Merkley, Wyden Announce $14.6 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Oregon Health Care Facilities

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded over $14.6 million in Capital Improvement Program grants to health centers across Oregon as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The funding will be used to support the construction, repair and renovation of health facilities, to purchase new equipment or health information technology (HIT) systems, and to adopt and expand the use of electronic health records.

“Fixing the American health care system is a massive task and creating a 21^st century health care infrastructure is a major part of the solution,” Merkley said.  “This Recovery Act funding will be creating jobs in Oregon while at the same time improving the facilities, information technology, and electronic records that allow our health care providers to focus on delivering quality care to patients.”

“More than 17 million Americans from small towns to urban centers rely on community health centers for basic health care,” Wyden said. “As we work to reform our current health care, we need to make sure that we take care of those elements of the current system that offer the services that people need most.  Keeping these centers healthy is crucial to keeping Americans healthy.”

Grantee Name	City	CIP Grant Award
ASHER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER	Fossil	$287,450.00
BENTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER	Corvallis	$498,255.00
CENTRAL CITY CONCERN	Portland	$426,400.00
CLACKAMAS COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH DIVISION	Oregon City	$684,350.00
COASTAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER	Astoria	$359,585.00
COLUMBIA RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES	Boardman	$341,840.00
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.	Medford	$600,945.00
KLAMATH HEALTH PARTNERSHIP, INC.	Klamath Falls	$602,555.00
LA CLINICA DEL CARINO	Hood River	$603,570.00
LA CLINICA DEL VALLE FAMILY HEALTH	Medford	$676,510.00
LANE COUNTY	Eugene	$716,480.00
LAPINE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER	LaPine	$250,000.00
LINCOLN COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	Newport	$425,659.00
MOSAIC MEDICAL	Prineville	$504,905.00
MULTNOMAH COUNTY	Portland	$2,320,075.00
NATIVE AMERICAN REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST	Portland	$384,365.00
NORTHWEST HUMAN SERVICES, INC	Salem	$597,935.00
OUTSIDE IN	Portland	$482,120.00
RINEHART CLINIC	Wheeler	$339,600.00
SISKIYOU COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.	Grants Pass	$700,835.00
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT	Tillamook	$441,100.00
UMPQUA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER	Roseburg	$500,000.00
VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	Cornelius	$1,186,915.00
WATERFALL CLINIC, INC	North Bend	$368,825.00
WHITE BIRD CLINIC	Eugene	$322,415.00
OREGON TOTAL		$14,622,689.00