CE153654
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Community project funding/Congressionally directed spending - construction - Northern Light AR Gould Hospital (ARG) will replace and upgrade its aging radiation treatment equipment for cancer patients, the only of its kind in Aroostook County, a region with 67,255 people (2022) rurally situated on 6,828 square miles.
The replacement of this equipment and its supporting infrastructure is consistent with ARG’s proposed CDS project as originally presented.
For most patients, radiation therapy is delivered daily, five days a week for several weeks.
Traveling for cancer care can be expensive, exhausting, and complicated to organize just when patients are feeling their most vulnerable and experiencing side effects of their disease and treatment.
Those from the St. John Valley (Northern Aroostook County) already travel a significant distance to receive care in Presque Isle (Central Aroostook County), with some driving as many as one hundred miles to get here.
If they were to have to travel to Brewer (the location of the next nearest radiation treatment center) for treatment, this would necessitate a three-hundred-mile commute or several days away from home to be close to treatment.
Our healthcare community also relies on the multi-disciplinary cancer care services provided at ARG and have already pledged their support of this funding request.
We have signed letters of support from the leaders of Northern Maine Medical Center, Cary Medical Center, and Houlton Regional Hospital, as well as from the Aroostook District Public Health Council.
By replacing our linear accelerator (LINAC), not only will we be keeping radiation therapy accessible in the Aroostook County region, but with newer, improved technology comes greater precision and the ability to deliver needed treatment over a shorter time.
This project will purchase a new LINAC, which provides critical, lifesaving, palliative, or pain reducing radiation therapy for cancer patients across Aroostook County and install it in the place of ARG’s current LINAC which is reaching the end of its useful life.
The project will also include the replacement of specialized hinges on the radiation treatment room door as well as upgrades to the HVAC and electrical system to accommodate the increased cooling requirements for the operation of the new unit.
The target population for this project is all residents of Aroostook County, Maine, requiring radiation therapy treatment.
The replacement of this equipment and its supporting infrastructure is consistent with ARG’s proposed CDS project as originally presented.
For most patients, radiation therapy is delivered daily, five days a week for several weeks.
Traveling for cancer care can be expensive, exhausting, and complicated to organize just when patients are feeling their most vulnerable and experiencing side effects of their disease and treatment.
Those from the St. John Valley (Northern Aroostook County) already travel a significant distance to receive care in Presque Isle (Central Aroostook County), with some driving as many as one hundred miles to get here.
If they were to have to travel to Brewer (the location of the next nearest radiation treatment center) for treatment, this would necessitate a three-hundred-mile commute or several days away from home to be close to treatment.
Our healthcare community also relies on the multi-disciplinary cancer care services provided at ARG and have already pledged their support of this funding request.
We have signed letters of support from the leaders of Northern Maine Medical Center, Cary Medical Center, and Houlton Regional Hospital, as well as from the Aroostook District Public Health Council.
By replacing our linear accelerator (LINAC), not only will we be keeping radiation therapy accessible in the Aroostook County region, but with newer, improved technology comes greater precision and the ability to deliver needed treatment over a shorter time.
This project will purchase a new LINAC, which provides critical, lifesaving, palliative, or pain reducing radiation therapy for cancer patients across Aroostook County and install it in the place of ARG’s current LINAC which is reaching the end of its useful life.
The project will also include the replacement of specialized hinges on the radiation treatment room door as well as upgrades to the HVAC and electrical system to accommodate the increased cooling requirements for the operation of the new unit.
The target population for this project is all residents of Aroostook County, Maine, requiring radiation therapy treatment.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Presque Isle,
Maine
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
HRSA-24-110
Aroostook Medical Center was awarded
Northern Light AR Gould Hospital Cancer Treatment Equipment Upgrade
Project Grant CE153654
worth $3,016,000
from the HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Presque Isle Maine United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.493 Congressional Directives.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/6/25
Period of Performance
9/30/24
Start Date
9/29/27
End Date
Funding Split
$3.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$3.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to CE153654
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
CE153654
SAI Number
CE153654-2115644484
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
75RJ00 HRSA OFFICE OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
75RR00 HRSA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS BUREAU
Awardee UEI
KWJHZA3CFB27
Awardee CAGE
77911
Performance District
ME-02
Senators
Susan Collins
Angus King
Angus King
Modified: 1/6/25