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Grant application to the Health Resources and Services Administration Fiscal Year 2025 New Access Points funding opportunity.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval by the County Administrator for the grant application to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 New Access Points funding opportunity.
• The purpose of HRSA’s FY25 New Access Points funding opportunity is to support new health center service delivery sites to expand affordable, accessible, and high-quality primary health care for underserved communities and populations.
• Human Services is seeking grant funding to add the Florida Department of Health office in St. Petersburg as a service delivery site for the Health Care for the Homeless program. This location is in an area identified in the 2023 Point in Time Report as having a high concentration of unsheltered homeless individuals.
• The application seeks up to $650,000.00 in federal funding for a one-year period of June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026. There are no match or cost-sharing requirements.
• The two-tiered grant application is submitted through Grants.gov and EHB (HRSA’s electronic system). Forms associated with the grant submission will be completed by the Health Care Administrator who serves as the Project Director.
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Strategic Plan:
Ensure Public Health, Safety, and Welfare
2.1 Provide planning, coordination, prevention, and protective services to ensure a safe and secure community.
2.2 Be a facilitator, convener, and purchaser of services for those in need.
Deliver First Class Services to the Public and our Customers
5.1 Maximize partner relationships and public outreach
Summary:
The purpose of this funding is to support new health center service delivery sites to expand affordable, accessible, and high-quality primary health care for underserved communities and populations. Award recipients will use funding to provide primary health care services at one or more new access points.
The County is proposing to add a new service delivery site for the Healthcare for the Homeless program at the Florida Department of Health office in St. Petersburg, located at 205 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. This area of the county was identified in the 2023 Pinellas Point in Time Count as having a high concentration of unsheltered persons.
Background/Explanation:
The County’s Health Care for the Homeless program provides medical services, otherwise known as primary care, which includes treatment of illness or injury as well as preventive care, education, limited prescription coverage and referrals for lab work, specialty care, dental assistance, behavioral-mental health assistance and substance abuse treatment. Pinellas County homeless residents currently receive primary health care at the Bayside Health Clinic in Clearwater, FL as well as via the Mobile Medical Unit, Street Medicine Team, and numerous Telehealth connections throughout the county.
Fiscal Impact:
Federal funding in an amount not to exceed $650,000.00 for a one-year period of June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, will be provided by the Health Services Administration under the FY25 New Access Points funding opportunity. There are no match or cost-sharing requirements.
Human Services will be applying for a grant up to the above amount. This item has no direct Fiscal Impact to the budget for FY25 until approved and received.
Delegated Authority:
Authority for the County Administrator to approve/execute this grant application is granted under Code Section 2-62 (a)(1).
Staff Member Responsible:
Karen Yatchum, Director, Human Services
Partners:
Florida Department of Health in Pinellas
Pinellas County Health Care for the Homeless Co-Applicant Board
Attachments:
FY25 New Access Points Grant Solicitation
Intent to Apply