{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mfume-maryland-delegation-announces-more-than-3-million-for-rural-health-care-facilities", "Congressman Mfume, Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $3 Million for Rural Health Care Facilities", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Kweisi Mfume", "M000687", "mfume.house.gov", "mfume", "https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume, Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie B. Raskin and David Trone (all D-Md.) today announced $3,079,600 in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for six Maryland health and wellness-based facilities to improve and modernize their services.\n\nFunding comes through the Emergency Rural Health Care Grants Program of the American Rescue Plan Act and will be allocated to the following facilities:\n\nWestminster Rescue Mission Inc., $998,400 \u2013 To hire additional staff for its Addiction Healing Center, upgrade the Mission\u2019s building and purchase more COVID-19 tests and resources for staff and patients.\n\nGarrett County Regional Medical Center, $802,700 \u2013 To provide equipment for Garrett County Memorial Hospital that will help hospital staff assess patients over 65, who are at greater risk of contracting a more serious case of COVID-19, and replace equipment that has been exhausted during the pandemic.\n\nEastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center, $459,000 \u2013 To establish the \u201cEastern Shore Delmarva Farm to Freezer Project\u201d \u2013 a produce processing and aggregation facility that will increase the availability of locally processed produce, increase opportunities for local farmers and provide a wider access to a variety of foods in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne\u2019s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester Counties.\n\nMinary\u2019s Dream Alliance Inc., $374,900 \u2013 To fund the staff and their travel expenses, along with the purchase of food, packaging supplies and equipment for the Alliance\u2019s \u201cFeed the Elderly Program,\u201d which was established during the pandemic to provide food to low-income seniors in Kent County.\n\nBrook Lane Health Services Inc. in Washington County, $268,100 \u2013 To reimburse lost revenue caused by the pandemic. Over the past three years, Brook Lane was forced to remove some of its inpatient beds to limit the spread of COVID-19.\n\nEnd Hunger in Charles County, Maryland Inc., $176,500 \u2013 To establish a food distribution facility in Indian Head, Maryland by investing in a building, trucks, walk-in freezers and bulk food. Indian Head has a population of 3,844 people, over 12 percent of whom live in poverty. This will serve as the first fresh food source in the town since 1999.\n\n\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on Maryland families in every corner of our state, exacerbating challenges that have been building up in the health care system for years. That\u2019s why we must keep working to ensure that everyone has equitable access to health services they need, regardless of their zip code,\u201d the lawmakers said. \u201cThese federal funds will support the health and wellbeing of people across our state, especially targeting rural areas that are often under-served. We will continue to support these health care facilities and work to increase access to health care in all of our communities.\u201d\n\nTeamMaryland fought to pass the historicAmerican Rescue Plan Act with unified Democratic support.\n\nThe Emergency Rural Health Care Grants were first made available in August 2021. The grants provide assistance to health care facilities, tribes and communities looking to expand health care services and nutrition assistance in rural areas.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mfume.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mfume-maryland-delegation-announces-more-than-3-million-for-rural-health-care-facilities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.558489864692092, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}