Key
Federal
Resources
Funding
for
Health
Clinics:
$24,763,266
was
awarded
by
the
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
to
health
clinics
across
West
Virginia
in
twelve
different
counties,
including
Mercer,
Webster,
Kanawha,
Monongalia,
Upshur,
Hardy,
Lincoln,
Marion,
Greenbrier,
McDowell,
Wirt,
and
Cabell.
The
grants
are
awarded
through
HHS’s
Health
Center
Cluster
Program,
which
gives
funds
to
community
health
centers
serving
rural,
underserved
communities.
Black
Lung
Coal
Miner
Clinics
Program:
$1,786,069
in
funding
was
announced
for
the
West
Virginia
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Resources
for
the
Black
Lung
Coal
Miner
Clinics
Program
through
the
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
The
U.S.
Department
of
Labor
reports
that
black
lung
disease
is
on
the
rise.
A
study
documenting
miners
who
applied
for
benefits
from
the
Federal
Black
Lung
Program
between
1970
and
2016
found
that
half
of
the
4,600
reports
over
those
46
years
occurred
after
the
year
2000.
Canaan
Valley
National
Wildlife
Refuge:
$7
million
was
announced
for
a
new
visitors
center
at
the
Canaan
Valley
National
Wildlife
Refuge
in
Tucker
County.
Senator
Manchin
secured
a
one-time
increase
of
funds
for
deferred
maintenance
for
the
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
in
the
Fiscal
Year
2018
omnibus
spending
bill,
and
also
secured
language
directing
the
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
to
prioritize
funding
for
a
new
visitors
center
at
the
Refuge.
For
the
past
three
years
Senator
Manchin
has
urged
the
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
to
build
a
new
building
to
serve
as
a
visitor’s
center
at
Canaan
Valley
National
Wildlife
Refuge
instead
of
spending
millions
of
dollars
to
repair
the
outdated
and
inadequate
visitor’s
center
currently
in
use.To
read
his
original
request
to
former
U.S.
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
Regional
Director
for
the
Northeast
Region
Wendi
Weber,
click
here.
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