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HHS Awards $30 Million to Expand Health Center
Services
June 2, 2005 Eighty-six grants totaling over
$30.2 million to help community health centers increase access to health
care for low-income and uninsured Americans has been announced by Health
and Human Services. The list of centers receiving grants (see below) was
released today.
Sixty-four of the grants, worth $26.7 million, will
expand medical capacity at existing health centers, helping an
additional 255,000 underserved individuals receive care. The 22
additional awards, totaling $3.6 million, will make available for the
first time oral health and mental health services at eight health
centers and expand those services at 14 health centers.
Health centers provide a safety net for millions
of Americans who need care, Secretary Mike Leavitt said. These grants
will help strengthen this net and ensure that many more individuals get
access to the vital services they need to live healthy, productive
lives.
Todays awards support President Bushs five-year
initiative to expand the health center system. Launched in 2002, the
initiative will add 1,200 new and expanded health center sites and
increase the number of patients served from 10.3 million in 2001 to
approximately 16 million by 2006. With these grants, HHS will have
funded more than 770 new or expanded health centers, and increased the
number of patients served to an estimated 14 million individuals in
2005.
Health centers deliver comprehensive primary and
preventive care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Charges
for health care services are set according to income, and fees are not
collected from the poorest patients. In a typical year, about 40 percent
of health center patients have no insurance coverage.
HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
manages the Consolidated Health Center Program, which funds a national
network of
more than 3,700 clinics comprised of community health centers, migrant
health centers, health care for the homeless centers, school-based
health centers and public housing primary care centers.
Tables of all the grants follow:
|
Consolidated Health Centers Program
Expanded Medical Capacity, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Chiricahua Community Health Centers |
Elfrida |
Ariz. |
$560,427 |
|
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc. |
Brawley |
Calif. |
370,800 |
|
South County Community Health Center |
East Palo Alto |
Calif. |
349,442 |
|
South County Community Health Center |
East Palo Alto |
Calif. |
349,442 |
|
Arroyo Vista Family Health Center |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
460,785 |
|
Asian Pacific Health Venture |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
400,000 |
|
Franciscan Clinics, dba Queenscare Family Clinic
|
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
450,000 |
|
Community Health Centers/Central Coasts |
Nipomo |
Calif. |
600,000 |
|
Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. |
San Diego |
Calif. |
412,500 |
|
Southwest Community Health Center |
Santa Rosa |
Calif. |
593,257 |
|
National Health Services, Inc. |
Shafter |
Calif. |
427,500 |
|
East Valley Community Health Center |
West Covina |
Calif. |
450,000 |
|
Community Health Centers, Inc. |
Colo. Springs |
Colo. |
337,867 |
|
Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc. |
Pueblo |
Colo. |
570,475 |
|
Bridgeport Community Health Center |
Bridgeport |
Conn. |
386,200 |
|
Charter Oak Terrace Rice Heights Hlth. Ctr. |
Hartford |
Conn. |
350,000 |
|
Unity Health Care, Inc. |
Washington |
D.C. |
131,250 |
|
Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc. |
Dover |
Del. |
462,119 |
|
Central Fla.
Migrant & Community Clinic |
Sanford |
Fla. |
408,819 |
|
Family Health Centers of S.W. Florida, Inc. |
Fort Myers |
Fla. |
864,717 |
|
Manatee County
Rural Health Services, Inc. |
Parrish |
Fla. |
286,467 |
|
I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless |
Jacksonville |
Fla. |
658,671 |
|
Palm Beach County Health Department |
Belle Glade |
Fla. |
350,000 |
|
Primary Health Care Center of Dade, Inc. |
Trenton |
Ga. |
262,000 |
|
Guam Department of Public Health |
Hagatna |
Guam |
525,000 |
|
Waianae District Comp Health & Hospital Board, Inc.
