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$500 million to
- support new health center sites and service areas,
- increase services at existing sites, and
- support spikes in uninsured populations.
$1.5 billion to
- support construction, renovation and equipment (incliuding IT) in approved health centers.
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Increased Demand for Services:
- 1,128 awards
- $338 million total
Capital Improvement Program:
- 2,614 projects
- $851 million total
New Access Points:
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126 awards
- $155 million total
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Funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will support health center efforts to expand their capacity to provide primary and preventive health services to medically underserved populations nationwide as well as create employment opportunities in underserved communities over the next 2 years. 
