WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) today announced that the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has awarded three entities in Maine grants totaling $5,189,496.
“This funding from the Department of Health & Human Services will facilitate a wide range of health care services and medical research throughout Maine, and we are pleased to see continued federal support in Maine’s ongoing effort to extend adequate, affordable, and accessible health care to citizens throughout our state,” said Snowe and Collins in a joint statement.
The funding is distributed as follows:
• $85,000 to the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle for Rural Health Network Development Planning
• $183,885 to the Maine Department of Human Services for Technical Assistance to Primary Care Offices throughout the state
• $1,333,909 to the Maine Department of Human Services through the Ryan White Title II Formula Grants Program, which facilitates health care and support services for persons with HIV/AIDS
• $285,912 to the St. Croix Regional Family Health Center in Princeton for a Health Center Cluster
• $252,000 to Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor for Human Genome Research entitled “MouseCyc: A Biochemical Pathway Database for the Mouse”
• $3,048,790 to Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor for Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research entitled “Genome Dynamics: Evolution, Organization and Function”
The Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities, and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined.