Senator Jerry Moran has announced $15 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that will go to 18 community health centers in Kansas and to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The grants are part of Phase III of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.  They will be used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas.

Moran’s office provided a list of the centers receiving funding and a breakdown of how the money will be dispersed.

·         Atchison Community Health Clinic: $552,665

·         Community Health Center In Cowley County, Inc: $570,005

·         Community Health Center Of Southeast Kansas, Inc: $1,550,270

·         First Care Clinic, Inc: $646,985

·         Flint Hills Community Health Center, Inc: $712,670

·         GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc: $1,771,460

·         Kansas Department of Health And Environment: $634,385

·         Health Ministries Clinic, Inc: $777,545

·         Health Partnership Clinic, Inc: $881,885

·         HealthCore Clinic Inc: $699,665

·         Heart Of Kansas Family Health Care, Inc: $605,210

·         Heartland Medical Clinic, Incorporated: $674,870

·         The Hunter Health Clinic Inc: $885,545

·         Konza Prairie Community Health Center Inc: $816,905

·         Prairiestar Health Center Inc: $821,825

·         Salina Health Education Foundation: $716,165

·         County of Sheridan: $560,810

·         Turner House Clinic Inc: $765,185

·         United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican- American Ministries, Inc: $741,470

“Community health centers are on the frontlines of our fight against COVID-19 and remain critical to our ability to stop the spread of this virus,” said Sen. Moran in the press release from his office. “I have been urging the administration to move quickly to make relief provided in Phase III available to our state, and these resources will provide timely support to Kansas health centers.”