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C o m m u n ity H e a lth C e n te r to b o o st B u tte F a lls site a fte r g ra n t B y Jo h n D a rlin g fo r th e M a il T rib u n e A $ 4 9 9 ,0 0 0 fe d e ra l g ra n t w ill a llo w th e C o m m u n ity H e a lth C e n te r to e x p a n d its sm a ll B u tte F a lls site, ta k in g it fro m th re e to 1 0 ro o m s, in c lu d in g n e w m e n ta l h e a lth , d e n ta l, ra d io lo g y , p h a rm a c y , g ro u p e d u c a tio n a n d la b su ite s. T h e c e n te r is e x p e c te d to b e b u ilt a n d o p e n in th e B u tte F a lls S c h o o l D istric t b u ild in g b e fo re th e e n d o f th e y e a r. T h e B u tte F a lls re g io n q u a lifie d fo r th e fu n d in g u n d e r th e O b a m a a d m in istra tio n 's A ffo rd a b le C a re A c t b e c a u se o f its re m o te lo c a tio n , lo w -in c o m e p o p u la tio n a n d h ig h u n e m p lo y m e n t b ro u g h t o n b y a d e c lin e in th e tim b e r, in d u stry , sa id K a re n E llio tt, C F IC m a rk e tin g d i re c to r. T h e g ra n t is fro m th e H e a lth R e so u rc es a n d S e rv ic e s A d m in istra tio n . "It q u a lifie d u n d e r th e O b a m a p la n b e c a u se it's a n a re a o f d isp a rity , w h e re 2 5 p e rc e n t o f stu d e n ts c o u ld b e c la ssifie d a s h o m e le ss a n d fro m lo w -in c o m e fa m ilie s," sa id E llio tt. "T im b e r w a s th e b a c k b o n e o f th e ir e c o n o m y a n d th a t's g o n e . T h e y la c k in c o m e , tra n sp o rta tio n a n d q u a lity h e a lth c a re . T h e y 're c h a lle n g e d to g e t to E a g le P o in t o r M e d fo rd a n d to p a y fo r h e a lth c a re se rv ic e s w h e n th e y g e t th e re ." T h e c o m m u n ity , C F IC b o a rd a n d sc h o o l a d m in istra to rs jo in e d in g e ttin g th e siz e a b le g ra n t, sa id E llio tt. It o n ly c o v e rs c o n stru c tio n a n d in fra stru c tu re , so fu n d ra isin g is n e e d e d to fu rn ish it. "It's in a n o ld b u ild in g w ith lo ts o f d e fe rre d m a in te n a n c e in a n iso la te d a re a w ith h ig h n e e d ," sa y s E llio tt, n o tin g th e e x p a n sio n is u sin g sp a c e c o n sid e re d "p re se n tly u n u sa b le " b y th e sc h o o l d istric t. T h e c lin ic 's o p e ra tio n w ill n o t b e in te rru p te d b y th e c o n stru c tio n , w h ic h a d d s 2 ,7 2 3 sq u a re fe e t, a b o u t tw ic e th e c u rre n t c lin ic siz e . T h e g ra n t is p a rt o f $ 7 m illio n a w a rd e d in O re g o n to c lin ic s th a t w ill se rv e 6 ,5 0 0 p e o p le — w ith n e a rly $ 3 .5 m illio n g o in g to th e S isk iy o u C o m m u n ity H e a lth C e n te r in G ra n ts P a ss. T h o se fu n d s w ill b e u se d to d o u b le th e siz e o f a C a v e Ju n c tio n c lin ic to 2 0 ,0 0 0 sq u a re fe e t, a d d in g n e w m e d ic a l, m e n ta l h e a lth , p h a rm a c y a n d d e n ta l su ite s. A B a b y C h e c k h o u se a lso w ill b e c o m p le ted to te a c h p a re n tin g a n d n u tritio n a n d to p ro v id e a sa fe h o u se fo r th o se th re a te n e d b y d o m e stic v io le n c e , sa id K u rt H ig u e ra , th e c e n te r's c h ie f e x e c u tiv e o ffic e r. A c c o rd in g to a n e w s re le a se fro m H e a lth & H u m a n S e rv ic es S e c re ta ry K a th le e n S e b e liu s, g ra n ts o f $ 7 2 8 m illio n w e n t to c lin ic s n a tio n w id e fo r re n o v a tio n a n d c o n stru c tio n p ro je c ts. T h a t is p a rt o f $ 9 .5 b illio n to e x p a n d se rv ic es o v e r fiv e y e a rs a n d $ 1 .5 b illio n to su p p o rt m a jo r c o n stru c tio n a n d re n o v a tio n p ro je c ts a t c o m m u n ity h e a lth c e n te rs, S e b e liu s sa id . F u n d s d istrib u te d th ro u g h th e h e a lth c a re a c t a lre a d y h a v e su p p o rte d c o n stru c tio n a n d re n o v a tio n o f 1 9 0 h e a lth c e n te r site s a n d le d to th e c re a tio n o f 6 7 n e w h e a lth c e n te r site s a c ro ss th e c o u n try , S e b e liu s sa id , a n d w ill su p p o rt th e c o n stru c tio n a n d re n o v a tio n o f m o re th a n 4 8 5 h e a lth c e n te r sites a n d th e c re a tio n o f 2 4 5 n e w h e a lth c e n te r site s o v e r th e n e x t tw o y e a rs. T h e C o m m u n ity H e a lth C e n te r h a s c lin ic s in M e d fo rd , A sh la n d , W h ite C ity a n d B u tte F a lls. Jo h n D a rlin g is a fre e la n c e w rite r liv in g in A sh la n d . E -m a il h im a t jd a rlin g @ je ffn e t.o rg . 1 2 XWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
