WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $141,570 competitive grant to the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge.
"Community health centers are important because they provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved areas," Grassley said. "It's good to see that residents in and around Fort Dodge will continue to benefit from these services."
Grassley co-sponsored the Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 which reauthorized the health centers program for another five years and strengthened and expanded health centers in order to care for nearly 30 million patients. It became law October 8, 2008. Many Iowa communities have benefitted from the federal investment of health centers, and other communities are looking to start new centers.