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Friday, May 25, 2007 |
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HHS Awards $125 Million to Expand
Health Center Services and Strengthen America's Health
Care Safety Net
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced grants worth almost $125
million to help health centers increase access to health care for low-income
and uninsured Americans.
Grants totaling $45 million will be used to establish 86 new health
center sites in 33 states and the District of Columbia . These New Access
Point grants will help an estimated 418,000 Americans, including many
without health insurance, gain access to the comprehensive quality primary
health care services that health centers provide.
Additional grants worth $55 million will expand medical capacity at
132 existing health centers, helping an additional 450,000 individuals
receive primary health care services in 42 states and Puerto Rico. The
remaining $25 million will supplement health centers' base grant awards
to offset rising costs associated with maintaining current service levels.
“The funds we're announcing today will help almost 900,000 more low-income
and uninsured patients access the key preventive and primary health
care services that health centers offer,” Secretary Leavitt said. “The
grants also bring us very close to completing President Bush's multi-year
initiative to provide
health care to millions more Americans by expanding the health center
system.”
Launched in 2002, the President's health center initiative aimed to
significantly increase access to primary health care services in 1,200
communities by supporting new or expanded health center sites. With
today's grants, HHS will have funded more than 1,100 new or expanded
health center sites and increased the number of patients served to an
estimated 14.8 million individuals in 2006, up from 10.3 million in
2001.
By delivering primary and preventive care to patients regardless of
their ability to pay, health centers are a major component of America
's health care safety net. In a typical year, about 40 percent of health
center patients have no insurance coverage.
The list of grant recipients follows:
Health Center
Program
New Access Point FY 2007
(Effective July 1, 2007)
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Quality of Life Health Services, Inc.* |
Gadsden |
Ala. |
$525,000 |
Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. |
Mobile |
Ala. |
$397,917 |
Capstone Rural Health Center |
Parrish |
Ala. |
$556,431 |
Whatley Health Services, Inc. |
Tuscaloosa |
Ala. |
$920,833 |
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation |
Bethel |
Alaska |
$433,333 |
Tanana Chiefs Conference |
Fairbanks |
Alaska |
$541,667 |
Seldovia Village Tribe |
Seldovia |
Alaska |
$150,320 |
City of Skagway |
Skagway |
Alaska |
$411,333 |
North Country CHC |
Flagstaff |
Ariz. |
$650,000 |
Clinica Adelante Inc. |
Surprise |
Ariz. |
$335,963 |
Community Health Systems, Inc. |
Bloomington |
Calif. |
$377,831 |
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo |
Brawley |
Calif. |
$502,000 |
CommuniCare Health Centers |
Davis |
Calif. |
$541,667 |
Western Sierra Medical Clinic |
Downieville |
Calif. |
$566,667 |
Neighborhood Healthcare-(aka Escondido)
|
Escondido |
Calif. |
$483,333 |
Sequoia Community Health Foundation |
Fresno |
Calif. |
$856,733 |
San Benito Health Foundation |
Hollister |
Calif. |
$566,667 |
Arroyo Vista Family Health Center |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$482,399 |
JWCH Institute, Inc. |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$325,000 |
Altamed Health Services Corporation |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$858,333 |
