{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2659", "Trahan Announces $4,875,000 in Federal Funding for Lowell Community Health Center", "2022-11-03", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Lowell Community Health Center (CHC) CEO Susan West Levine, and other Lowell CHC executives to announce Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to provide direct patient services for new programs providing rapid HIV testing in community-based settings and support for refugee survivors of torture. The \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program will be receiving $475,000/year and the \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program will be receiving $500,000; totaling $4,875,000 over the next five years.\n\n\u201cAn investment in Lowell Community Health Center is an investment in the health and well-being of our community. I\u2019m thrilled that this funding will go towards continuing the essential public health work being done here every day,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThis federal funding is going to expand crucial resources and support for underserved members of our community who need this care most.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to the Department of Health and Human Services and for the support of Congresswoman Trahan,\u201d said Susan West Levine, CEO of Lowell Community Health Center. \u201cThese grants will allow us to address direct patient needs in two critical areas: increasing access to care to address the longstanding physical and psychological effects of torture and increasing capacity to provide rapid HIV testing in community-based settings. We look forward to working with our partners over the next five years to truly impact health and well-being in Lowell in these areas.\u201d\n\nLowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program provides primary and secondary survivors of torture with treatment and resources such as culturally tailored and evidence-based screenings, primary and behavioral health care, and workforce-related and legal support. The project is designed to serve as many as 325 survivors of torture annually. This includes newer refugees with severe trauma experiences and settled refugee communities such as Bhutanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Congolese, Iraqi, Laotian, Ugandan, Vietnamese, Haitian, Afghan, and other refugees that continue to need access to care.\n\nThe \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program aims to address significant HIV testing gaps throughout Greater Lowell. Through the implementation of 4th generation rapid HIV testing and partnerships with Life Connection Center and UMass Lowell, the initiative will increase testing capacity in community-based settings and increase general HIV status knowledge among the population. They aim to serve 1,000 individuals over the next 5 years.\n\nLowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program is receiving HHS funding through the Administration for Children and Families\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement\u2019s Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (DS SOT) grant program. Lowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program is receiving HHS funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).\n\nCongresswoman Trahan has consistently supportedfunding forLowell CHC andother health centers throughout theThird District, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"]], "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://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2659"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.654520932585001, "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"}