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East-based Health Center Gains Funding
patients to receive a vaccine. “Community health centers have always played a vital role in Hawai‘i and the past year has made their value even clearer,” states Chris van Bergeijk, senior vice president and chief impact officer at HCF. “By increasing our in- vestment in the capacities of Hawai‘i’s community health centers, we intend to fortify and accelerate the impact of a wide range of initiatives addressing the needs of the medically underserved that have long existed in our is-
Federally qualified health centers across the state, in- cluding Waimānalo Health Center, received a boost from Hawaiʻi Community Foun- dation to support community vaccination efforts.
The 15 health centers hope to vaccinate 20,000 of Ha- waiʻi’s most vulnerable resi- dents in the next three months with the $1.09 million grant.
The majority of the funds will be used to offset staffing costs, as well as address cer- tain barriers that are found within underserved popula- tions, mitigate transportation to rural areas, help those who don’t have housing or inter- net, and establish a system to make the process easier for
lands.”
To learn more about HCF’s
and its coronavirus response, visit hawaiicommunityfoun- dation.org/coronavirus.
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