Fourteen community health centers throughout the islands are receiving about $32 million from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus bill.
The funds can be used to expand COVID-19 vaccination-related activities, detect and treat COVID-19 infections, expand healthcare services and infrastructure, conduct community and educational outreach related to COVID-19, and more.
Nationwide, health centers are receiving about $6.1 billion in funding. Each health center is receiving a base fund of $500,000, plus $125 per patient reported in 2019, plus $250 per uninsured patient reported in 2019.
Here are the recipients:
Bay Clinic, Inc. (Hilo) - $3,635,250
Hamakua Health Center Inc. (Honoka‘a) - $1,297,000
Kalihi Palama Health Center (Honolulu) $4,817,125