Funding for Health Centers

Health centers to get $250 million in grants to build clinics, boost services, By Darryl Fears, August 18, 2010, Washington Post: “Health centers across the country are lining up for a shot in the arm from the Obama administration: $250 million in federal grants to build clinics and bolster services at existing clinics for low-income patients such as public housing residents, the homeless, seasonal farmworkers and others who struggle to pay for care. The administration announced last week that the nation’s 1,100 health centers, which operate nearly 8,000 clinics in medically underserved areas, can apply for the grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)…”