FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2007
CONTACT: Geoff Embler or Matt Mackowiak
Sen. Hutchison Announces Over $7 Million in Health Care Center Grants for Texas Communities
WASHINGTON -- Texas’ senior Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released $7,143,996 in grants to community health centers in Texas.
“Community health centers are an important tool to expand access to comprehensive primary and preventative health care services for Texas families,” Sen. Hutchison said. “These grants will help create more of these health centers and improve health care across Texas.”
The following health centers will receive funding:
| Organization | Funding | Purpose |
| CHC’s of South Central TX | Gonzales | $750,000 |
| Health Center of Southeast Texas | Cleveland | $733,383 |
| Shackelford County Com. Resource Ctr. | Albany | $712,500 |
| Amistad Community Health Center | Corpus Christi | $600,000 |
| Chambers County Pub. Hosp. Dist. #1 | Anahuac | $600,000 |
| East Texas Border Health Clinic | Marshall | $600,000 |
| NE Texas Public Health District | Tyler | $600,000 |
| Community Health Net. of Lubbock | Lubbock | $483,333 |
| East Texas Community Health Services | Nacogdoches | $478,675 |
| Longview Wellness Center, Inc. | Longview | $400,000 |
| Legacy Community Health Services | Houston | $433,333 |
| Atascosa Health Clinic Inc. | Pleasanton | $337,500 |
| Community Health Service Agency | Greenville | $337,500 |
| Heart of Texas Community Health Center | Waco | $77,772 |
| | | Total: $7,143,996 | |
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