Scott Depot health center awarded $1.79M grant

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced resources from several federal agencies for projects intended to bolster health services, economic development, infrastructure, academic and defense research, park improvement efforts, and energy projects across West Virginia.

One of those grants is $1,799,114 in Health and Human Services Health Center Cluster funding to WomenCare, Inc., in Scott Depot.

Other area agencies receiving HHS funding, according to the press release from Capito’s office include:

$8,465,926 in HHS Head Start funding to the Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc. (Huntington).

$7,678,870 in HHS Health Center Cluster funding to Valley Health Systems, Inc. (Huntington).

$1,229,006 in HHS Centers for Disease and Prevention National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health (CDC-NCCDPHP) National and State Tobacco Control Program to the West Virginia Department of Health and Humans Resources (Charleston).

Capito said she also secured $500,000 in Appalachian Regional Commission funding for Marshall University’s Appalachian Cybersecurity Training, Innovation, and Opportunity Network (Appalachian ACTION), and $240,000 in Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration funding for the Mason County Development Authority for its Disaster Recovery Strategic Plan for West Virginia.