14 providers receive health-care grants
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The state Department of Health and Hospitals has awarded 14 grants up to $75,000 to health-care providers in rural and medically underserved areas.
The grants are for health-care service expansion.
Grantees include the Capitol City Family Health Center, Pointe Coupee Better Access Community Health, the Allen Parish School Board, Bunkie General Hospital, the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center and Louisiana Rural Health Association.
Other awardees include the Morehouse Community Medical Center, Richland Parish Hospital, St. Frances School-Based Health Center, South Cameron Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center, the Southwest Louisiana Area Center for Health Services, Tulane University School of Medicine and Zenith Services.
The grants were awarded through the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health’s Community-based and Rural Health Program. The $1 million program is funded through a legislative appropriation. The grants ranged from $29,000 to $75,000.
Funded projects include those for federally qualified health center and school-based health clinic development; transportation to increase primary care access; pharmacy services; chronic disease management for diabetes and cardiovascular disease; and medical equipment upgrades.
The grants are for health-care service expansion.
Grantees include the Capitol City Family Health Center, Pointe Coupee Better Access Community Health, the Allen Parish School Board, Bunkie General Hospital, the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center and Louisiana Rural Health Association.
Other awardees include the Morehouse Community Medical Center, Richland Parish Hospital, St. Frances School-Based Health Center, South Cameron Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center, the Southwest Louisiana Area Center for Health Services, Tulane University School of Medicine and Zenith Services.
The grants were awarded through the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health’s Community-based and Rural Health Program. The $1 million program is funded through a legislative appropriation. The grants ranged from $29,000 to $75,000.
Funded projects include those for federally qualified health center and school-based health clinic development; transportation to increase primary care access; pharmacy services; chronic disease management for diabetes and cardiovascular disease; and medical equipment upgrades.
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