News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Contact: HHS Press Office
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Secretary Sebelius Marks 100 Day Anniversary of Recovery Act, Highlights Community Health Centers’ Work to Aid Rising Number of Uninsured Americans

Secretary Releases $81.7 Million to Expand Health Center Services

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today marked the first 100 Days of the Recovery Act and discussed the Act’s critical support for community health centers. Secretary Sebelius was joined by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. and leaders from community health centers across the country.

Secretary Sebelius also announced the release of $81.7 million to expand services offered at the nation’s health centers. The grants are funded through the Health Center Program, which helped more than 17 million individuals last year by providing access to high quality, family-oriented, comprehensive primary and preventive health care. HRSA, an agency within HHS, oversees the Health Center Program, 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 economic downturn is hurting all of us and when workers lose their jobs, they often lose their health insurance, too,” said Secretary Sebelius. “Community health centers provide essential care for families across the country that do not have insurance or cannot afford the high cost of care. The Recovery Act grants and the funding we have released are key investments that will help deliver care to millions of Americans.”

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides $2 billion for grants to health centers over a 2-year period. $500 million will be used to support new health center sites and service areas, increase services at existing sites, and address spikes in uninsured populations. The additional $1.5 billion will be used to support construction, renovation and equipment, including health information technology systems, in health centers and health center controlled networks.

HHS has already awarded approximately $155 million in Recovery Act grant funds to support 126 community health center sites across the country. The 126 New Access Point (NAP) grants were awarded to applicants that were approved but unfunded in 2008. These grants will provide access to health center care for 750,000 people in 39 states and two territories.

HHS has also awarded $338 Million in Increased Demand for Services grants for health centers. Health centers will use these funds provide care to more than 2 million additional patients over the next two years, including approximately 1 million uninsured people. In addition, over the next two years, health centers will use the funds to create and retain approximately 6,500 health center jobs.

The non-Recovery Act grants awarded today include $25.6 million to expand medical capacity at 54 existing health centers, helping an additional 230,000 individuals in 25 states receive primary health care services. The remaining $56.1 million will supplement all health centers' base grant awards to offset rising costs associated with maintaining current service levels.

The list of Expanded Medical Capacity grant is below. To see a state by state list of additional funding for Community Health Centers, click here.

ORGANIZATION	CITY	STATE	AMOUNT
Mobile County Health Dept	Mobile	Ala.	$600,000
White River Rural HC	Augusta	Ark.	$373,537
Clinica Sierra Vista	Bakersfield	Calif.	$525,000
Lifelong Medical Care	Berkeley	Calif.	$412,500
South County CHC	East Palo Alto	Calif.	$294,000
Tri-City Health Center	Fremont	Calif.	$850,000
South Central Family HC	Los Angeles	Calif.	$600,000
St. John' Well Child & Family Ctr	Los Angeles	Calif.	$450,000
Eisner Pediatric and Family MC	Los Angeles	Calif.	$300,000
Asian Health Services	Oakland	Calif.	$525,000
Shasta Community HC	Redding	Calif.	$600,000
Northeast Valley Health Corp.	San Fernando	Calif.	$300,000
Centro De Salud San Ysidro	San Ysidro	Calif.	$412,500
Southwest CHC	Santa Rosa	Calif.	$600,000
Mendocino Com. Health Clinic	Ukiah	Calif.	$412,500
East Valley CHC	West Covina	Calif.	$450,000
Metro Com. Provider Network	Englewood	Colo.	$350,000
Southwest CHC	Bridgeport	Conn.	$230,691
East Hartford Com. Healthcare	East Hartford	Conn.	$600,000
Charter Oak HC	Hartford	Conn.	$350,000
Community Health Center	Middletown	Conn.	$562,500
Westside Health Center	Wilmington	Del.	$487,190
FHCs of SW Florida	Fort Myers	Fla.	$401,858
Union Mission, Inc.	Savannah	Ga.	$269,765
Access Com. Health Network	Chicago	Ill.	$487,500
Lawndale Christian HC	Chicago	Ill.	$600,000
Aunt Martha's Youth Service	Chicago Heights	Ill.	$550,000
Southern Illinois Healthcare Fdn	Sauget	Ill.	$350,000
CHC of Southeast KS	Pittsburg	Kan.	$825,981
Penobscot Community HC	Bangor	Maine	$374,625
Katahdin Valley Health Center	Patten	Maine	$525,000
Baltimore Medical System	Baltimore	Md.	$600,000
Brockton Neighborhood HC	Brockton	Mass.	$450,000
Community Health Connections	Fitchburg	Mass.	$525,000
Hamilton Com. Health Network	Flint	Mich.	$525,000
Pecos Valley Medical Center	Pecos	N.M.	$295,833
William F. Ryan CHC	New York	N.Y.	$375,000
Institute for Urban Family Health	New York	N.Y.	$410,522
Piedmont Health Services	Carrboro	N.C.	$368,596
Gaston Family Health Services	Gastonia	N.C.	$450,000
Rural Health Group, Inc.	Roanoke Rapids	N.C.	$450,000
Neighborhood Health Care	Cleveland	Ohio	$487,500
Ironton Lawrence County CAO	Ironton	Ohio	$475,000
Healthsource of Ohio	Milford	Ohio	$350,000
FHC of Southern Oklahoma	Tishomingo	Okla.	$850,000
Outside In	Portland	Ore.	$432,929
Community Health Net	Erie	Pa.	$522,013
Delaware Valley Com. Health	Philadelphia	Pa.	$600,000
Primary Health Network	Sharon	Pa.	$400,000
NW Community Nursing & Health	Pascoag	R.I.	$355,839
Little River Medical Center	Little River	S.C.	$600,000
Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe	El Paso	Texas	$375,000
Su Clinica Familiar	Harlingen	Texas	$525,000
Bear Lake Community HC	Garden City	Utah	$550,000
		TOTAL	$25,643,379

