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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 4, 2004
 
Rep. Berry and Senators Lincoln and Pryor Announce
Multiple Rural Development Grants
 
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Marion Berry (D-AR, 1st) joined Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, to announce $658,128 in rural development grants from multiple agencies.

 

$74,690 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Housing Preservation Grant program will be used to renovate two low- and eight very low-income individual homes in Mississippi County.

 

A combined $583,438 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will go to the White River Rural Health Center in Woodruff County for multiple programs:

 

·                    Ryan White Title III HIV Capacity Development and Planning Grants - $91,740

·                    Ryan White Title IV Women, Infants, Children, Youth and Affected Family Members AIDS Healthcare - $230,384

·                    General operation grant for the White River Health Center Cluster - $261,314   

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