|
Waianae |
Hawaii |
350,000 |
|
Boundary Regional Community Hlth. Ctr. |
Bonners Ferry |
Idaho |
89,720 |
|
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc. |
Chicago Hts. |
Ill. |
647,145 |
|
Southern Illinois
Healthcare Foundation |
E. St. Louis |
Ill. |
373,025 |
|
PCC Community Wellness Center |
Oak Park |
Ill. |
550,000 |
|
Neighborhood Health Clinic, Inc. |
Ft. Wayne |
Ind. |
483,453 |
|
Primary Health Services Center |
Monroe |
La. |
225,000 |
|
Health Care for the Homeless |
Baltimore |
Md. |
233,333 |
|
Tri-State Community Health Center |
Hancock |
Md. |
374,910 |
|
Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center |
Allston |
Mass. |
450,000 |
|
Downriver Community Services, Inc. |
Algonac |
Mich. |
600,000 |
|
Detroit Health Care For The Homeless |
Detroit |
Mich. |
272,385 |
|
West Side Community Health Center, Inc. |
Saint Paul |
Minn. |
433,333 |
|
Dr. Arenia C. Mallory Health Center, Inc. |
Lexington |
Miss. |
567,838 |
|
Yellowstone
City & County Health Dept. |
Billings |
Mont. |
205,101 |
|
Nevada Rural Health Centers, Inc. |
Carson City |
Nev. |
475,000 |
|
La Familia Medical Center |
Santa Fe |
N.M. |
497,759 |
|
Bronx Community Health Network, Inc. |
Bronx |
N.Y. |
400,000 |
|
Goshen Medical Center, Inc. |
Faison |
N.C. |
350,000 |
|
Kinston Community Health Center |
Kinston |
N.C. |
300,000 |
|
Tri-County Community Health |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
513,298 |
|
Care Alliance |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
312,098 |
|
Community and Rural Health Services |
Fremont |
Ohio |
83,333 |
|
Southern Ohio
Health Services Network |
Milford |
Ohio |
350,000 |
|
Clackamas County
Public Health Division |
Oregon City |
Ore. |
641,667 |
|
Multnomah Cty. Dept. of Human Services |
Portland |
Ore. |
225,034 |
|
Outside In |
Portland |
Ore. |
637,500 |
|
Ochoco Community Clinic |
Prineville |
Ore. |
600,000 |
|
Scranton Primary Health Care Center, Inc |
Scranton |
Pa. |
212,670 |
|
Black River Healthcare, Inc. |
Manning |
S.C. |
288,489 |
|
Centro de Salud Familiar la Fe |
El Paso |
Texas |
278,259 |
|
Brownsville Community Health Center |
Brownsville |
Texas |
426,667 |
|
Brazos Valley Community Action Agency |
Bryan |
Texas |
486,765 |
|
Cross Timbers Health Clinic, Inc. |
De Leon |
Texas |
891,250 |
|
Gateway Community Health Center, Inc. |
Laredo |
Texas |
509,984 |
|
South Plains Rural Health Services, Inc. |
Levelland |
Texas |
418,940 |
|
Southwest Utah Public Health Department |
Saint George |
Utah |
145,539 |
|
Vernon J. Harris East End Comm. Hlth. Ctr. |
Richmond |
Va. |
412,500 |
|
Metropolitan Development Council |
Tacoma |
Wash. |
196,667 |
|
Columbia Valley
Community Health Svcs. |
Wenatchee |
Wash. |
525,000 |
|
Total: |
|
|
$26,701,958 |
|
Consolidated Health Centers Program
Oral Health Expanded Access, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Heartland Health Outreach |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$150,000 |
|
Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. |
Traverse City |
Mich. |
150,000 |
|
Finger Lakes
Migrant Health Care Project |
Penn Yan |
N.Y. |
148,519 |
|
Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. |
Peekskill |
N.Y. |
150,000 |
|
Greene County Health Care, Inc. |
Snow Hill |
N.C. |
76,672 |
|
Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health
|
Seattle |
Wash. |
150,000 |
|
Total: |
|
|
$825,191 |
|
Consolidated Health Centers Program
Mental Health Expanded Access, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless |
Denver |
Colo. |
$150,000 |
|
Camillus Health Concern, Inc. |
Miami |
Fla. |
$150,000 |
|
Tri-County Community Health Council, Inc. |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
$150,000 |
|
Primary Care Health Services, Inc. |
Pittsburgh |
Pa. |
$150,000 |
|
Migrant Health Center, Inc. |
Mayaguez |
P.R. |
$150,000 |
|
Nashville Metropolitan Public Health Dept. |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$150,000 |
|
Centro San Vicente |
El Paso |
Texas |
$150,000 |
|
Daily Planet HCH |
Richmond |
Va. |
144,847 |
|
Total: |
|
|
$1,194,847 |
|
Consolidated Health Centers Program
Oral Health New Access, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Seldovia Village
Tribe |
Seldovia |
Alaska |
$250,000 |
|
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc. |
Bakersfield |
Calif. |
250,000 |
|
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, Inc.
|
Parlier |
Calif. |
201,000 |
|
Nevada Rural Health Centers, Inc. |
Carson City |
Nev. |
250,000 |
|
Total: |
|
|
$951,000 |
|
Consolidated Health Centers Program
Mental Health New Access, FY 2005 |
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc. |
Dover |
Del. |
$127,568 |
|
Hazard Perry Cty. Community Ministries |
Hazard |
Ky. |
160,000 |
|
Calhoun County Public Health Department |
Battle Creek |
Mich. |
160,000 |
|
COSSMA |
Cidra |
P.R. |
160,000 |
|
Total: |
|
|
$607,568 |
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