HHS Announces More Than $4.7 Million in Grants to North Dakota Recipients

HHS Announces More Than $4.7 Million in Grants to North Dakota Recipients BISMARCK, N.D. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced eight grant awards totaling $4,778,002 for projects related to maternal and child health, mental health services, nursing education, and biomedical research in North Dakota. The funding will be distributed as follows: $1,012,517 to the University of North Dakota for biomedical research regarding disease epigenomics. $763,614 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians under the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. $738,154 to Sanford Bismarck to support work under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program. $734,608 to the University of North Dakota to support the North Dakota Rural and Tribal Suicide Care Project. $519,914 to the Spirit Lake Tribe to support work under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program. $396,925 to the University of North Dakota to support the Recruitment/Retention of American Indians Into Nursing (RAIN) Program. $362,500 to North Dakota State University to advance biomedical research through a project examining the co-evolutionary dynamics between transposable elements and their hosts. $249,770 to the Turtle Mountain Tribe to support the Turtle Mountain Native Connections program, strengthening community mental health services.