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Washington, DC - Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri announced today that four community healthcare facilities in St. Louis will share $2.4 million in much needed funding from the Obama stimulus plan.
“I am pleased to announce that $6.8 million in federal stimulus funds will be flowing to community-based primary care centers across Missouri,” said Mr. Clay. “$2.4 million will be spent in St. Louis City & County at four facilities: People’s Community Health Centers; Family Care Health Centers; Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Centers and Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers. One of the reasons that I supported the President’s stimulus plan so strongly is that I knew that in addition to creating jobs, his plan invests in the health of at-risk patients. In our community, far too many of my constituents suffer from healthcare disparities that subject them to higher rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic illnesses. As the ranks of the uninsured grow due to the economic emergency, community healthcare centers are essential to closing that gap. I am pleased to join the President in providing this extra help at a critical moment.”
Targeted community healthcare funding from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act in St. Louis and St. Louis County:
Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers $772,465
Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Center $609,172
People’s Community Health Centers $666,589
Family Care Health Centers $355,188
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