NEW ORLEANS [AP] — The federal Department of Health and Hospitals is giving Louisiana $411.7 million in Recovery Act grants to 24 community health centers around Louisiana.
The grants were announced Tuesday, as a center in Winnfield opened. It already has $100,000 under the act; U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says Tuesday's grants bring another $250,000.
Others, up to $805,485, go to centers in Baton Rouge, Sicily Island, Shreveport, New Orleans, New Iberia, Innis, Avondale, Bastrop, Natchitoches, Clinton, Monroe, Alexandria, Opelousas, St. Gabriel, Luling, Greensburg, Lake Charles, Franklin, St. Joseph and Independence.
The Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center is getting the largest grant. The St. Thomas Community Health Center in New Orleans, like the Winn Community Health Center, is getting $250,000.
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