News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2010

Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376

$8 million in Affordable Care Act Funds to Help Develop and Modernize Community Health Centers

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the awarding of nearly $8 million for existing Community Health Center Cooperative Agreements. These agreements will provide additional training and technical assistance on a national, regional and state basis to community-based organizations that support community health centers. Funding for the grants is made available by the Affordable Care Act.

Health Center Cooperative Agreements support the development and operation of health centers. Cooperative agreement organizations use training and technical assistance funds to support the following core functions related to supporting health centers: community development, expansion planning, patient-centered medical home development, meaningful use health information technology adoption and workforce development.

“These Health Center Cooperative Agreements help build on the Affordable Care Act’s investments in community health centers,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “These funds will provide assistance to community health centers to help them improve access to health care services, especially for those who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.”

Community health centers serve nearly 19 million patients, about 40 percent of whom have no health insurance. Community health centers deliver preventive and primary care services at more than 7,900 service delivery sites around the country to patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Charges for services are set according to income.

“The funding the Secretary announced today will ensure that health centers who need it have the ability to plan for their futures,” said HRSA Administrator Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. “Community health centers provide high quality health care to anyone who needs it, these funds make continuing that care possible.”

Over the next five years, the Affordable Care Act will provide $11 billion in funding for the operation, expansion and construction of community health centers across the country. Of the $11 billion, $9.5 billion is targeted to creating new health center sites in medically underserved areas and expanding preventive and primary health care services, including oral health, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, and enabling services at existing health center sites. An additional $1.5 billion will support major construction and renovation projects at health centers nationwide.

Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements FOA

Health Center Technical Assistance and Training Cooperative Agreements
Grantee Name	City	State	Award Amount
APCA, INC Dba Alaska Primary Care Association	Anchorage	AK	$128,661
Alabama Primary Health Care Assoc, Inc.	Montgomery	AL	$75,000
Community Health Centers Of Arkansas	North Little Rock	AR	$75,000
Arizona Association Of Chc, Inc.	Phoenix	AZ	$129,483
California Primary Care Association	Sacramento	CA	$270,195
Assn Of Asian/Pacific Comm Heallth Organizations	Oakland	CA	$46,000
Health Outreach Partners	Oakland	CA	$106,687
National Conference Of State Legislatures	Denver	CO	$55,017
National Network For Oral Health Access	Denver	CO	$92,000
Community Health Association Of Mountain/Plains States	Denver	CO	$75,000
Colorado Community Health Network	Denver	CO	$109,260
Community Health Center Association Of Connecticut, Inc.	Newington	CT	$76,123
National Assembly On School-Based Health Care	Washington	DC	$90,000
Center For Health Policy Development	Washington	DC	$45,972
District Of Columbia Primary Care Association	Washington	DC	$75,000
Florida Association Of Community Health Centers, Inc.	Tallahassee	FL	$98,253
Georgia Association For Primary Health Care	Decatur	GA	$105,230
Hawaii Primary Care Association	Honolulu	HI	$80,689
Pacific Islands Primary Care Association	Honolulu	HI	$75,000
Iowa Nebraska Primary Care Association	Urbandale	IA	$75,000
Idaho Primary Care Association	Boise	ID	$75,543
Illinois Primary Care Association	Springfield	IL	$116,895
Indiana Primary Health Care Association	Indianapolis	IN	$75,000
Kansas Association For The Medically Underserved	Topeka	KS	$75,000
Kentucky Primary Care Association, Inc.	Frankfort	KY	$75,000
Louisiana Primary Care Association, Inc.	Baton Rouge	LA	$75,000
Capital Link, Inc.	Boston	MA	$155,625
MA League Of Community Health Centers	Boston	MA	$145,624
Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers	Lanham	MD	$83,363
National Association of Community Health Centers	Bethesda	MD	1,375,000
Maine Primary Care Association	Augusta	ME	$86,434
Migrant Health Promotion	Saline	Ml	$78,937
Michigan Primary Care Association	Lansing	Ml	$104,249
Minnesota Association Of Community Health Centers	Minneapolis	MN	$75,000
Missouri Coalition For Primary Health Care	Jefferson City	MO	$97,273
Mississippi Primary Health Care Association	Jackson	MS	$107,356
Montana Primary Care Association	Helena	MT	$110,900
North Carolina Community Health Center Association	Morrisville	NC	$121,454
Bi-State Primary Care Association	Concord	NH	$118,151
New Jersey Primary Care Association	Hamilton	NJ	$76,941
New Mexico Primary Care Association	Albuquerque	NM	$90,547
Great Basin Primary Care Association	Carson City	NV	$75,000
Community Health Care Association Of New York	New York	NY	$120,358
Ohio Primary Care Association	Columbus	OH	$120,323
Oklahoma Community Health Center, Inc.	Oklahoma City	OK	$101,271
Oregon Primary Care Association	Portland	OR	$130,156
National Nursing Centers Consortium	Mid City East	PA	$37,500
Pennsylvania Association Of Community Health Centers	Wormleysburg	PA	$81,058
Associacion De Salud Primaria De Puerto Rico, Inc.	San Juan	PR	$75,000
Rhode Island Health Center Association	Providence	Rl	$75,000
South Carolina Primary Health Care Association	Columbia	SC	$122,357
Community Healthcare Association, Inc./ Community Healthcare Association Of The Dakotas, Inc.	Sioux Falls	SD	$107,948
National Health Care For The Homeless Council, Inc.	Nashville	TN	$223,687
Tennessee Primary Care Association	Brentwood	TN	$90,417
Migrant Clinicians Network, Inc.	Austin	TX	$161,812
Texas Association Of Community Health Care	Austin	TX	$154,298
National Center For Farmworker Health, Inc.	Buda	TX	$227,454
Association For Utah Community Health	Salt Lake City	UT	$86,191
Virginia Primary Care Association, Inc.	Richmond	VA	$135,261
Assoc Of State/Territorial Health Officials	Arlington	VA	$94,883
North American Management	Arlington	VA	$90,386
Washington Association Of Community & Migrant Health Centers	Olympia	WA	$75,000
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association	Seattle	WA	$92,486
Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association	Madison	Wl	$78,470
West Virginia Primary Care Association, Inc.	Charleston	WV	$75,000
Wyoming Primary Care Association	Cheyenne	WY	$75,000
		Total	$7,909,178

For more information on HRSA’s community health center program, visit http://bphc.hrsa.gov/. For more information about Affordable Care Act investments in community health centers, visit www.HealthCare.gov.

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Last revised: May 7, 2011