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Miss. getting $5.62M grant to improve health, education responses in pandemic The grant is funded through the CARES Act. (Source: Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) By WLBT Digital | February 26, 2021 at 10:43 AM CST - Updated February 26 at 10:51 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (WLBT) - Mississippi is getting a great big grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development.
The $5.26 million grant, funded through the CARES Act, is expected to improve health and education responses to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
Here is the breakdown of how the rural development grant will be divvied up:
Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville – $995,958 to support telemedicine services from 15 sites in Washington, Issaquena, Humphreys, and Sharkey counties, and will use the Center’s Greenville and Arcola facilities as network hubs connecting six schools, a community health clinic, a skilled nursing facility, and other sites.