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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, August 2, 2004

Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376

HHS Awards More Than $19 Million to Expand Health Center Services, Strengthen America's Health Care Safety Net

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced more than $19 million in grants to help 66 of the nation’s health centers expand capacity to serve 270,000 more rural and inner-city Americans, including many without health insurance.

Today’s awards support President Bush's five-year initiative to expand the health center system. Launched in 2002, the initiative will add 1,200 new and expanded health center sites and increase the number of patients served annually from about 10.3 million in 2001 to 16 million by 2006. Since 2001, HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the Consolidated Health Center Program, has added about 500 new or expanded sites that provide health care services to 2.1 million additional people.

“We have greatly expanded health center services over the last two years through the President’s initiative. As a result, millions of Americans now have access to vital services that help them live healthier lives,” Secretary Thompson said. “These new awards build on our efforts to expand the health care safety net to more Americans who otherwise might not have access to health care.”

Health centers deliver primary and preventive care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Almost 40 percent of the 12.4 million patients treated at health centers in 2003 had no insurance coverage. Charges for health care services are set according to income, and fees are not collected from the poorest patients.

Under the Consolidated Health Center Program, HRSA funds a national network of more than 3,600 health center sites, which are supported by grants to community health centers, health care for the homeless centers, migrant health centers, school-based health centers and public housing primary care centers.

Today’s expanded medical capacity grant recipients are listed below.

FY 2004 Consolidated Health Center Expanded Medical Capacity Grants

Organization

City

State

Award

Mobile County Health Department

Mobile

Ala.

$500,000

Mountain Park Health Center

Phoenix

Ariz.

300,000

Clinica Adelante, Inc.

Surprise

Ariz.

296,253

El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center

Tucson

Ariz.

229,167

White River Rural Health Center, Inc.

Augusta

Ark.

211,314

Open Door Community Health Centers

Arcata

Calif.

337,500

Clinica Sierra Vista

Bakersfield

Calif.

286,113

Clinica Monsenor Oscar A. Romero

Los Angeles

Calif.

262,500

Golden Family Health Center

Merced

Calif.

420,000

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

Oakland

Calif.

161,310

La Clinica De La Raza

Oakland

Calif.

347,145

United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley, Inc.

Parlier

Calif.

180,000

Northeast Valley Health Corporation

San Fernando

Calif.

200,000

North County Health Project

San Marcos

Calif.

337,499

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department

Santa Barbara

Calif.

67,333

Mendocino Community Health Clinic, Inc.

Ukiah

Calif.

498,333

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Denver

Colo.

337,500

Plan De Salud del Valle, Inc.

Fort Lupton

Colo.

500,000

Clinica Campesina Family Health Services

Lafayette

Colo.

300,000

Community Health Services, Inc

Hartford

Conn.

307,500

Unity Health Care, Inc.

Washington

D.C.

199,683

Westside Health Center, Inc

Wilmington

Del.

537,167

Camillus Health Concern

Miami

Fla.

48,985

Community Health of South Dade, Inc.

Miami

Fla.

375,000

Tampa Community Health Center, Inc.

Tampa

Fla.

450,000

Northeast Health Systems, Inc.

Colbert

Ga.

351,276

Boundary Regional Community Health Center

Bonners Ferry

Idaho

220,067

Access Community Health Network

Chicago

Ill.

412,500

Erie Family Health Center, Inc.

Chicago

Ill.

278,333

Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc.

Chicago Heights

Ill.

527,083

PCC Community Wellness Center

Oak Park

Ill.

457,500

Kansas State Dept. of Health and Environment

Topeka

Kan.

70,067

Maine Migrant Health Program

Augusta

Maine

237,949

Bucksport Regional Health Center

Bucksport

Maine

195,207

Russell Medical Center

Leeds

Maine

219,507

Choptank Community Health System, Inc.

Denton

Md.

258,333

City of Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield

Mass.

74,250

Springfield Southwest Community Health Center

Springfield

Mass.

562,469

Great Brook Valley Health Center

Worcester

Mass.

503,208

Hennepin County Community Health Department

Minneapolis

Minn.

33,122

Family Health Care Clinic, Inc.

Pearl

Miss.

374,941

Community Health Partners, Inc.

Livingston

Mont.

550,689

Newark City Health and Human Services

Newark

N.J.

250,000

Newark Community Health Centers

Newark

N.J.

92,500

Las Clinicas Del Norte, Inc.

El Rito

N.M.

388,670

St. Vincents Hospital & Medical Center New York

New York

N.Y.

125,000

Hudson River Health Care

Peekskill

N.Y.

375,000

Finger Lakes Migrant Health Project

Penn Yan

N.Y.

113,236

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

Raleigh

N.C.

225,262

Multnomah County Dept. of Human Services

Portland

Ore.

149,805

Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc.

Philadelphia

Pa.

500,000

Philadelphia Health Management Corp.

Philadelphia

Pa.

38,386

Thundermist Health Center

Woonsocket

R.I.

375,000

Little River Medical Center, Inc.

Little River

S.C.

523,448

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City

Tenn.

171,710

City of Austin

Austin

Texas

350,000

Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc.

Bryan

Texas

259,313

Community Health Service Agency

Greenville

Texas

375,000

Su Clinica Familiar

Harlingen

Texas

320,000

Harris County Hospital District

Houston

Texas

52,500

Nuestra Clinica del Valle, Inc.

Pharr

Texas

261,667

Bland County Medical Clinic, Inc.

Bastian

Va.

375,000

Dailey Planet

Richmond

Va.

57,656

Cowlitz Family Health Center

Longview

Wash.

396,731

Columbia Basin Health Association

Othello

Wash.

200,000

N.E.W. Community Clinic

Green Bay

Wis.

30,443

TOTAL

$19,023,130

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