MI health centers to receive funding

From Senator Carl Levin’s Office:

WASHINGTON – Michigan’s community health centers are eligible to receive more than $3.7 million for 32 community health centers around the state to support their efforts to help uninsured Michiganians learn about and obtain affordable health care coverage, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced Thursday.

Thirty-two of the 35 Michigan community health centers around the state are eligible to use the funds – made available through the Affordable Care Act – for an array of activities including hiring and training staff, holding outreach events, distributing educational materials, and providing in-person assistance to more than 570,000 Michiganians currently without health insurance.

“Michigan’s community health centers will play a vital role in helping thousands of our residents without health insurance get it,” Levin said. “And this federal funding will provide crucial support to those health centers. But first, the health centers need to apply for the funding to help them with this task. I encourage each center to apply as quickly as possible, and to contact my office if they need assistance.”

The community health centers will help Michigan residents obtain private health insurance coverage by enrolling through Michigan’s forthcoming Health Insurance Marketplace or health exchange, which will also determine if an individual qualifies for Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known in Michigan as MI CHILD. Open enrollment for individuals in health exchanges begins on October 1, 2013.

Each community health center must apply for funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by May 31, 2013. HRSA will award an estimated $3,755,928 among the 32 eligible Michigan health centers.

 

Health Center

City

ALCONA CITIZENS FOR HEALTH, INC. Lincoln
BALDWIN FAMILY HEALTH CARE, INC. Baldwin
BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY Brimley
CENTER FOR FAMILY HEALTH Jackson
CHERRY STREET SERVICES Grand Rapids
COMMUNITY HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES CENTER Detroit
COUNTY OF GENESEE Flint
COUNTY OF INGHAM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT Lansing
COVENANT COMMUNITY CARE INC. Detroit
DETROIT COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTION Detroit
DETROIT HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS Detroit
DOWNRIVER COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. Algonac
EAST JORDAN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER East Jordan
FAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK Battle Creek
FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. Kalamazoo
FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER OF MICHIGAN, INC. Carleton
HACKLEY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER, INC. Muskegon Heights
HAMILTON COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. Flint
HEALTH DELIVERY, INC. Saginaw
INTERCARE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK Bangor
LAKELAND IMMEDIATE CARE CENTER Cassopolis
MGH FAMILY HC DBA MUSKEGON FAMILY CARE Muskegon
MIDMICHIGAN HEALTH SERVICES Houghton Lake
NORTHWEST MICHIGAN HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Traverse City
OAKLAND PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Pontiac
SAINT MARY’S HEALTH CARE Grand Rapids
STERLING AREA HEALTH CENTER Sterling
THE WELLNESS PLAN MEDICAL CENTERS Detroit
THUNDER BAY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE, INC. Hillman
UPPER PENINSULA ASSOCIATION OF RURAL HEALTH SERVICES INC. Marquette
WAYNE, CHARTER COUNTY OF Detroit
WESTERN WAYNE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS Inkster