Health-care grants to aid uninsured
The State Primary Care Grants Program makes primary care services more accessible to target populations such as the working poor, children, elderly, Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farm workers, individuals with chronic diseases, the homeless and single heads of household.
The program supports acute care services, adult immunizations, chronic illness support, dental services, diabetes control, mental health services, prevention services and women's health services.
They are awarded in a competitive bid process. More than half of the approved projects are rural and several encompass more than one county.
Grantees include nine community health centers, six public health departments, two urban homeless programs, 13 projects providing dental services in 21 counties, five projects specifically targeting diabetes, three projects providing mental health services and six projects providing women's health care services. They are expected to serve more than 14,638 individuals.
They are Bear Lake Community Health Center's dental project; Bear River Health Department's mental health services, substance abuse and women's health projects; Carbon Medical Service Association, Inc. diabetes project; Central Utah Public Health Department's women's health program; dental services at Centro de la Familia de Utah; Community Health Centers, Inc.'s immunizations and diabetes project; Community Partnered Mobile Dental Services of the Utah Department of Health; Dental House Call Northeastern/ Southern Dental Project.
Dixie State College of Utah's Dental Hygiene Outreach Program; Washington County's Enterprise Valley Medical Clinic Dental and Primary Care Project; Holy Cross Ministries - Promotora Case Management Services; Kane County Hospital - Cedar Mountain Medical Clinic; Midtown Community Health Center programs including oral health and mental health counseling and assessment; Midvale Family Health Clinic, Inc.
Dental and primary care services through Mountainlands Community Health Center; Salt Lake Donated Dental Services; Salt Lake Valley Health Department for fluoride varnish at the South Main clinic; San Juan Health Services District Diabetes Clinic, expansion of primary care services at Southwest Utah Community Health Center as well as a grant to the center's dental services program; Southwest Utah Public Health Department for women's health in multiple counties; The Caring Foundation For Children dental program; The People's Health Clinic for primary care services; Tricounty Health Department Dental Clinic.
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