U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Brandon Fewins has announced that USDA is expanding access to health care for three Michigan communities, including one in St. Joseph County.
Centreville-based Covered Bridge Healthcare will use a $1 million grant to purchase equipment that will improve tele-health services among other future pandemic and medical surge preparation projects.
Facilities in Shiawassee and Huron counties also received grant money for their respective needs.
Fewins said USDA is awarding $129 million in Emergency Rural Health Care Grants to improve health-care facilities in rural towns across the nation. These grants will help 172 rural health care organizations expand critical services.