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The Health Center Program: Recovery Act Grants

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Increased Demand for Services

Increased Demand for Services grants were awarded to 1,128 health center grantees that applied to receive a share a of $337 million, awarded by formula in 2009 and 2010, to help health centers care for an additional 2 million people hit hard by the economic downturn. Half of the new health center patients, it is expected, will have no health insurance.

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Recovery Act Funding
 

$500 million to

  • support new health center sites and service areas,
  • increase services at existing sites, and
  • support spikes in uninsured populations.

$1.5 billion to

  • support construction, renovation and equipment, including health information technology systems, in health centers and health center controlled networks receiving operating grants under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.