WASHINGTON, D.C. – A pair of Oregon politicians serving on Capitol Hill announced over $9 million in funding to expand COVID-19 testing in their home state.
U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said 30 Oregon hospitals, health facilities, and county governments will benefit from the funds.
In Southern Oregon, Klamath Health Partners Incorporated will get over $265,000 dollars. In Medford, La Clinica and Rogue Community Health together will get over $755,000. Siskiyou Community Health Center in Grants Pass will get over $352,000.
Umpqua Community Health Center and Adapt will also get over $493,000.
The funding, which was allocated by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, is being distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as follows:
| HEALTH CENTER GRANTEE | CITY | STATE | FUNDING AMOUNT |
| ADAPT | ROSEBURG | OR | $174,739 |
| ASHER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | FOSSIL | OR | $114,514 |
| BANDON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | BANDON | OR | $138,019 |
| BENTON COUNTY | CORVALLIS | OR | $255,109 |
| CENTRAL CITY CONCERN | PORTLAND | OR | $236,509 |
| CLACKAMAS COUNTY | OREGON CITY | OR | $371,239 |
| COLUMBIA RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES | BOARDMAN | OR | $162,409 |
| LANE COUNTY | EUGENE | OR | $570,619 |
| KLAMATH HEALTH PARTNERS INC | KLAMATH FALLS | OR | $265,759 |
| LA CLINICA DEL VALLE FAMILY HEALTH CARE CENTER INC | MEDFORD | OR | $471,649 |
| LAPINE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | LA PINE | OR | $211,804 |
| LINCOLN COUNTY | NEWPORT | OR | $174,754 |
| MOSAICMEDICAL | PRINEVILLE | OR | $438,229 |
| MULTNOMAH COUNTY | PORTLAND | OR | $1,030,849 |
| NATIVE AMERICAN REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION, INC. | PORTLAND | OR | $175,009 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER | PORTLAND | OR | $356,029 |
| NORTHWEST HUMAN SERVICES, INC. | SALEM | OR | $284,584 |
| ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH | HOOD RIVER | OR | $284,269 |
| OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY | PORTLAND | OR | $330,919 |
| OUTSIDE IN | PORTLAND | OR | $178,534 |
| RINEHART MEDICAL CLINIC | WHEELER | OR | $114,709 |
| ROGUE COMMUNITY HEALTH | MEDFORD | OR | $283,774 |
| SISKIYOU COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | GRANTS PASS | OR | $352,699 |
| TILLAMOOK COUNTY | TILLAMOOK | OR | $165,784 |
| UMPQUA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | ROSEBURG | OR | $318,829 |
| VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER | ALOHA | OR | $872,479 |
| WALLACE MEDICAL CONCERN, THE | PORTLAND | OR | $177,619 |
| WATERFALL CLINIC, INCORPORATED | NORTH BEND | OR | $160,249 |
| WHITE BIRD CLINIC | EUGENE | OR | $201,589 |
| WINDING WATERS MEDICAL CLINIC | ENTERPRISE | OR | $166,114 |
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