April 8, 2020 -Crossing Healthcare announced a new $850,865 grant from the Health Resources Services Administration to assist the Health Center in meeting community needs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $51,637,470 to 45 health centers in Illinois as part of a historic U.S. response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Health center awardees in Illinois may use these funds to help their communities detect coronavirus; prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19; and maintain or increase health capacity and staffing levels to address this public health emergency.
Crossing Healthcare is a federally designated community health center, and part of a network of more than 1,400 federally funded health centers across the United States providing comprehensive primary care, behavioral healthcare, substance use treatment and dental care to more than 29 million primarily low-income and uninsured people in the United Stets each year. Crossing Healthcare serves just under 20,000 people in Decatur and Macon County annually.
“As our community faces an increase of sick patients with COVID-19, it is important that Crossing Healthcare is able to provide ongoing care to those who have mild to moderate symptoms, as well as to continue to provide ongoing primary care to our patient population” states Tanya Andricks CEO of Crossing Healthcare. “In an order to support our local hospitals in their efforts to adjust to an influx of COVID-19 patients, we have increased our hours of operation and have expanded our schedule to 7 days a week. As a community health center, Crossing Healthcare provides comprehensive healthcare to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Crossing offers a sliding fee schedule that is based on income for people who are uninsured or under insured. “As our economy struggles in the immediate aftermath of this pandemic, it is imperative that residents of Decatur and Macon County continue to have access to high quality healthcare even when facing job loss and loss of insurance,” says Andricks. “These grant dollars will ensure our ability to meet this need for our community.”
“This new funding secured by President Trump will help our community health centers continue the work they’re doing on the ground against the coronavirus,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “HRSA-funded health centers are already playing a critical role by delivering essential services, serving as community testing and screening sites, and alleviating burdens on our nation’s emergency rooms and hospitals. HHS will continue bringing every resource we have to support heroic healthcare workers across the diverse settings health centers serve, from our cities to our rural towns.”
