HHS Grants $8 Million to Boost Health Center Virus Training

Organizations and nonprofits that provide training and assistance to community health centers will get $8 million to expand that work during the Covid-19 pandemic, the HHS announced Thursday.

Of those funds, nearly $6 million will go to state or regional nonprofits that consult and share information with community health centers. About $2.5 million will go to organizations that focus on training and technical assistance for specific underserved populations.

“It is critical to continue providing Americans with access to comprehensive primary care services, and these funds will provide the training and technical assistance for health centers to accomplish that goal,” HHS ...