WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award $8,535,702 to health centers in Huntington and Baker, West Virginia. The funding will be used to support the medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmaceutical services the centers provide.
"Both Valley Health Systems and E.A. Hawse Health Center provide critically important care to the communities they serve," Manchin said in a news release. "This funding will help enable these clinics to continue providing the care their communities rely on."
A total of $7,169,253 was awarded to Valley Health Systems Inc. while E.A. Hawse Health Center received $1,366,449.
"Keeping our communities in the Mountain State healthy is one of my top priorities," Capito said in the news release. "This funding will help these two health centers continue to support a broad range of care services and ensure their patients have access to the high quality care they deserve."