Lansing, MI – Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services secured a $13 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for 51 small, rural hospitals in Michigan to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation.
Area hospitals receiving funding are: ProMedica Hickman Hospital, Hillsdale Hospital, and ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital.
These rural hospitals will be able to use the funds for testing equipment, personnel, temporary structures or education. Mitigation strategies must be part of the CDC community mitigation framework, including education, contact tracing, communication and outreach. Each hospital will receive about $257,000, which must be used within 18 months of receiving them.
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