2002

Chip announces grants for Sebastopol Oinic; East Central

Congressman

Chip

patients and improve their health status. "Community Health Centers provide quality health care to medically under-sen·ed and unin– sured people of Mississippi. The health centers provide a safety net to help people in need of health care ser– vices,'' said Pickering. Pid:edng's office also announced a U.S. Department of Education gr.ant tor ~0,000 to East Central Communit~ College in Decatur. l he grant ''ill be used for a Mobile Computer

Laboratory. This lab wil1 serve the computing needs needs of communications and mathematics students and allow more versatility for the co11ege. Instructors will be able to structure assignments to give students hands-on training with computers. Instructors will supervise students in a classroom set– ting in the lab. "This grant will help East Central Community College give more opportunities to students who are working on computers," said Pickering.

Pickering recently announced a pair of grants to the Sebastopol Health Care Clinic and . to East Central Community College. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a 5100,000 grant to East Central Mississippt Health Care in Sebastopol. The grant is part of ~ pro– gram called the 'Expanded Medical Capacity Initative' and is designed to extend primary heallh care services by increasing the health cen– ter's ability to serve 1,395

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