Morton pleased to learn 7th District health care centers will receive more than $600,000 in federal aid

March 30, 2009

Olympia…Sen. Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, is pleased that three community health care programs in Ferry, Stevens and Okanogan counties serving uninsured, Medicaid and Medicare patients will receive $617,803 in federal aid.  

“As more people become unemployed and lose their health care insurance these clinics will become more vital to our communities,” Morton said. 

The community clinic programs that will receive federal funds are: 

• $221,375 – N.E.W. Health Programs Association, Orient and Chewelah
• $142,375 – Colville Confederated Tribes, Inchelium (open to all regardless of affiliation with tribes)
• $254,053 – Family Health Centers, Okanogan

Overall, Washington will receive more than $10 million for community health clinics to expand services, add new providers and expand hours of operation. The money is part of the $338 million American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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Additional contact: Penny Drost (360) 786-7522 or drost.penny@leg.wa.gov