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Eighth Congressional District, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced three Northeastern Pennsylvania Community Health Centers will receive a total of $2.1 million in American Rescue Plan funds to strengthen primary health care infrastructure and advance health equity and health outcomes in medically underserved communities, including through projects that support COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccination.

The following health centers will receive a total of $2,164,229 in federal funds:

·       Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers will receive $982,856

·       Scranton Primary Health Care Center, Inc. will receive $631,373

·       Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania will receive $550,000

“Our Community Health Centers not only continue to fight on the frontlines of COVID-19, they are critical to addressing our communities’ many other health care needs,” Cartwright said. “I commend our local Health Centers for the work they are doing to combat this pandemic. This American Rescue Plan funding will enable them to continue their work to better meet the most pressing public health challenges associated with COVID-19 in our most vulnerable communities.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded nearly $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,300 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program-funded health centers through the Construction and Capital Improvements Program. Health centers will use this funding for COVID-19-related capital needs, constructing new facilities, renovating and expanding existing facilities to enhance response to pandemics, and purchasing new state-of-the-art equipment, including telehealth technology, mobile medical vans and freezers to store vaccines.