From the Community Health Center:
President Obama and his administration announced today that the Community Health Center (CHC) will receive $670,628 in federal stimulus funding.
The funding was announced by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro in her visit to CHC today and by a press release later in the day by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd. Twelve health centers in the state received funding; however CHC received the single highest amount.
Community Health Center, Inc. will use the funding to expand primary care staff positions and capacity at two CHC primary sites in New Britain and Meriden. The stimulus funds will result in seven new positions and capacity to care for another 2,200 patients annually. In New Britain, the funds will support an expansion, due for completion in August, that will add 20,000 square feet to an existing building. In Meriden, the funding will support a renovation of existing space that has just begun. The funding will equip and furnish eight exam rooms in New Britain and the same in Meriden. The Meriden renovation is expected to be completed in April 2010.
“This funding will allow us to expand and renovate buildings and expand access to care for thousands of underinsured and uninsured patients in New Britain and Meriden,” said Mark Masselli, president and CEO of CHC. “It also provides for much-needed jobs. This would not be possible without the tireless leadership of our Connecticut delegation, who have worked hard to ensure that working families receive access to affordable health care.”
The money is part of a $338 million program that is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act approved by Congress a few weeks ago.
I am a bit confused. Middletown is not mentioned in this post. Did CHC receive all of the funding they had hoped for, or only a portion? Why is Middletown not mentioned? At the P&Z meeting on Wed. it was mentioned that 22 new employees would work at the new Middletown site , if it was built. Will CHC be going forward with their "new" all in one site on the corner of Grand and Main, or is this off the table now, and why? Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteThe two articles are not related. CHC is a state-wide operation with its headquarters in Middletown. Whenever CHC receives a grant award, even for a program in its Danbury, Stamford, Groton or Enfield site - the annoucement is made to the organization i.e. located in Middletown - it does make it confusing.
ReplyDeleteThese funds were for expansion in our New Britain and Meriden sites.
The Middletown building project which will build a new building on the corner of grand and main -has a funding request in for this project - which we should hear more about in the next few months