{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=116529bb-3461-43e4-9e4e-605d93de4ccf", "Manchin and Rockefeller Announce Nearly $1.2 Million to Protect and Improve the Health of West Virginia Families", "2014-10-30", "2014", "2014-10", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "October 30, 2014\n\t\t\t Manchin and Rockefeller Announce Nearly $1.2 Million to Protect and Improve the Health of West Virginia Families \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller announced $1,191,254 in federal funding to protect and improve the health of women, children and families in West Virginia. The funding will be received by the West Virginia State Department of Health and Human Resource\u2019s Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health (OMCFH). The goal of the OMCFH is to establish partnerships with qualified health centers, physicians, local health departments and clinics to ensure all West Virginians have access to quality medical services.\u00a0\r\nIn addition to ensuring accessible, quality care, the OMCFH will use the funding for early intervention programs to identify newborns at risk of death or those who are suffering from developmental delays or complications. Mothers and children who are screened will receive the necessary medical care. The funding will also be used to support the Right from the Start Program, which provides comprehensive services to low-income women, children and infants from birth to age one, as well as the Parent Network Specialists System and Adolescent Health program, which both provide necessary support for families and children into adolescent years.\r\n\u201cMaking sure all West Virginia families have access to quality medical services is so important, especially our mothers and children who face health complications and require special health needs,\u201d Senator Manchin said. \u201cThis grant will allow the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to provide our health centers and facilities across the state with the essential resources to care for at-risk mothers and their infants and children in need.\u201d\r\n\u201cThroughout my career, I have always supported programs aimed at giving kids a healthy start in life through access to quality prenatal care and children\u2019s health services,\u201d said Rockefeller. \u201cThis funding gives West Virginia the ability to keep up its maternal and child health services, which are critical to the overall health and well-being of our state\u2019s children.\u201d\r\nThe two-year funding comes from the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program. This program serves 44 million American women and children and it is the only federal program that is solely dedicated to the health of women, children and families.\r\nFor more information on the West Virginia programs supported by the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, please click here. \r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=116529bb-3461-43e4-9e4e-605d93de4ccf"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7283919733017683, "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"}