CT community health centers awarded $1.6 million for outreach and enrollment

Thirteen CT community health centers will share almost $1.6 million in federal grants to hire 28 workers across the state to help an estimated 23,167 uninsured state residents enroll in affordable health coverage. Awards varied from $68,284 to the CT Institute for Communities in Danbury to $ 238,366 to Community Health Center Inc. in Middletown. The clinics, spread over 185 sites in CT, saw 139,000 people last year; 23% were uninsured.