On Monday, Health & Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, announced the awarding of $32 million in grants to support rural health priorities. Congratulations to the Colorado Rural Health Center, which was awarded over $500,000 for the Rural Hospital Flex Program. The Rural Hospital Flex Program supports improvements in healthcare quality in communities served by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). CAHs are rural hospitals with fewer than 25 beds that provide critical care to rural and remote areas of our state. There are 29 CAHs throughout Colorado that will benefit from this funding.

Congratulations are also in order to the Plains Medical Center located in Limon, Colorado, that received close to $200,00 for Rural Health Workforce Development.

To see a list of all the awardees, please visit the Health & Human Services website or click here.