On June 29, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the release of $851 million dollars in grant money to aid our failing community health centers. This money will address the immediate and pressing need for new health facilities, equipment, supplies, and staffing. These awarded grants will help increase access of health care for millions of Americans.
"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided these grants to support health centers across the country. The Recovery Act Captial Improvement Program (CIP) grants will support the construction, repair and renovation of over 1,500 health center sites nationwide. More than 650 centers will use the funds to purchase new equipment or health information technology (HIT) systems, and nearly 400 health centers will adopt and expand the use of electronic health records."
For the full artice, visit:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/First-Lady-Michelle-Obama-Announces-Release-of-851-Million-from-Recovery-Act-to-Upgrade-and-Expand-Community-Health-Centers/
The Captial Improvement Program grant is the third in a set of health center grants provided through the Recovery Act. On March 2, President Obama announced grants worth $155 million to establish 126new health center sites. On March 27, The Department of Health and Human Services also awarded $338 million in Increased Demand for Services grants for health centers. A total of $1.344 billion dollars in the last four months. These grants will help to upgrade and expand community health centers which will in turn to able to provide better quality health care to more patients.
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