$50 Million Awarded to New Health Centers

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced over $50 million in funding for 75 health centers across 23 states. These community-based organizations offer “comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services.”

“We expect this competitive New Access Point funding to provide health care to more than 240,000 additional patients,” said Dr. Mary Wakefield, Acting Deputy Secretary at HHS in a press release. “These new health center sites will contribute significantly to the health of families and communities across the nation.”

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The health centers the funds will be disbursed to often integrate access to pharmacies, mental health, substance abuse, and oral health services in areas that are economically, geographically, or culturally segmented. Latinos also suffer vast differences in health conditions, also called health disparities, than whites. In many Latino communities, health centers often provide vital medical services that they would otherwise not have access to.

“For millions of Americans, including some of the most vulnerable individuals and families, health centers are the essential medical home where they find services that promote health and diagnose and treat disease and disability,” said Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Acting Administrator Jim Macrae. “One in 13 people nationwide rely on a HRSA-funded health center for their preventive and primary health care needs.”