Los Angeles Mission Community Clinic |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$858,333 |
Golden Valley Health Centers |
Merced |
Calif. |
$525,000 |
Mission City Community Network |
North Hills |
Calif. |
$566,667 |
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hosp. System |
San Jose |
Calif. |
$229,167 |
Community Medical Centers, Inc. |
Stockton |
Calif. |
$372,406 |
Tulare Community Health Clinic |
Tulare |
Calif. |
$283,333 |
Del Norte Clinics, Inc. |
Yuba City |
Calif. |
$608,333 |
La Clinica del Pueblo |
Washington |
D.C. |
$566,667 |
Liberty Community Health Care, Inc. |
Bristol |
Fla. |
$550,678 |
Duval County Health Department |
Jacksonville |
Fla. |
$351,000 |
Health Care Center for the Homeless |
Orlando |
Fla. |
$624,061 |
Gwinnett County Board of Health |
Lawrenceville |
Ga. |
$566,667 |
First Choice Primary Care, Inc.* |
Macon |
Ga. |
$566,667 |
Kalihi-Palama Health Center |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$483,333 |
Linn Community Care |
Cedar Rapids |
Iowa |
$566,667 |
Access Community Health Network |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$483,333 |
Beloved Community Family Wellness Ctr |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$566,667 |
Heartland Health Outreach |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$460,417 |
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center |
Chicago Heights |
Ill. |
$541,667 |
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation |
East St. Louis |
Ill. |
$361,655 |
Heart City Health Center, Inc.* |
Elkhart |
Ind. |
$566,667 |
PrairieStar Health Center |
Hutchinson |
Kan. |
$555,067 |
CHC of Southeast Kansas, Inc. |
Pittsburg |
Kan. |
$716,667 |
Cumberland Family Medical Center |
Burkesville |
Ky. |
$566,667 |
BlueGrass Farmworker Health Center |
Lexington |
Ky. |
$525,000 |
Jefferson Community Health Care Ctrs |
Avondale |
La. |
$433,333 |
The Multipractice Clinic, Inc. |
Independence |
La. |
$544,374 |
Primary Health Services Center |
Monroe |
La. |
$566,667 |
EXCELth, Inc. |
New Orleans |
La. |
$920,833 |
Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. |
Baltimore |
Md. |
$816,667 |
Community Health Connections, Inc |
Fitchburg |
Mass. |
$525,000 |
Florence & Mary Duffy Health Center |
Hyannis |
Mass. |
$383,051 |
Cape Cod Free Clinic in Falmouth |
Mashpee |
Mass. |
$531,345 |
Cherry Street Services, Inc. |
Grand Rapids |
Mich. |
$525,000 |
SE Mississippi Rural Health Initiative |
Hattiesburg |
Miss. |
$441,667 |
Bullhook Community Health Center |
Havre |
Mont. |
$566,667 |
Cooperative Health Center, Inc. |
Helena |
Mont. |
$338,200 |
Nevada Health Centers, Inc. |
Carson City |
Nev. |
$600,000 |
Community Health Care, Inc. |
Bridgeton |
N.J. |
$315,000 |
Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers |
Hammonton |
N.J. |
$441,667 |
First Nations Community HealthSource |
Albuquerque |
N.M. |
$566,180 |
Presbyterian Medical Services |
Santa Fe |
N.M. |
$400,000 |
Harlem United Community AIDS Center |
New York |
N.Y. |
$552,529 |
Care for the Homeless |
New York |
N.Y. |
$250,624 |
Hudson River Healthcare, Inc. |
Peekskill |
N.Y. |
$441,667 |
Tri-County Community Health Center |
Dunn |
N.C. |
$525,000 |
Goshen Medical Center |
Faison |
N.C. |
$325,000 |
Community and Rural Health Services |
Fremont |
Ohio |
$450,000 |
Ochoco Community Clinic |
Prineville |
Ore. |
$608,333 |
HopeHealth, Inc. |
Florence |
S.C. |
$446,875 |
ReGenesis Community Health Center, Inc. |
Spartanburg |
S.C. |
$483,333 |
Perry County Medical Center, Inc.* |
Linden |
Tenn. |
$525,000 |
Nashville Metropolitan Health Dept |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$644,560 |
Frontera Healthcare Network |
Eden |
