BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont’s 11 community health centers are getting more than $33 million in federal funding as part of the American Rescue Plan.
It’s the single biggest investment in the state’s federally qualified community health centers, said independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Riverside Community Health Center in Burlington.
“What we are accomplishing here is a real achievement,” he said. “It’s a model to the country, and we can and will do even better.” About one-third of Vermonters use such centers, he said Thursday.
Community health centers are open to all people, not just low-income individuals, Sanders said.
“It means when you walk in the doors you’re going to get primary high-quality health care, you’re going to get dental care, which is a very serious problem throughout this county,” he said.
Jeff McKee, CEO of the Community Health Centers of Burlington, said the organization will be adding resources to provide mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination services to underserved populations, “particularly those experiencing homelessness, living in rural areas, or our BIPOC community members.”
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