HHS said that about $100 million in federal funding through the Affordable Care Act will be used to construct and renovate school-based health centers. The funding will support about 200 grants for fiscal 2011 that are a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration's School-Based Health Center Capital program.
“These new investments will help school-based health centers establish new sites or upgrade their current facilities to keep our children healthy,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a news release. “These new or improved sites will help ensure effective, efficient, high-quality care.”
According to HHS, the centers enable children with chronic illnesses to attend school, and they also help improve overall health and wellness for all children through health screenings, health promotion and disease-prevention activities.
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