Health Center receives grant

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Holyoke Health Center got a financial boost Monday to help serve the needs of local uninsured residents.

Officials from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts presented Holyoke Health Center a check for more than 72-thousand dollars.

The grant will be used to fund the center's first year efforts to serve uninsured and newly insured residents in need of primary health care services. "We feel that it's going to be helpful for our patients who are under served and have no insurance," said Miriam Santana, Assistant Clinical Director at Holyoke Health Center.

In the first year of the project, Holyoke Health Center anticipates serving over 1,000 residents of greater Holyoke and Chicopee.