INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $10,980,583 to 28 health centers in Indiana to expand COVID-19 testing.
HRSA-funded health centers will use this funding to expand the range of testing and testing-related activities to best address the needs of their local communities, including the purchase of personal protective equipment; training for staff, outreach, procurement and administration of tests; laboratory services; notifying identified contacts of infected health center patients of their exposure to COVID-19; and the expansion of walk-up or drive-up testing capabilities.
Facilities in the area granted funding include HealthNet, Inc.; Indiana Health Centers Incorporated, Jane Pauley Community Health Center, Raphael Health Clinic, Health & Hospital Corp, of Marion County, and Shalom Health Care Center.