HHS has made grants for $150 million available through the Affordable Care Act to support 236 new health center sites across the country to help care for about 1.25 million additional patients. “We are committed to providing more people across the country with the quality patient-centered care they deserve”, said Secretary Sebellius.
As community-based and patient-directed organizations, health centers are well positioned to be responsive to the specific healthcare needs in their community and will be able to establish new full time service delivery sites. Since 2009, health centers have added four million patients and more than 35,000 new full time positions.
Today, 1,200 health centers operate more than 9,000 service delivery sites to provide care to over 21 million patients in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin.
Go to www.hrsa.gov/about/news/2013tables/newsaccesspointawards for New Access Point grants listed by organization and state.