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Washington, DC--The House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee today released its fiscal year 2008 spending bill. This measure will come to the House floor soon for passage.
“These projects help fill a void in the local healthcare and education system,” said Congressman Sarbanes. “As more and more Baltimoreans struggle to access adequate healthcare and educational services, we need to do more to provide non-traditional services. There is no question that these projects work towards that goal.”
Baltimore Medical System for a Community Health Center in the Highlandtown Area of Baltimore City
Baltimore Medical System (BMS) has become one of Baltimore’s largest providers of community health care services, and a significant public health resource to Baltimore City. This funding will assist BMS in establishing a new community health care facility in the Highlandtown area of Baltimore. The new health center will serve a wide economic and ethnic mix of patients, with particular focus on providing services to residents at or below the National poverty line. The expansion of service at the busy multi-purpose medical center will also generate new jobs.
Baltimore City Health Department for Mobile Health Services
The Baltimore City Health Department would use this funding to upgrade its mobile health units that provide essential clinical services, health education, and outreach to the City’s population of uninsured, under-insured, and hard-to-reach residents. The Baltimore City Health Department, the oldest continuously operating health department in the U.S., has utilized this innovative approach to overcome significant barriers to access these health services.
Park Heights Redevelopment Education Initiative
In the 1960s, Park Heights was a thriving hub of culture and commerce, and home to a flourishing middle class community. It has since lost many of the people and features that made it sustainable. The federal funds requested will be used to increase slots for students seeking enrollment at KIPP Ujima Academy and Arlington Elementary School. The requested funds would provide resources to these schools to engage additional teachers, supplies and limited school operational costs. Additionally, the requested funds would allow the development of a charter high school in the Park Heights neighborhood.
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