New funding for community health centers
Four Central Massachusetts community health centers are among 1,184 health centers nationwide selected to receive federal money to expand access to health care services in the communities they serve.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday announced $14.1 million in Affordable Care Act funding to pay for service expansions and infrastructure projects at 39 health centers in the Bay State.
The four Central Massachusetts-area recipients and their respective awards are: Community Healthlink of Worcester, $244,516; the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center of Worcester, $326,904; Family Health Center of Worcester, $302,676, and Community Health Connections of Fitchburg, $288,576.
All Central Massachusetts funding will pay for expanding access to health care services, such as medical, oral, behavioral, pharmacy and vision care.
“With these awards, health centers will be able to do things like increase their hours of operation, hire more behavioral health providers, add dental facilities, better treat patients with opioid use disorders, and help people get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace and make the journey from coverage to primary care,” U.S. HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said in a statement.
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