News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004 |
HRSA Press Office
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HHS Awards 91 Grants Worth $11 Million to Expand and Improve Health Center Services
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced awards totaling nearly $11 million to 91 health centers across the country to increase access to
health care for low-income and uninsured patients.
Seventy-nine of the grants, worth $8.5 million, will expand the range of health care services offered at federally supported health centers.
The additional 12 grants, totaling $2.25 million, will save money and improve efficiency at health centers by creating integrated health care and
pharmacy networks among multiple health centers.
“By investing in community health centers, Americans have a safe place in their neighborhoods to go for quality medical care,”
Secretary Thompson said. “These centers also provide a safety net for low-income and uninsured Americans who need care. The initiative to expand
health center services is another example of President Bush’s commitment to improve Americans' access to health care.”
Launched in 2002, the President’s five-year initiative will add 1,200 new and expanded health center sites and increase the number of
patients served annually by more than 6 million by 2006. By investing in health centers, the President is making sure that low-income or
uninsured Americans have direct access to the medical care they need but can’t afford.
The service expansion awards include:
- More than $5.4 million to 35 grantees in 20 states to establish new or expanded oral health services;
- Nearly $1.8 million to 12 grantees in nine states to establish mental health and substance abuse services at sites that demonstrated a need for
expanded capacity; and
- Approximately $1.3 million to 32 grantees in 23 states to build health disparities collaboratives, which seek to improve clinical care at health
centers by promoting greater teamwork among health professionals, improving procedures to track treatments and reach out to residents, and encouraging
patients to take greater responsibility for monitoring their illnesses.
The integrated network grants include:
- Four Health Center Operational Network grants totaling $1.05 million to support networks of three or more health centers that share an essential
function, enabling members to perform business and clinical operations more efficiently and effectively;
- Two Integrated Services Development Initiative Planning Grants totaling $200,000 to support planning activities necessary to establish operational
health center networks;
- Four Integrated Services Development Initiative Development Grants totaling almost $600,000 to enhance the operations of collaborating health
centers by integrating business and clinical functions; and
- Two Integrated Service Development Initiative Pharmacy Networks totaling nearly $400,000 to support pharmacy services that will improve clinical
outcomes, increase medication safety, and reduce health disparities.
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration manages the Consolidated Health Centers Program, which funds a national network of community
health centers, migrant health centers, health care for the homeless centers and public housing primary care centers that deliver primary and
preventive care to patients. 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.
Tables of all the grants follow:
FY 04 Mental Health/ Substance Abuse Grants
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Bethel Family Clinic
|
Bethel
|
Alaska
|
$160,000
|
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
|
Dillingham
|
Alaska
|
150,000
|
Meridian Education Resource Group, Inc.
|
Atlanta
|
Ga.
|
150,000
|
New Orleans Health Department
|
New Orleans
|
La.
|
146,776
|
Fish River Rural Health
|
Eagle Lake
|
Maine
|
158,455
|
Harbor Health Services, Inc.
|
Dorchester
|
Mass.
|
150,000
|
Whittier Street Health Committee, Inc.
|
Roxbury
|
Mass.
|
149,984
|
Montana Migrant Council, Inc.
|
Billings
|
Mont.
|
160,000
|
Presbyterian Medical Services
|
Santa Fe
|
N.M.
|
150,000
|
Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.
|
St. Johnsbury
|
Vt.
|
150,000
|
Blue Ridge Medical Center, Inc.
|
Arrington
|
Va.
|
160,000
|
SW Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.
|
Saltville
|
Va.
|
160,000
|
Total
|
|
|
$1,845,215
|
FY 04 Oral Health Grants – New Services
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Canyonlands Community Health Care
|
Page
|
Ariz.
|
$247,724
|
Dolores County Health Association
|
Dove Creek
|
Colo.
|
111,971
|
Tampa Community Health Centers, Inc.
|
Tampa
|
Fla.
|
250,000
|
Glenns Ferry Health Center, Inc.
|
Glenns Ferry
|
Idaho
|
250,000
|
River Hills Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Ottumwa
|
Iowa
|
250,000
|
Total
|
|
|
$1,109,695
|
FY 04 Oral Health – Expanded Services
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
White River Rural Health Center, Inc.
|
Augusta
|
Ark.
|
$102,153
|
St. Johns Well Child & Family Center
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
Darin M. Camarena Health Centers, Inc.
|
Madera
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
La Clinica de la Raza
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley
|
Parlier
|
Calif.
|
149,428
|
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
|
San Francisco
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
Tulare Community Health Clinic
|
Tulare
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc.
|
Ventura
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
Vista Community Clinic
|
Vista
|
Calif.
|
150,000
|
Valley Wide Health Services
|
Alamosa
|
Colo.
|
150,000
|
Palm Beach County Health Department
|
Belle Glade
|
Fla.
|
147,264
|
Valley Family Health Care, Inc.
|
Payette
|
Idaho
|
150,000
|
Health Access Network, Inc.
|
Lincoln
|
Maine
|
150,000
|
New England Hospital dba Dimock Community Health Center
|
Roxbury
|
Mass.
|
75,000
|
Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc.
|
Minneapolis
|
Minn.
|
150,000
|
Family Health Center of Boone County
|
Columbia
|
Mo.
|
142,559
|
Lincoln County Community Health Center
|
Libby
|
Mont.
|
150,000
|
Missoula City/County Health Department
|
Missoula
|
Mont.
|
145,304
|
Camcare Health Corporation
|
Camden
|
N.J.
