(WEEK) -- Illinois community health centers will be receiving millions of dollars in funding from the American Rescue Plan to help in COVID-19 prevention and treatment efforts.
In all,聽聽will be distributed to community health centers throughout Illinois to support and expand COVID-19 vaccination, testing and treatment efforts for vulnerable populations.
Rural Health in Anna is set to receive $2,629,125 with Community Health and Emergency Services, Inc. in Carbondale to receive $1,080,625 in funding.
Carterville's Shawnee Health Service will receive $5,543,000 as Christopher Rural Health is allotted $6,279,500.
The funding will be awarded beginning in April by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The funding will also be used to expand health centers鈥� operational capacity during the pandemic and beyond, including modifying and improving physical infrastructure and adding mobile units.聽
鈥淓very American should have the security of knowing they have access to quality, affordable health care, especially as we face a pandemic that has exposed the disparities facing rural, minority, and lower-income communities,鈥� said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. 鈥淭he Biden Administration is committed to getting help to those who need it most, and the communities hit hardest by COVID-19 will benefit from these critical investments.鈥�
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