Priorities
Repairing our community health centers
Jul 01 2009
Senator Warner announced this week that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released more than $13.5 million in grants from the economic recovery package to 24 community health centers in Virginia to maintain facilities and improve services.
The grants will be used to address immediate facility and equipment needs for these communities centers, which serve an increasing number of underinsured Virginians.
Senator Warner said of the grants:
"These grants will help our community health centers continue to expand access to quality health care services for Virginians who don’t have health coverage. These projects also will help us create or preserve health care provider jobs, especially in many of our rural areas."
Here are Virginia's grant recipients, by region:
| NORTHERN VIRGINIA | |
| Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. (Alexandria) | $574,590 |
| Loudoun Community Health Center (Leesburg) | $250,000 |
| Greater Prince William Community Health Center (Woodbridge) | $250,000 |
RICHMOND AND SURROUNDING AREAS |
|
| Daily Planet (Richmond) | $368,230 |
| Vernon J. Harris East End CHC (Richmond) | $567,590 |
TIDEWATER |
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| Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc. (Nassawadox) | $1,100,570 |
| Peninsula Institute for Community Health (Newport News) | $971,455 |
| Portsmouth Community Health Center, Inc. (Portsmouth) | $520,305 |
| Stony Creek Community Health Center (Stony Creek) | $96,445 |
| Horizon Health Services, Inc. (Ivor) | $365,710 |
SOUTHSIDE |
|
| Boydton Community Health Facility, Inc. (Boydton) | $330,410 |
| Piedmont Access to Health Services (Paths) (Danville) | $468,015 |
| Central Virginia Health Services (New Canton) | $1,704,040 |
| Southern Dominion Health Systems, Inc. (Victoria) | $705,700 |
CENTRAL VIRGINIA |
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| Johnson Health Center (Lynchburg) | $763,275 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center, Inc. (Arrington) | $573,925 |
SHENANDOAH VALLEY |
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| Harrisonburg Community Health Center, Inc. (Harrisonburg) | $240,839 |
| Highland Medical Center, Inc. (Monterey) | $310,480 |
ROANOKE & SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA |
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| Bland County Medical Clinic, Inc. (Bastian) | $159,956 |
| Clinch River Health Services, Inc. (Dungannon) | $344,955 |
| Laurel Fork Health Commission, Inc. (Laurel Fork) | $493,355 |
| Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. (Saltville) | $766,950 |
| St. Charles Health Council, Inc. (St. Charles) | $965,715 |
| Kuumba Comm. Health & Wellness Center (Roanoke) | $345,620. |
This is the third investment into Virginia's community health centers from the stimulus package. On March 31, $5.2 million was released to these 24 facilities to create and save staff positions. An additional $5.76 million was made available to start-up five new health centers on May 19.
