Elgin care center receives $2M from feds
From the Elgin Courier News
Greater Elgin Family Care Center officials joined President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Bill Foster on Wednesday at the White House, where the clinic received more than $2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
The GEFCC will use the funding to create a new facility, increasing patient services for the Elgin area.
"With this important funding, the Greater Elgin Family Care Center will be able to better serve families in Elgin, and improvements to the facility will also benefit the local economy by creating jobs," Foster said.
Greater Elgin Family Care Center President Bob Tanner was on hand for the announcement. GEFCC is one of 85 community health centers receiving $600 million in awards to support major construction and renovation projects. The awards are expected to create new jobs in construction and health care, and help provide care for more than half a million additional patients in under-served communities.
"Congressman Foster has consistently been supportive of GEFCC and our mission -- he visited us in Elgin within the first four months of his election, and he even read to children at one of our clinics through our Reach Out and Read program," Tanner said.