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October 2, 2002 Contact: HRSA Press Office
301-443-3376

HRSA Awards Nearly $49 Million to Improve Health Care Facilities

The Health Resources and Services Administration today announced 50 construction grants totaling $48.9 million to support renovation and equipment upgrades in health care facilities in 24 states.

The “Health Care and Other Facilities” grants, administered by HRSA, will help facilities around the country improve health care delivery through state-of-the-art renovations and equipment. Funded projects include x-ray and dental equipment for a family medical and dental clinic in Palatka, Fla.; a health care and human services complex in Conyers, Ga.; and equipment for a pediatric intensive care unit in Camden, N.J.

A table of grant awards follows.  Information about other HRSA grants is available at http://newsroom.hrsa.gov.

FY 2002 Health Care and Other Facilities Grants

Institution City State Award
Cooper Green Hospital Birmingham Ala. $246,121
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Ala. 9,844,873
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Ala. 393,795
Volunteers of America (Adolescent Residential Center for Help) Anchorage Alaska 1,968,975
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock Ark. 787,591
Enrichment Centers of Hernando Brooksville Fla. 590,692
Rural Health Care, Inc. Palatka Fla. 105,000
North Florida Medical Centers, Inc. Tallahassee Fla. 156,624
Trenton Medical Center, Inc. Trenton Fla. 82,947
Rockdale County Conyers Ga. 738,365
Chicago Family Health Center Chicago Ill. 886,039
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago Ill. 984,488
The Clinic at Altgeld Chicago Ill. 443,019
Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center Waukegan Ill. 185,083
Palmer Chiropractic University System Davenport Iowa 1,673,628
Community Health Centers for Southeastern Iowa, Inc. W. Burlington Iowa 147,673
Harrison Memorial Hospital, Inc. Cynthiana Ky. 196,897
Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Hospital Greensburg Ky. 590,692
Roy F. Collier Community Center Inez Ky. 984,488
Park DuValle Community Health Centers, Inc. Louisville Ky. 738,365
Univ. of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. Louisville Ky. 1,476,731
Bayside Health System Springfield Mass. 1,968,975
Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. Detroit Mich. 492,243
Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center Mississippi State Miss. 393,795
St. James Healthcare Butte Mont. 393,795
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Las Vegas Nev. 246,121
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Brunswick N.J. 984,488
Cooper Health System Camden N.J. 246,121
Hunterdon Medical Center Flemington N.J. 492,243
Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Leon G. Smith Infectious Disease Institute Newark N.J. 433,174
First Choice Community Clinic Albuquerque N.M. 2,707,340
The Research Foundation of SUNY Albany N.Y. 147,673
Joseph Addabbo Family Health Center Arverne N.Y. 433,174
ComfortCare of Cayuga, Inc. Auburn N.Y. 49,227
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn N.Y. 433,174
Westchester-Ellenville Hospital, Inc. Ellenville N.Y. 492,243
Village of Kiryas Joel Monroe N.Y. 492,243
University of North Dakota Grand Forks N.D. 2,953,462
Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio 753,134
Mercy Health Partners of Southwest Ohio Cincinnati Ohio 295,346
Hospice and Health Services, Inc. Lancaster Ohio 246,121
Joel Pomerene Hospital Millersburg Ohio 1,968,975
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital Providence R.I. 590,692
Voorhees College Denmark S.C. 1,476,731
University of South Dakota Vermillion S.D. 2,953,688
Houston County Hospital District Crockett Texas 433,174
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas 984,488
State of Vermont Burlington Vt. 196,897
Northeast Washington County Community Health, Inc. Plainfield Vt. 433,174
Raleigh County Commission Beckley W.Va. 1,969,200

TOTAL:  $48,883,197

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