Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $12M In Funding To Renovate Community Health Centers

WASHINGTON (WJZ)–  U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen announced backing from the American Rescue Plan to enactment the construction, renovation, and enlargement of section assemblage wellness centers crossed the state.

This backing totals to $12,211,150.

“Community wellness centers play a captious relation successful delivering prime and affordable attraction to underserved populations, acting arsenic indispensable pillars successful their community,” the lawmakers said. “Their value passim the pandemic cannot beryllium understated, helping our authorities combat against COVID-19 done vaccination drives, investigating services, and objective treatment. With this caller circular of national funding, these facilities tin marque the semipermanent investments successful wellness attraction infrastructure needed to serve Marylanders crossed the authorities and support against aboriginal nationalist wellness emergencies.”

The grant came from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health and Resources and Services Administration. Some of the different awardees include:

• $1,109,730 for Baltimore Medical System, Inc. (Baltimore)
• $1,006,541 for Three Lower Counties Community Services, Inc. (Salisbury)
• $940,880 for Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc. (Baltimore)
• $870,300 for Total Health Care, Inc. (Baltimore)
• $867,895 for The Community Clinic, Inc. (Silver Spring)
• $829,065 for Choptank Community Health System, Inc. (Denton)
• $707,746 for Tri-State Community Health Center (Hancock)
• $703,000 for Greater Baden Medical Service, Inc. (Brandywine)
• $603,136 for Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. (Baltimore)
• $601,376 for West Cecil Health Center, Inc. (Conowingo)
• $594,644 for Walnut Street Community Health Center, Inc. (Hagerstown)
• $586,053 for Western Maryland Health Care Corporation (Oakland)
• $577,693 for Park West Health Systems Incorporated (Baltimore)
• $565,000 for Owensville Primary Care, Inc. (West River)
• $558,465 for Family Health Centers of Baltimore, Inc. (Baltimore)
• $550,435 for Mobile Medical Care, Inc. (Bethesda)
• $539,191 for the City of Frederick (Frederick)

CBS Baltimore Staff