More than $20 million in grant funding from the federal Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded to 11 West Virginia health centers.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. announced the grants, which are intended to cover the costs of caring for uninsured or underinsured patients and to attract, recruit and retain medical staff at the state's rural clinics and health centers.
"All West Virginians deserve access to primary and preventative care," said Manchin. "This funding will enable health care clinics across West Virginia to continue providing quality and affordable health services that so many West Virginians rely on."
"Health centers throughout the Mountain State play a vital role in maintaining healthy communities," Capito said. "This funding will allow our health centers to continue supporting a broad range of health care services and ensuring patients across West Virginia have access to the high quality care they deserve."
Grant awards include about $1.3 million to the E.A. Hawse Health Center Inc. in Hardy County, about $6.4 million to Valley Health Systems Inc. in Cabell and Wayne counties, about $1 million to the Clay Battelle Health Services Association in Monongalia County, more than $1.9 million to the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center Inc. in Calhoun County, nearly $1.6 million to the Lincoln County Primary Care Center, about $1.3 million to the Cabin Creek Health Center Inc. in Kanawha County, almost $1.4 million to Pendleton Community Care in Pendleton County, about $1.4 million to the Monongahela Valley Association of Health Centers in Marion County, $1.1 million to Tug River Health Association Inc. in McDowell County and about $1.7 for Womencare Inc. in Putnam County.