The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced on Monday its plans to fund Lewis County Community Health Services $388,000 for facility renovation, expansion or construction.
In all, $5,036,675 in funding was given to six health centers in Washington.
The centers will use the funding to increase their patient capacity, and provide additional comprehensive primary and preventative health services to medically underserved populations in the state, according to a press release from the department.
“Health centers are cornerstones of the communities they serve,” HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said. “Today’s awards will empower health centers in Washington to build more capacity and provide needed health care to additional individuals and their families.”
The money will expand the health centers’ clinical space to provide care to approximately 18,475 new patients in Washington. The investment builds on the $7 awarded to health centers in the state for construction or renovation in September 2015.
The Affordable Care Act’s Community Health Center Fund, which was extended with bipartisan support in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, will fund the money.
Nationwide, $260 million was funded to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
For more information on the Health Center Program, or to view a list of award winners, go online to www.bphc.hrsa.gov.
