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The Wright Center Receives American Rescue Plan Grant

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has awarded a $65,500 grant to The Wright Center for Community Health as part of the American Rescue Plan to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting.

Overall, nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding has been awarded to almost 1,400 community health centers across the country in support of the national initiative. The grant awards support a data modernization effort aimed at better identifying and responding to the specific needs of patients and communities through improved data quality; advancing COVID-19 response, mitigation and recovery efforts; and helping prepare for future public health emergencies.

HRSA’s program is designed to enable health centers to have better data on both patient health status and social determinants of health. With better information, programs can tailor their efforts to improve health outcomes and advance health equity by more precisely targeting the needs of specific communities or patients, particularly as part of the public health emergency response.