WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded three grants totaling $450,000 to community health centers in Iowa.
“Community health centers are important because they provide primary and preventive health care services to medically under-served areas,” Grassley said. “It’s nice to see Iowa residents benefit from these valuable 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. Many Iowa communities have benefitted from federal support of health centers, and other communities are looking to start new centers, according to Grassley.
The grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be distributed as shown below.
v Community Health Care, in Davenport will receive a $150,000 grant.
v Community Health Center of Fort Dodge will receive a $150,000 grant.
v Council Bluffs Community Health Centers will receive a $150,000 grant.