Ga. Community Health Centers Concerned Over Missed Funding Deadline

R.B. Tucker is CEO of South Central Primary Care Center, a nonprofit organization that operates health clinics across five counties in South Georgia.

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Georgia community health advocates are raising concerns after Congress recently missed a deadline to renew billions of dollars of funding for community health centers. The funding, which provides federal grants to health centers, expired on Sept. 30, the end of this fiscal year.

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That funding includes about $84 million for community health centers in Georgia, said Duane Kavka, executive director of the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care.