09.12.14

Durbin Announces More Than $11.7 Million for Illinois Health Centers To Expand Primary Care

Chicagoland health centers to receive grants totaling $7,695,738

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a total of $11,744,246 in funding for community health centers throughout Illinois. Today’s funding – made available through the Affordable Care Act – will be used to hire additional healthcare workers, hire new health care providers, and will allow these centers to stay open for longer hours. The grants will support 78,815 new patients and expand outreach and enrollment assistance efforts as more Illinoisans are able to access affordable health insurance coverage through the healthcare reform law.

 

“Community health centers serve an important purpose for families in Illinois and across the country,” Durbin said. “With the help of these federal resources, made available through the Affordable Care Act, Illinois health centers can continue to improve the care and critical services they offer those in need throughout the state.”

 

Under this announcement, the following community health centers will be awarded funding:

Chicagoland

 

  • Access Community Health Network (Chicago, IL): $686,522 in funding;
  • Alivio Medical Center, Inc. (Chicago,IL): $279,628 in funding;
  • Asian Human Services Family Health Center: $224,400 in funding;
  • Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center, Inc. (Olympia Fields, IL): $415,994 in funding;
  • Beloved Community Family Wellness Center (Chicago, IL):  $193,496 in funding;
  • Chicago Family Health Center, Inc. (Chicago, IL): $276,858 in funding; 
  • Circle Family Care, Inc. (Chicago, IL): $221,534 in funding;
  • Community Health Partnership of Illinois (Chicago, IL): $239,424 in funding;
  • Community Nurse Health Association (La Grange, IL): $200,244 in funding;
  • Lake County (Waukegan, IL): $335,956 in funding; 
  • Erie Family Health Center (Chicago, IL): $360,496 in funding;
  • Esperanza Health Centers (Chicago, IL): $238,248 in funding;
  • Family Christian Health Center (Harvey, IL): $240,440 in funding;
  • Friend Family Health Center, Inc. (Chicago, IL): $249,778 in funding;
  • Greater Elgin Family Care Center (Elgin, IL): $315,244 in funding;  
  • Hamdard Center for Health & Human Services Non-Profit (Addison, IL): $187,000 in funding; 
  • Heartland Health Outreach, Inc. (Chicago, IL): $228,596 in funding;
  • Heartland International Health Centers (Chicago, IL): $274,684 in funding;
  • Lawndale Christian Health Center (Chicago, IL): $338,764 in funding;  
  • Near North Health Service Corporation (Chicago, IL): $329,242 in funding;
  • PCC Community Wellness Center (Oak Park, IL): $308,236 in funding;
  • Primecare Community Health Inc. (Chicago, IL): $232,714 in funding;
  • Roseland Christian Health Ministries, Inc. (Chicago, IL): $220,328 in funding;
  • TCA Health, Inc. Non-Profit (Chicago, IL): $200,674 in funding;
  • University of Illinois (Chicago, IL): $249,592 in funding; 
  • Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley (Aurora, IL): $401,492 in funding and;
  • Will County Community Health Center (Joliet, IL): $246,154 in funding.

 

Central Illinois

  • Chestnut Health Systems, Inc. (Bloomington, IL): $190,478 in funding;
  • Community Health Center (Springfield, IL): $239,950 in funding;
  • Community Health Improvement Center (Decatur, IL): $241,842 in funding;
  • Cass County (Virginia, IL): $203,184 in funding;
  • Heartland Community Health Clinic (Peoria, IL): $223,818 in funding;
  • Henderson County Rural Health Center, Inc. (Oquawka, IL): $203,438 in funding;
  • Knox County (Galesburg, IL): $198,052 in funding and;
  • Macoupin County (Carlinville, IL): $200,858 in funding.

 

Southern Illinois

  • Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation (Christopher, IL): $318,224 in funding;
  • Rural Health, Inc. (Anna, IL): $218,626 in funding;
  • Community Health and Emergency Service, Inc. (Carbondale, IL): $281,182 in funding and;
  • Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation (Carterville, IL): $271,954 in funding.

 

Northern Illinois

  • Crusaders Central Clinic Association (Rockford, IL): $337,248 in funding and;
  • Whiteside County (Rock Falls, IL): $230,164 in funding.

Metro East

Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation, Inc. (Sauget, IL): $471,218 in funding.