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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
Contact: | HRSA Press Office (301) 443-3376 |
The Health Resources and Services Administration's New Start/Expansion grants will help grantees in 17 states expand health care access for some 200,000 individuals by creating new health care sites in urban and rural medically underserved areas. Two more funding cycles will take place in fiscal year 2001; additional grantees are expected to be announced in June and August.
"Community health centers are the core of the health care safety net for underserved and uninsured Americans," said HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. "Increasing the number of health center sites is a critical part of President Bush's pledge to strengthen the health care safety net in the United States."
Community health centers serve all people regardless of their ability to pay and target their services in areas where people face barriers to accessing high-quality, culturally competent care. Through extensive partnerships with local providers, hospitals and managed care organizations, health centers build local systems of care that increase residents' access to health services.
"The health centers receiving these grants serve communities that badly need more primary care services and that have many residents without health insurance," said Marilyn Hughes Gaston, M.D., M.P.H., HRSA associate administrator for Primary Health Care. "This year's grants will add about 100 new health care sites capable of serving 1 million needy Americans."
Grant amounts vary in size, based on the scope of the project and the size of the service area.
For
more information on the Community Health Center Program, go to the program Web
site at
HRSA BPHC Fiscal Year 2001 New Start/Expansion Grantees — CYCLE 1
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ORGANIZATION |
CITY |
STATE |
FUNDING
AMOUNT |
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Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium |
Sitka |
Alaska |
$636,876 |
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Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation |
Bethel |
Alaska |
$294,000 |
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Family HealthCare Network |
Porterville |
Calif. |
$429,375 |
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Community Health Centers, Inc. |
Apopka |
Fla. |
$450,000 |
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I.M. Salzbacher Center for the Homeless |
Jacksonville |
Fla. |
$675,000 |
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Hamakua Health Center, Inc. |
Honokaa |
Hawaii |
$531,250 |
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Kalihi-Palama Health Center |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$296,250 |
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Will Co. Community Health Dept./Will County Community
Clinic |
Joliet |
Ill. |
$650,000 |
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Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Inc. |
East St. Louis |
Ill. |
$348,333 |
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Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Inc. |
East St. Louis |
Ill. |
$376,667 |
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Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc. |
Ava |
Mo. |
$539,583 |
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Tri-County Community Health |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
$311,274 |
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Indian Chicano Health Center |
Omaha |
Neb. |
$553,000 |
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Community HealthCare Network |
New York |
N.Y. |
$615,625 |
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Middletown Community Health Center, Inc. |
Middletown |
N.Y. |
$475,000 |
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Third Street Community Clinic |
Mansfield |
Ohio |
$539,583 |
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Southeast Area Health Center, Inc. |
Oklahoma City |
Okla. |
$615,625 |
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Tillamook County Health Department |
Tillamook |
Ore. |
$306,991 |
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Centerville Clinics, Inc. |
Fredericktown |
Pa. |
$277,032 |
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Primary Health Network |
Sharon |
Pa. |
$231,575 |
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Thundermist Health Associates, Inc. |
Woonsocket |
R.I. |
$218,189 |
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Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comp. Health Services |
Ridgeland |
S.C. |
$584,583 |
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Family Health Centers, Inc. |
Orangeburg |
S.C. |
$367,292 |
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Sea Mar Community Health Center |
Seattle |
Wash. |
$478,958 |
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WomenCare, Inc. |
Scott Depot |
W.
Va. |
$507,238 |
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