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The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has granted around $1 million to United Neighborhood Health Services, a private Nashville-based non-profit network of primary care clinics and health programs, to expand its health services.
The Tennesseean reports that this $973,593 award may be the first federal stimulus money that is available for use in our state.
United Neighborhood Health Services will use the award to create 15 new jobs in three new clinics, which are expected to provide health care for mostly uninsured patients in Nashville. The specific locations of these new clinics have not been released, but two of them will either be near or inside one of the Nashville public housing developments and the third will possibly be placed along Dickerson Pike.
The new clinics must provide services by a July 1, 2009 deadline. They are also required to submit quarterly reports to the federal government through Recovery.gov.
According to the United Neighborhood Health Services Website, the non-profit was founded in 1976 and currently has six neighborhood clinics, three school clinics, and a mobile clinic. Annually, it serves more than 20,000 children and adults.
The Nashville Business Journal reports that the United Neighborhood clinics have seen an increase of 30 percent in business, a majority of these are new patients. This may be due to individuals losing their jobs and finding themselves without health insurance.
United Neighborhood offers services to uninsured patients on a sliding fee scale. Costs of visits are reduced based on family income and size. Services are free for the homeless and youth and teens enrolled in school.
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Learn about United Neighborhood Health Services: http://www.unitedneighborhood.org
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