HUTCHINSON, Kan. — PrairieStar Health Center is one of 19 health centers in Kansas that will receive funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
PrairieStar will get $821,825 that can be used to help detect coronavirus; prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19; and maintain or increase health capacity and staffing levels to address this public health emergency.
A total of $15.3 million is going to agencies in Kansas as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The legislation was passed to help secure the resources needed to keep Americans safe from coronavirus. HRSA is making the health center investments available immediately.
HRSA funds nearly 1,400 health centers that operate in nearly 13,000 locations nationwide.