U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support several health care programs, opioid response and Drug Free Community (DFC) programs, and research projects at West Virginia University (WVU) and West Virginia State University (WVSU).
HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), secured funding for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and several local health care providers from HHS to help support maternal, infant, rural, and addiction health services in the Mountain State.
“From making sure every West Virginia mother has care available for herself and her children, to fighting the scourge of opioids, to making quality health services available throughout the Mountain State, I am proud to have secured vital resources for dozens of our communities. Support like this will help meet the needs of our residents so that they can live up to their full potential and lead healthy lives,” Ranking Member Capito said.
Area Individual HHS awards include:
• $1,000,000 in HHS funding to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc. (Lewisburg, WV) to support the Rural Communities Opioid Response – Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program.
• $28,431 in HHS funding to the Monroe County Health Department (Union, WV) to support HHS’s Bridge Access Program in West Virginia.
• $25,883 in HHS funding to Rainelle Medical Center, Inc. (Rainelle, WV) to support HHS’s Bridge Access Program in West Virginia.
• $17,420 in HHS funding to Community Health Systems, Inc. (Beckley, WV) to support HHS’s Bridge Access Program in West Virginia.
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