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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002 |
Contact: | HRSA Press Office (301) 443-3376 |
"This grant will allow Madison Community Health Center to expand its services and provide greater access to medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse services to those in need," Secretary Thompson said. "President Bush and I are committed to expanding services through community health centers nationwide as part of a broader strategy to help those Americans who lack health insurance. This grant is a step toward better health care for Dane County residents."
The Madison health center currently delivers primary health care each year to 2,950 individuals through two sites that serve Madison and Dane County. With today's grant, the center expects to hire two new primary care providers and expand care to serve 6,000 individuals within two years. The center also plans to add two dental providers, increasing dental care to 2,000 individuals, and a mental health professional, allowing 960 individuals to receive counseling.
The grant to the Madison center is part of President Bush's long-range plan to add 1,200 new and expanded health center sites over five years and increase the number of patients treated annually from 11 million to 16 million. About half of the patients treated at health centers have no insurance coverage, and many others have inadequate coverage.
HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) manages the Consolidated Health Center Program, which received more than $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2002. The program funds a national network of community health centers like the one in Madison, as well as migrant health centers, health care for the homeless centers, public housing primary care centers and school-based health centers.
President Bush's fiscal year 2003 budget requested almost $1.5 billion for health centers -- a $114 million increase from the current year's allocation and about $280 million above the funding level of two years ago.
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