Many Colorado medical jobs in schools will be supported through a new round of funding.
Gov. Bill Ritter recently announced that Colorado will be included among 10 states to receive $100 million in federal funding for improvements in healthcare quality and delivery systems for children receiving care in school-based health centers.
The funding in Colorado will be received through a joint project with New Mexico. All of the grants are being funded by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
“Colorado has had tremendous success with collaborative community projects like school-based health centers,” Ritter said. “These centers are a resource and a healthy solution for our most vulnerable of families to receive primary care.
“During this financial downturn, we need to get the most out of every dollar spent in healthcare,” he continued. “School-based health centers are an affordable way to provide quality, accessible care.”
Colorado and New Mexico are set to receive $7,784,030 million over five years for school-based health centers. There are several school-based health centers throughout Colorado that work to provide care to rural, under-served and low-income areas.
The project will showcase the ability of school-based health centers to address the healthcare needs of children and adolescents, as well as expand on the understanding of how school-based health centers contribute to the healthcare system in Colorado and New Mexico.
Colorado’s education and health services industry employed 261,000 workers during December 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the same as during November and a 2.5 percent increase from December 2008.
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