Middletown Journal covers BCCHC's stimulus funds

...thanks to $758,000 in federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the nonprofit agency is expanding services and opening a new pediatric health center.

“We never imagined we would have this kind of money available to us. It’s certainly going to help us expand our mission in the county,’’ said Butler County Health Consortium Director Marc A. Bellisario.

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Ohio public health officials said the funds couldn’t have come at a better time.

“Folks are losing their jobs, their health insurance and demand for our services are growing by leaps and bounds,’’ Julie DiRossi-King, director of State Government Affairs for the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers. 

She said officials predict the funds will help Ohio public health centers serve an additional 100,000 patients.

You can read the full article here, at the Middletown Journal's website.