Ninth District of California to Receive HHS Funds through Recovery Package
For Immediate Release
March 27, 2009
Contact: Nicole Y. Williams
(202) 225-2661
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) commented on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcement of the release of $338 million to expand services offered at community health centers nationwide. The money was made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Health Centers in the ninth Congressional District that will receive funding through the recovery package include:
Lifelong Medical Care (Berkeley) - $347,165
Children’s Hospital and Research Center of Oakland (Oakland) - $118,590
La Clinica De La Raza (Oakland) - $876,377
West Oakland Health Council, Inc. (Oakland) - $458,165
“Healthcare is essential to sustaining safe and productive communities,” said Congresswoman Barbara Lee. “These funds are critical to helping our health centers continue to give quality care to the people of the ninth Congressional District.”
To learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to www.recovery.gov.