Texas |
$566,667 |
Houston Community Health Centers |
Houston |
Texas |
$471,309 |
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston |
Houston |
Texas |
$412,965 |
Longview Wellness Center, Inc* |
Longview |
Texas |
$541,667 |
Presidio County Health Services, Inc. |
Marfa |
Texas |
$546,667 |
Atascosa Health Center, Inc. |
Pleasanton |
Texas |
$441,667 |
Heart of Texas CHC |
Waco |
Texas |
$873,544 |
Midtown Community Health Center |
Ogden |
Utah |
$525,000 |
NE Washington County Community Health |
Plainfield |
Vt. |
$566,667 |
Central Virginia Health Services, Inc. |
New Canton |
Va. |
$525,000 |
Vernon J. Harris East End CHC |
Richmond |
Va. |
$400,000 |
CHANGE, Inc. |
Weirton |
W.Va. |
$558,333 |
Wind River Health Systems, Inc. |
Fort Washakie |
Wyo. |
$566,667 |
|
|
|
$44,710,938 |
Health Center
Program
Expanded Medical Capacity FY 2007
(Effective June 1, 2007)
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation |
Bethel |
Alaska |
$450,000 |
Marana Health Center |
Marana |
Ariz. |
$377,355 |
Sunset Community Health Center |
Somerton |
Ariz. |
$412,500 |
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health
Center |
Tucson |
Ariz. |
$312,902 |
Corning Area Healthcare, Inc. |
Corning |
Ark. |
$437,441 |
Community Health Systems, Inc. |
Bloomington |
Calif. |
$412,471 |
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc. |
Brawley |
Calif. |
$200,000 |
Sequoia Community Health Foundation,
Inc |
Fresno |
Calif. |
$363,849 |
Redwood Coast Medical Services |
Gualala |
Calif. |
$401,677 |
St. Johns Well Child & Family Center |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$450,000 |
Contra Costa County Health Services Dept. |
Martinez |
Calif. |
$700,292 |
Community Hlth Cntrs/Central Coasts |
Nipomo |
Calif. |
$600,000 |
Children's Hosp. Med. Ctr. of Northern
Calif. |
Oakland |
Calif. |
$249,366 |
La Maestra Family Clinic |
San Diego |
Calif. |
$550,000 |
Northeast Valley Health Corporation |
San Fernando |
Calif. |
$130,000 |
Gardner Family Health Network, Inc. |
San Jose |
Calif. |
$475,866 |
Centro de Salud de la Comunidad San Ysidro |
San Ysidro |
Calif. |
$412,500 |
National Health Services, Inc. |
Shafter |
Calif. |
$447,477 |
Community Medical Center |
Stockton |
Calif. |
$557,885 |
Tulare Community Health Clinic |
Tulare |
Calif. |
$487,500 |
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc. |
Union City |
Calif. |
$307,463 |
Del Norte Clinics, Inc. |
Yuba City |
Calif. |
$600,000 |
Peak Vista Community Health Centers |
Colorado Springs |
Colo. |
$350,000 |
Plan de Salud del Valle, Inc. |
Fort Lupton |
Colo. |
$600,000 |
Clinica Campesina Family Health Services |
Lafayette |
Colo. |
$353,333 |
Community Health Services, Inc. |
Hartford |
Conn. |
$420,467 |
Westside Health Center, Inc. |
Wilmington |
Del. |
$549,517 |
Premier Community Heathcare Group, Inc. |
Dade City |
Fla. |
$825,000 |
Treasure Coast Community Health, Inc. |
Fellsmere |
Fla. |
$354,707 |
Miami Beach Community Health Center |
Miami Beach |
Fla. |
$412,500 |
Health Care Center for the Homeless,
Inc. |
Orlando |
Fla. |
$481,667 |
North Florida Medical Centers, Inc. |
Tallahassee |
Fla. |
$452,533 |
Tampa Community Health Center, Inc. |
Tampa |
Fla. |
$371,690 |
Community Health Center, Inc. |
Winter Garden |
Fla. |
$443,915 |
St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services |
Atlanta |
Ga. |
$484,700 |
Medlink Georgia, Inc. |
Colbert |
Ga. |
$325,051 |
Georgia Dept. of Community Health |
Cordele |
Ga. |
$173,000 |
East Georgia Healthcare Center, Inc. |
Swainsboro |
Ga. |
$194,167 |
Waikiki Health Center |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$383,278 |
Dirne Community Health Center, Inc. |
Coeur D'Alene |
Idaho |
$203,750 |
