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Two Local Clinics Part Of $10.5M Funding Boost For Testing
More federal money will soon flow into Louisiana to help with the cost of expanded COVID-19 testing. Two Acadiana facilities will get federal funding. Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center in New Iberia will get about $509,000 along with Opelousas-based Southwest Louisiana Primary Health Center will receive about $240,000. Senator John Kennedy announced $10.5 million in new funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.
It’s critical that we expand testing so that the American economy can reopen safely. This funding will allow health centers to identify, treat and isolate those with the virus and help slow its spread. The better our testing, the more success we’ll have saving lives and jobs.
The funding will be directed at 36 health centers around Louisiana in total.
HEALTH CENTER GRANTEE | CITY | STATE | FUNDING AMOUNT |
---|---|---|---|
ACCESS HEALTH LOUISIANA | LULING | LA | $807,109 |
BAPTIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $163,339 |
BATON ROUGE PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATIVE, INC. | BATON ROUGE | LA | $139,714 |
C A S S E DENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE | MANSFIELD | LA | $218,134 |
CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC | BATON ROUGE | LA | $319,819 |
CATAHOULA PARISH HOSPITAL DISTRICT # 2 | SICILY ISLAND | LA | $219,364 |
COMMON GROUND HEALTH CLINIC | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $118,834 |
DAVID RAINES COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | SHREVEPORT | LA | $334,714 |
EXCEL, INCORPORATED | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $223,879 |
H I V/ A I D S ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO INC | BATON ROUGE | LA | $229,594 |
IBERIA COMPREHENSIVE COM HEALTH CNTR, INC. | NEW IBERIA | LA | $509,599 |
INNIS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | INNIS | LA | $230,449 |
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTERS, INC | AVONDALE | LA | $231,124 |
JEFFERSON PARISH HUMAN SERVICES AUTHORITY | METAIRIE | LA | $201,034 |
MARILLAC COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $841,114 |
MOREHOUSE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTERS, INC. | BASTROP | LA | $279,409 |
MQVN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $162,904 |
NEW ORLEANS, CITY OF | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $157,069 |
NO/AIDS TASK FORCE | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $307,339 |
ODYSSEY HOUSE LOUISIANA, INC. | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $125,779 |
OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | NATCHITOCHES | LA | $219,769 |
PLAQUEMINES PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE | PORT SULPHUR | LA | $104,164 |
PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES CENTER | MONROE | LA | $390,544 |
PRIORITY HEALTH CARE | MARRERO | LA | $118,519 |
RAPIDES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INCORPORATED | ALEXANDRIA | LA | $331,204 |
RICHLAND, PARISH OF | DELHI | LA | $187,744 |
RKM PRIMARY CARE | CLINTON | LA | $432,004 |
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS | GREENSBURG | LA | $262,189 |
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER INC | OPELOUSAS | LA | $240,799 |
ST GABRIEL HEALTH CLINIC INC | SAINT GABRIEL | LA | $162,484 |
ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | NEW ORLEANS | LA | $439,729 |
START CORPORATION | HOUMA | LA | $227,149 |
SWLA CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES | LAKE CHARLES | LA | $468,049 |
TECHE ACTION BOARD, THE | FRANKLIN | LA | $483,244 |
TENSAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | SAINT JOSEPH | LA | $147,574 |
WINN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | WINNFIELD | LA | $425,314 |
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