HHS SECRETARY ANNOUNCES $25.7 MILLION IN GRANTS TO EXPAND, IMPROVE HEALTH
CENTER SERVICES
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced more
than $25.7 million in grants to increase and improve health and support services
at the nation's health centers.
“These grants could not be coming at a better time,” Secretary Sebelius said.
“With more than 14.5 million Americans out of work, and 47 million without
health insurance, the health centers are seeing more patients now than ever
before.”
Overseen by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at HHS,
the Health Center system served more than 17 million medically underserved
people in 2008, up from 10 million patients served in 2001. Since the economic
downturn began, the health center patient population has grown by another one
million people – a third of them children. By law, patients are accepted
regardless of their ability to pay.
A total of 180 grants worth more than $21.9 million will give existing health
centers the funds to add or increase mental health/substance abuse, enabling
(i.e., outreach, transportation, case management services), oral health or
pharmacy services. Additionally, 48 planning grants totaling more than $3.8
million will be distributed to organizations in hard hit areas that do not have
health centers to help them develop new service delivery sites. New health
center sites must meet federal requirements for governance, community
involvement, quality of care and financial feasibility.
HRSA’s Health Center Program funds a
national network of more than 1,100 community, migrant, homeless and public
housing health center grantees. These organizations provide health care at more
than 7,500 clinical sites, ranging from large medical facilities to mobile
vans. In FY 2009, more than $2.1 billion was appropriated to support the Health
Center Program.
The grants listed below were awarded through a
competitive process:
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