|
150,000
|
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
|
Albuquerque
|
N.M.
|
150,000
|
Hudson Headwaters Health Network
|
Glens Falls
|
N.Y.
|
150,000
|
Gaston Family Health Services, Inc.
|
Gastonia
|
N.C.
|
150,000
|
Tri-County Community Health Council, Inc.
|
Newton Grove
|
N.C.
|
150,000
|
Greene County Health Care, Inc.
|
Snow Hill
|
N.C.
|
125,000
|
Siskiyou Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Grant Pass
|
Ore.
|
150,000
|
Klamath Health Partnership
|
Klamath Falls
|
Ore.
|
150,000
|
Multnomah County Department of Human Services
|
Portland
|
Ore.
|
149,756
|
Republic of Palau Bureau of Health Services
|
Palau
|
Palau
|
150,000
|
La Clinica/South Columbia Rural Health
|
Pasco
|
Wash.
|
150,000
|
Madison Community Health Center
|
Madison
|
Wis.
|
150,000
|
Total:
|
|
|
$4,336,464
|
FY 04 Health Disparities Collaboratives
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Cabun Rural Health Services
|
Hampton
|
Ark.
|
$37,698
|
Clinica Sierra Vista
|
Bakersfield
|
Calif.
|
40,000
|
Denver Health And Hospital Authority
|
Denver
|
Colo.
|
40,000
|
Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Pueblo
|
Colo.
|
39,448
|
Plan de Salud del Valle, Inc.
|
Fort Lupton
|
Colo.
|
40,000
|
Community Clinic of Maui, Inc.
|
Kahului
|
Hawaii
|
40,000
|
Primary Health Care, Inc.
|
Des Moines
|
Iowa
|
40,000
|
Glenns Ferry Health Center, Inc.
|
Glenns Ferry
|
Idaho
|
40,000
|
Valley Family Health Care, Inc.
|
Payette
|
Idaho
|
40,000
|
Central Counties Health Centers, Inc.
|
Springfield
|
Ill.
|
40,000
|
Lyon County Health Department
|
Emporia
|
Kan.
|
38,581
|
Manet Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Quincy
|
Mass.
|
40,000
|
Lynn Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Lynn
|
Mass.
|
39,749
|
Holyoke Health Center, Inc.
|
Holyoke
|
Mass.
|
39,982
|
Chase Brexton Health Services
|
Baltimore
|
Md.
|
40,000
|
Fish River Rural Health
|
Eagle Lake
|
Maine
|
36,866
|
Sterling Area Health Center
|
Sterling
|
Mich.
|
40,000
|
Upper Peninsula Association of Rural Health Services
|
Marquette
|
Mich.
|
40,000
|
West Side Community Health Center, Inc.
|
St. Paul
|
Minn.
|
40,000
|
Panhandle Community Services, Inc.
|
Gering
|
Neb.
|
40,000
|
Health Centers of Northern New Mexico
|
Espanola
|
N.M.
|
40,000
|
Hudson River Health Care
|
Peekskill
|
N.Y.
|
40,000
|
Oak Orchard Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Brockport
|
N.Y.
|
40,000
|
Open Door Family Medical Center, Inc.
|
Ossining
|
N.Y.
|
40,000
|
The Providence Community Health Centers, Inc.
|
Providence
|
R.I.
|
40,000
|
Family Health Center, Inc.
|
Orangeburg
|
S.C.
|
39,006
|
New Horizon Family Health Services, Inc.
|
Greenville
|
S.C.
|
40,000
|
City of Sioux Falls Health Department
|
Sioux Falls
|
S.D.
|
39,112
|
United Neighborhood Health Services
|
Nashville
|
Tenn.
|
40,000
|
El Centro del Barrio, Inc.
|
San Antonio
|
Texas
|
40,000
|
Blue Ridge Medical Center, Inc.
|
Arrington
|
Va.
|
40,000
|
Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc.
|
Martinsburg
|
W.Va.
|
40,000
|
Total:
|
|
|
$1,270,442
|
FY 04 Operational Network Grants
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Community Health Access Network
|
Raymond
|
N.H.
|
$282,132
|
La Clinica de Familia
|
Albuquerque
|
N.M.
|
300,000
|
Ohio Shared Information Services
|
Cincinnati
|
Ohio
|
300,000
|
Central Oklahoma Integrated Network System
|
Okla. City
|
Okla.
|
171,074
|
Total:
|
|
|
$1,053,206
|
FY 04 Integrated Services Developmental Initiative Planning Grants
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Aaron E. Henry CHC
|
Clarksdale
|
Miss.
|
$100,000
|
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems
|
Saltville
|
Va.
|
100,000
|
Total :
|
|
|
$200,000
|
FY 04 Integrated Services Developmental Initiative Developmental Grants
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Mendocino Community Health Clinic
|
Ukiah
|
Calif.
|
$149,931
|
Council Bluffs CHC
|
Council Bluffs
|
Iowa
|
150,000
|
Nuestra Clinica del Valle
|
Pharr
|
Texas
|
149,286
|
Clay Battelle Health Services
|
Blacksville
|
W.Va.
|
150,000
|
Total:
|
|
|
$599,217
|
FY 04 Integrated Services Developmental Initiative Pharmacy Networks
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
Asian Pacific Healthcare Venture
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
$200,000
|
Delaware Valley Community Health
|
Philadelphia
|
Pa.
|
196,878
|
Total
|
|
|
$396,878
|
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