ANALYZER (HRSA, 2022). LIKE MANY RURAL REGIO NS, THE GAPHC SERVICE AREA HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020, 237 SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS DIED FROM DRUG-INDUCED CAUSES, A 26% INCREASE SINCE THE PREVIOUS FIVE-YEAR PERIOD (OASIS, GA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH). THE PROJECT SERVICE AREA HAS HIGHER RATES OF MORTALITY DUE TO OPIOID-INDUCED OVERDOSES THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. ALL DRUG-INDUCED MORTALITY IN THE SERVICE AREA CONTINUES TO RISE, FROM 10.4 PER 100,000 IN 2015 TO 12.7 PER 100,000 (AGE-ADJUSTED; OASIS, GA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2011-2015; 2016-2020). AN ESTIMATED 18,830 INDIVIDUALS AGED 12 AND OLDER IN THE SERVICE AREA HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, INCLUDING 2,170 YOUTH. OF THESE, AN ESTIMATED 1,620 SPECIFICALLY HAVE AN OPIOID-USE RELATED DISORDER. GEORGIA INCREASED A 36% INCREASE IN OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020, FUEL BY THE INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF FENTANYL (FENTANYL-RELATED DEATHS DOUBLED) AND DESPAIR RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (“PERFECT STORM: IN GEORGIA, RISING OPIOID OVERDOSES DON’T DISCRIMINATE,” THE CURRENT, 7/14/2021). SERVICE AREA RESIDENTS PRIMARILY IDENTIFY AS WHITE (67.1%), WHILE MORE THAN A QUARTER (26.8%) IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, MORE THAN TWICE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE (12.7%). TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS ASIAN, AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, OR MULTIRACIAL (AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY: 2016-2020, CENSUS BUREAU, 2021). THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN POPULATION IS NOT A TARGET POPULATION FOR THIS PROJECT.

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE HEALTHY KIDS 2022 OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS - PROJECT TITLE: GAPHC 2022 HEALTHY KIDS PROJECT REQUESTED AWARD AMOUNT/TOTAL BUDGET: $1,500,000 APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, INC. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION ADDRESS: 315 WEST PONCE DE LEON AVE., STE. 1000, DECATUR, GA 30030-2433 APPLICANT ORGANIZATION FACILITY TYPE: PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT: AS THE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA, GAPHC’S PRINCIPAL ROLE IS TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP THAT ASSISTS ALL OF GEORGIA’S FQHCS TO ACHIEVE A MISSION OF ASSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE, CULTURALLY COMPETENT, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION HEALTH STATUS. GAPHC HAS RECEIVED HHS CMS NAVIGATOR FUNDING SINCE 2015 AND HAS INITIATED AN ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN TO REACH ALL 159 GEORGIA COUNTIES TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE FEDERALLY-FACILITATED EXCHANGE (FFE) AND ASSIST CONSUMERS WITH ENROLLMENT. EFFORTS TARGETED UNDERSERVED AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. GAPHC HAS A DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THE FQHCS ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO COORDINATE EDUCATION AND ENROLLMENT EFFORTS. GAPHC CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH THE GEORGIA DIVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES (DFCS) TO ONBOARD ALL GAPHC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AS GEORGIA GATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WITH ITS ESTABLISHED NAVIGATOR AND GEORGIA GATEWAY PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE, GAPHC IS WELL-POSITIONED TO EFFECTIVELY LAUNCH A ROBUST HEALTHY KIDS PROJECT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT NOT ENROLLED IN, MEDICAID AND CHIP, AND IMPROVING RETENTION OF ENROLLED CHILDREN. GAPHC WILL PROVIDE OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT SERVICES TO CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, WITH TARGETED SERVICES FOR HISPANIC AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT SPECIALISTS AND PARENT MENTORS WILL BE DEPLOYED BY GAPHC AND ITS FQHC MEMBERS TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE PARENTS IN ENROLLMENT AND RENEWAL ACTIVITIES. TARGET SERVICE AREA: ALL COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. GOALS OF THE PROJECT: THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE GAPHC HEALTHY KIDS PROJECT IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BY NEWLY ENROLLING AND/OR RENEWING ENROLLMENT IN MEDICAID AND CHIP FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT WOMEN, WITH A FOCUS ON THE HISPANIC AND ASIAN POPULATIONS. HOW FUNDS WILL BE USED: THE PROJECT WILL BE OVERSEEN BY 1.0 FTE PROJECT DIRECTOR AND 2.0 FTE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT SPECIALISTS AND 1.0 FTE DATA SPECIALIST WILL BE HIRED. STATE TRAVEL FOR THREE STAFF FOR ENROLLMENT AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WILL BE FUNDED; IN ADDITION, ONE STAFF MEMBER WILL TRAVEL TO BALTIMORE FOR THE CMS-HK CONFERENCE IN YEAR 1. SUPPLIES FUNDED THROUGH THE PROJECT INCLUDE OFFICE SUPPLIES, BUSINESS CARDS, PRINTER INK, MARKETING MATERIALS, DISPLAY TABLES AND BANNERS, AND FOUR WORK STATION/LAPTOPS. GAPHC WILL PARTNER WITH THE CENTER FOR PAN ASIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE HISPANIC HEALTH COALITION OF GEORGIA TO DEPLOY TWO 0.5 FTE CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT COUNSELORS. A PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED IN YEAR 1 AND DEPLOYED IN YEARS 2 AND 3. FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED FOR ADVERTISING, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION, CELL PHONES FOR FOUR STAFF, AND MEDIA RADIO AIR TIME. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED AS A RESULT OF THE AWARD OF THIS GRANT: IN YEAR 1, GAPHC PROPOSES TO NEWLY ENROLL OR RENEW 10,500 INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICAID OR CHIP, INCLUDING 5,700 CHILDREN, 2,200 PARENTS, AND 2,600 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. IN Y2, GAPHC WILL NEWLY ENROLL OR RENEW 12,800 INDIVIDUALS IN MEDICAID OR CHIP, INCLUDING 7,600 CHILDREN, 2,400 PARENTS, AND 2,800 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. IN YEAR 3, GAPHC WILL NEWLY ENROLL OR RENEW AT LEAST 15,100 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 9,500 CHILDREN, 2,600 PARENTS, AND 3,000 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY.

GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (GAPHC) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NAVIGATORS IN FEDERALLY-FACILITATED EXCHANGES

ARRA - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION

INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTO PRIMARY CARE THROUGH TELEHEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED TELEHEALTH NETWORK

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVE

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR PCAS

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM-OVERDOSE RESPONSE

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER PLANNING GRANTS

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER PLANNING GRANTS