Terry Reilly Health Services |
Nampa |
Idaho |
$334,338 |
Visiting Nurse Assn. of Fox Valley |
Aurora |
Ill. |
$487,500 |
Access Community Health Network |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$487,500 |
Chicago Family Health Center, Inc. |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$600,000 |
Heartland Health Outreach, Inc. |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$375,000 |
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc. |
Chicago Heights |
Ill. |
$523,823 |
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation |
East Saint Louis |
Ill. |
$378,219 |
Greater Elgin Family Care Center |
Elgin |
Ill. |
$487,500 |
PCC Community Wellness Center |
Oak Park |
Ill. |
$600,000 |
Crusaders Central Clinic Association |
Rockford |
Ill. |
$880,000 |
Central Counties Health Centers, Inc. |
Springfield |
Ill. |
$450,000 |
Open Door/BMH Health Center, Inc. |
Muncie |
Ind. |
$417,188 |
Primary Health Care, Inc. |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
$600,000 |
Family Health Center, Inc. |
Louisville |
Ky. |
$408,871 |
Healthpoint Family Care |
Newport |
Ky. |
$311,224 |
Teche Action Board Inc. |
Franklin |
La. |
$580,645 |
Excelth Inc. |
New Orleans |
La. |
$354,013 |
Sebasticook Family Doctors |
Detroit |
Maine |
$165,580 |
Health Access Network, Inc. |
Lincoln |
Maine |
$632,221 |
Sacopee Valley Health Center |
Parsonsfield |
Maine |
$502,104 |
Parkwest Health Systems, Inc. |
Baltimore |
Md. |
$892,900 |
Boston Health Care for the Homeless,
Inc. |
Boston |
Mass. |
$453,000 |
Community Health Connections, Inc. |
Fitchburg |
Mass. |
$525,000 |
Children's Health Program, Inc. |
Great Barrington |
Mass. |
$400,000 |
Lowell Community Health Center |
Lowell |
Mass. |
$525,000 |
Whittier Street Health Committee, Inc. |
Roxbury |
Mass. |
$251,017 |
North Shore Community Health, Inc. |
Salem |
Mass. |
$375,000 |
Family Health Center of Battle Creek |
Battle Creek |
Mich. |
$550,000 |
Detroit Community Health Connection |
Detroit |
Mich. |
$450,000 |
Cherry Street Services |
Grand Rapids |
Mich. |
$358,333 |
Migrant Health Services, Inc. |
Moorhead |
Minn. |
$239,000 |
Southeast Mississippi RHI, Inc. |
Hattiesburg |
Miss. |
$450,000 |
Amite County Medical Services, Inc. |
Liberty |
Miss. |
$383,333 |
Missouri Highlands Health Care |
Ellington |
Mo. |
$362,395 |
Swope Health Services |
Kansas City |
Mo. |
$500,000 |
Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium |
Neosho |
Mo. |
$316,333 |
Family Care Health Centers |
St. Louis |
Mo. |
$152,646 |
Ashland Community Health Center |
Ashland |
Mont. |
$283,190 |
Lincoln County Community Health Center |
Libby |
Mont. |
$367,554 |
Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. |
Omaha |
Neb. |
$423,744 |
One World Community Health Centers |
Omaha |
Neb. |
$475,000 |
Nevada Rural Health Centers, Inc |
Carson City |
Nev. |
$450,000 |
Ammonoosuc Community Health Srvs, Inc. |
Littleton |
N.H. |
$450,000 |
Atlanticare Health Services |
Atlantic City |
N.J. |
$150,000 |
Henry J. Austin Health Center |
Trenton |
N.J. |
$282,865 |
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Cmty Hlth Center |
Albany |
N.Y. |
$373,600 |
Brownsville Community Development Center |
Brooklyn |
N.Y. |
$637,500 |
Hudson Headwaters Health Network |
Glens Falls |
N.Y. |
$372,500 |
Project Samaritan Health Services, Inc. |
Jamaica |
N.Y. |
$271,937 |
Care For The Homeless |
New York |
N.Y. |
$595,196 |
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center,
Inc. |
New York |
N.Y. |
$525,000 |
Institute for Urban Family Health |
New York |
N.Y. |
$278,301 |
Open Door Family Medical Center, Inc. |
Ossining |
N.Y. |
$391,095 |
Gaston Family Health Services, Inc |
Gastonia |
