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ELIZABETH More than $200,000 in funding for Coplin Health Systems was announced last week by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito-R, W.Va. and Joe Manchin,-D, W.Va.
The grant was awarded through U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and is part of a community based Rural Health Care Services Outreach program, according to a press release from Sen. Manchin’s office.
The outreach program works to meet the specific needs of the community through evidence-based approaches with a goal of improving and expanding rural healthcare.
Sen. Manchin has worked on this initiative for over a year and through his efforts, HRSA changed their qualifications for communities to be deemed “rural,” and this change includes Wirt County.