State	Total Dollar Amount	Number of Health Centers	Total Patients	Total Uninsured Patients
Alaska	$612,201	26	78,914	30,429
Alabama	$981,844	15	291,601	145,081
Arkansas	$482,297	11	125,158	56,713
Arizona	$927,155	16	356,094	99,687
California	$7,874,371	118	2,521,601	1,115,590
Colorado	$1,228,959	15	419,514	184,815
Connecticut	$622,827	12	242,034	58,931
District of Columbia	$285,768	5	109,493	30,425
Delaware	$153,950	4	33,417	17,511
Florida	$3,015,496	43	877,314	463,394
Georgia	$1,145,436	28	274,270	131,722
Hawaii	$450,494	18	117,211	31,761
Iowa	$517,512	13	137,830	52,894
Idaho	$454,393	11	108,756	52,879
Illinois	$2,492,134	36	977,854	300,760
Indiana	$812,619	19	218,290	90,443
Kansas	$512,910	13	108,235	61,225
Kentucky	$844,925	19	243,438	92,829
Louisiana	$804,908	24	164,429	77,493
Massachusetts	$1,483,249	36	535,255	111,998
Maryland	$706,943	16	238,998	65,315
Maine	$558,724	18	163,786	29,646
Michigan	$1,415,610	29	469,457	151,051
Minnesota	$583,535	15	154,961	57,858
Missouri	$1,149,097	20	353,110	146,329
Mississippi	$1,042,439	21	296,300	129,713
Montana	$472,225	15	84,760	44,155
North Carolina	$1,425,441	27	389,841	192,200
North Dakota	$112,634	4	25,938	6,232
Nebraska	$250,103	6	52,514	31,863
New Hampshire	$283,833	10	62,440	17,131
New Jersey	$1,128,893	20	348,553	146,780
New Mexico	$815,255	15	259,073	100,394
Nevada	$237,492	2	73,856	43,212
New York	$3,492,112	51	1,283,511	363,867
Ohio	$1,327,635	32	379,535	134,700
Oklahoma	$536,451	17	101,954	48,499
Oregon	$987,254	25	240,096	107,386
Pennsylvania	$1,565,395	36	547,087	135,436
Puerto Rico	$822,907	19	349,319	50,196
Rhode Island	$331,353	8	105,620	29,911
South Carolina	$987,153	20	296,039	117,038
South Dakota	$223,958	6	55,526	22,144
Tennessee	$1,075,339	23	312,909	123,810
Texas	$3,317,210	65	814,654	465,852
Utah	$482,808	11	105,551	63,419
Virginia	$888,861	24	226,672	79,063
Vermont	$257,290	8	82,704	12,862
Washington	$1,744,908	25	664,795	218,371
Wisconsin	$647,939	16	196,227	59,904
West Virginia	$1,077,226	29	338,531	87,565
Wyoming	$147,956	5	20,207	8,583
All Other Territories	$330,932	8	57,778	45,718
Grand Total:	$56,130,359	1,128	17,093,010	6,542,783

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