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Publication: Crain's Detroit Business
Publication Date: 30-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: This Just In.(health centers recieve federal stimulus funding to expand services)(Northwest Airlines Corp to unveil to the media its new signs)(Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone P.L. C appoint attorneys and plans for expansion)

Article Excerpt
Stimulus funds target metro Detroit uninsured

Six federally qualified health centers in metropolitan Detroit this week will receive $1.4 million in federal stimulus funding to expand services to the uninsured.

The funding is part of a $331 million package made available nationally to 152 health centers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Michigan's 29 health centers will receive $8.6 million.

An estimated 53,000 additional uninsured patients will receive care in Michigan through the funding. In addition, 152 jobs are expected to be created over two years at the health centers.

Ricardo Guzman, CEO of Community Health and Social Services Center in Detroit, said the federal funding is important for expanding access in the face of increasing demand for services.

But Guzman said the funding also will be used to help rebuild CHASS' three clinic locations that are crumbling and need infrastructure improvement.

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