WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday that community health centers in Kentucky will receive nearly $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will be used to support HHS’s Five-Point Opioid Strategy nationwide.
The funding was approved by Congress earlier this year, and McConnell played a key role in securing $4.6 billion to continue combating this pressing crisis. That’s the highest level of funding ever devoted to fighting the opioid crisis.
The following community health centers in Kentucky were awarded funding:
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Audubon Area Community Care Clinic, Inc. |
Owensboro |
$249,942 |
|
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc. |
Prestonsburg |
$285,000 |
|
Community Health Centers of Western Ky., Inc. |
Greenville |
$175,313 |
|
Cumberland Family Medical Center, Inc. |
Burkesville |
$285,500 |
|
Eastern Kentucky University |
Richmond |
$305,420 |
|
Family Health Centers, Inc. |
Louisville |
$285,000 |
|
Grace Community Health Center, Inc. |
Corbin |
$285,000 |
|
Health Help, Incorporated |
McKee |
$285,000 |
|
HealthFirst Bluegrass, Inc. |
Lexington |
$285,000 |
|
Juniper Health, Inc. |
Beattyville |
$285,000 |
|
Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, Inc. |
Hazard |
$285,000 |
|
Ky. River Foothills Development Council, Inc. |
Richmond |
$285,000 |
|
Lewis County Primary Care Center, Inc. |
Vanceburg |
$285,000 |
|
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc. |
Prestonsburg |
$285,000 |
|
Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. |
Whitesburg |
$293,538 |
|
Pennyroyal Healthcare Service Inc. |
Princeton |
$285,000 |
|
Regional Health Care Affiliates, Inc. |
Providence |
$285,000 |
|
Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center, Inc. |
Louisville |
$285,000 |
|
Sterling Health Solutions, Inc. |
Mt. Sterling |
$294,250 |
|
Triad Health System Inc. |
Warsaw |
$285,000 |
Today’s announcement builds on Congress’s ongoing efforts and will help deliver more relief to the millions of Americans who continue to battle addiction, including thousands in Kentucky. On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed landmark opioid legislation, The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, which contains provisions from two bills sponsored by Senator McConnell.
The first is the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry (CAREER) Act, which expands grants and targets funding for treatment, transitional housing, and job training and placement services to help individuals in recovery find their footing and maintain their sobriety. The second is the Protecting Moms and Infants Act, which will refine our federal efforts to combat the effects of opioids on expecting mothers and their unborn children.
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