Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Maniilaq Association, a tribal non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Kotzebue, has provided health, social, and tribal services to the eleven villages of the Northwest Arctic Borough and one village (Point Hope) in the North Slope Borough (approximately 8,224 people in all) for nearly fifty years and consistent with the organization mission, has been promoting the economic, social, educational, cultural, spiritual, and personal well-being of our region’s people. The Maniilaq Health Center (MHC) has one Capital projects for the FY 2024 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (CPF/CDS). Maniilaq is eligible and is applying for the following amount of $750,000. Maniilaq is a long time HRSA grantee and is eligible to apply as an active health center receiving Health Center Program operational support (H80) under sections 330. Construction Project Type: Construction/Expansion(C/E) of an Existing Facility, to add square Footage to an existing Maniilaq Health Center facility. *CPF/CDS Grant Funding: To help pay for related Construction cost for the project. Any additional Construction cost will be paid for by Maniilaq Association. *Project size/impact: 2,089 sq. ft. (expansion) Maniilaq Association is requesting $750,000 in CPF/CDS funding for capital cost for a Kotzebue-based Integrated Behavioral Health Care Crisis Stabilization Center. The Crisis Center would open in the fall of 2025 and be staffed 24/7 by a Maniilaq Integrated Behavioral Health Care team that will be a mix of Behavioral Health and Health Center staff who would provide stabilization to individuals in crisis and offer transitional residential care to individuals needing anything from a couple of hours of care to several days of stabilization. Crisis Now Model: To ensure individuals who are intoxicated, suicidal and/or struggling with serious mental illness will have immediate access to crisis care. This project is building off planning work with the Alaska Mental Health Trust and Alaska Division of Behavioral Health to better meet Alaskans experiencing behavioral health crisis and that Maniilaq is able to serve all individuals in need, regardless crisis acuity, in a safe and secure location. Scope of Project: After looking at several options, it was decided that expanding off the Maniilaq Health Center Emergency Room (ER/ED) (See attachment #2 floor plan), this project would expand and add two additional rooms as well as a toilet and clean and soiled utilities to create a space for the new Integrated Care Crisis Stabilization Center. This new Crisis Center will include two treatment rooms, 4 recliners, nursing station, and small kitchen. This location being right next to the Maniilaq ER, will create an alternative pathway for patients who access emergency departments and other services, such as the police and ambulance services and allow Maniilaq Integrated Behavioral Health team to better care people in crisis.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).