N.C. |
$361,797 |
Blue Ridge Community Health Services |
Hendersonville |
N.C. |
$181,038 |
Tri-County Community Health |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
$525,000 |
Wake Health Services, Inc. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
$525,000 |
Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. |
Wilson |
N.C. |
$409,000 |
Family Healthcare, Inc. |
Chillicothe |
Ohio |
$160,417 |
Cincinnati Health Network, Inc. |
Cincinnati |
Ohio |
$294,863 |
Good Samaritan Hospital |
Dayton |
Ohio |
$247,133 |
Third Street Community Clinic |
Mansfield |
Ohio |
$487,500 |
Umpqua Community Health Center |
Roseburg |
Ore. |
$487,500 |
Primary Health Network |
Sharon |
Pa. |
$400,000 |
Camuy Health Services, Inc. |
Camuy |
P.R. |
$302,124 |
Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, |
Pawtucket |
R.I. |
$262,500 |
New Horizon Family Health Services, Inc. |
Greenville |
S.C. |
$450,000 |
City of Sioux Falls Health Department |
Sioux Falls |
S.D. |
$225,458 |
Christ Community Health Services, Inc. |
Memphis |
Tenn. |
$275,000 |
Matthew Walker Comprehensive |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$354,804 |
United Neighborhood Health Services |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$412,000 |
Cherokee Health Systems |
Talbott |
Tenn. |
$850,000 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Clinic,
Inc. |
Dallas |
Texas |
$300,000 |
Cross Timbers Health Clinic, Inc. |
De Leon |
Texas |
$845,000 |
Centro San Vicente |
El Paso |
Texas |
$477,189 |
El Centro de Corazon |
Houston |
Texas |
$250,000 |
South Central Houston Action Council,
Inc. |
Houston |
Texas |
$350,000 |
South Plains Health Provider Org., Inc. |
Plainview |
Texas |
$300,000 |
Barrio Comprehensive Family Health Care |
San Antonio |
Texas |
$400,000 |
El Centro del Barrio, Inc. |
San Antonio |
Texas |
$500,000 |
Mountainlands Community Health Center |
Provo |
Utah |
$303,169 |
Wasatch Homeless Hlth Care/4th St.Clinic |
Salt Lake City |
Utah |
$737,920 |
Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services,
Inc. |
Alexandria |
Va. |
$280,725 |
Blue Ridge Medical Center, Inc. |
Arrington |
Va. |
$326,082 |
Laurel Fork Health Commission, Inc. |
Laurel Fork |
Va. |
$315,436 |
Central Virginia Health Services |
New Canton |
Va. |
$400,000 |
Peninsula Institute For Community Health |
Newport News |
Va. |
$231,250 |
Daily Planet |
Richmond |
Va. |
$245,068 |
Kuumba Comm. Hlth & Wellness Center |
Roanoke |
Va. |
$540,830 |
Sea-Mar Community Health Center |
Seattle |
Wash. |
$525,000 |
Yakima Valley Farmworkers Clinic |
Toppenish |
Wash. |
$416,667 |
Madison Community Health Center |
Madison |
Wis. |
$223,125 |
|
$54,981,579 |
As stated in the release, an additional $25 million will
be distributed among all current health center grantees in all 50 States,
the District of Columbia , the Pacific Basin , and Puerto Rico as part
of an adjustment to the base grants they receive from HHS/ HRSA.
#
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration manages the national
health center network, which is comprised of about 1,000 grantees that
operate community health centers, migrant health centers, health care
for the homeless centers and public housing primary care centers. The
grantees provide community-based care at more than 3,800 sites nationwide.
* Editors Note: The five new access point
grant awards denoted with an * will place health center sites in counties
identified in the President's
High Poverty County Initiative. The health center sites are placed in Blount County, Alabama; Bibb County, Georgia; Elkhart County, Indiana; Hickman County, Tennessee; and Gregg County, Texas.
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