Brownwood News – Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $76,701,360 to 72 health centers in Texas as part of a historic U.S. response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Health center awardees in Texas may use these funds to help their communities detect coronavirus; prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19; and maintain or increase health capacity and staffing levels to address this public health emergency

In our general area, health centers receiving funding are:

Cross Timbers Health Clinics in DeLeon was awarded $833,465.

Shackelford County Community Resource Center in Albany was awarded $753,320.

Frontera Healthcare Network in Eden was awarded $651,620.

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HRSA funds nearly 1,400 health centers that operate in nearly 13,000 locations nationwide. Led by patient-majority boards, these health centers provide affordable, accessible, and quality primary health care to over 28 million people a year, regardless of their ability to pay.