WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a total of $5,748,561 in grant funding to support rural health centers across Maine, including two local entities.
Pines Health Services of Caribou, which also has a health center in Presque Isle, was among the 14 programs awarded, and will receive $270,216. Also, Fish River Rural Health of Eagle Lake will get funds totaling $248,576.
“Access to high-quality, affordable care can be difficult in rural states like Maine, which is why federal funding like this is so important,” Senator King said. “This grant funding will support these rural health centers in their critical mission to make Maine’s communities healthier.”
Under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration is tasked with improving access to healthcare by building healthy communities, strengthening the healthcare workforce, and achieving health equity.
The agency’s programs target the economic and medically vulnerable as well as the geographically isolated.
