Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
Organization Name: Clover Educational Consulting Group Address: 1009 N. Pacific Street, Mineola, Texas 75773 Facility Type: 501c3 Nonprofit Community-Based Organization Web Address: www.clovered.org Project Director: Dr. Tamara DeHay, President/CEO; Phone (512) 494-4556; Email: tamara.dehay@clovered.org Network Name: Wood County Youth Substance Use Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Network Legislative Aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to and improve the quality of basic health care services and health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system. Network Planning Examples: (i) Identifying opportunities for the network to better address regional and local population needs. (ii) Developing a network business and operations plan, including a formal MOU, mission statement, governance structure, and roles/responsibilities; Identifying the degree to which network members are ready to integrate functions and share resources (iii) Identifying ways to encourage cross-organizational collaboration; assessing the network’s sustainability and viability; identifying ways to obtain regional and local community support around network development. Focus Area: Mental Health and Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder (OUD/SUD) Service Region: Wood County, Texas Population to be served: The target population is residents of highly rural and underserved Wood County, Texas. Residents of this county have historically suffered from high rates of substance use, overdose, and mental health disorders. A significant percentage of the population lives in poverty. Network Partnerships: The 3 agencies which have signed Letters of Commitment to participate in the network include Clover Educational Consulting Group (Clover), the Mineola Independent School District, and the Andrews Center Behavioral Healthcare System. Clover is a 501c3 nonprofit community-based organization. MISD is the lar gest school district in Wood County. The Andrews Center is a community mental health center and the local Mental Health Authority. Two-thirds (66%) of the partners are located in a HRSA-designated rural area (Clover and MISD.) Readiness for Integration: The 3 network partner agencies have indicated a high degree of readiness to integrate their functions and share resources in the development and implementation of the proposed network. Experience Serving Rural Underserved Populations: The applicant organization is located in Wood County, Texas, which is a designated rural area. Clover has extensive experience serving rural underserved populations, as the bulk of the work conducted by our Community Initiatives division is in service to the highly rural and underserved region of Northeast Texas. Clover also has significant experience in rural workforce development and has supported the development and/or accreditation of numerous rural psychology training programs across the country, has initiated the expansion of several rural training programs through the obtainment of federal expansion grants, and has obtained a number of federal grant awards which have provided community behavioral health programming in rural communities across the country. Clover’s President/CEO has an extensive history in rural research, and served as the editor of APA’s Journal of Rural Mental Health. The rural underserved population in the local community will be involved in the development and operations of the network via town meetings and focus groups. The population will benefit from the network through the receipt of comprehensive youth substance use prevention and mental health promotion programming and materials. Funding Opportunity Notification: The applicant organization learned about this funding opportunity via Grants.gov Funding Preference: Clover requests a funding preference based on Qualifications 1 and 2. Clover is in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area and a Medical ly Underserved Area.
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).