Health centers receive cancer screening grants

Posted on October 26, 2012 by CNS

By CELESTE BOTT

Capital News Service

LANSING – Twenty-two community health centers are receiving federal grants to improve quality of care, especially for reproductive cancer screenings for women.

The Michigan centers are among 810 nationwide to receive grants funded by the Affordable Care Act.

Facilities receiving $55,000 grants include Cherry Street Services in Grand Rapids; the Ingham County Health Department in Lansing; Center for Family Health in Jackson; Upper Peninsula Association of Rural Health Services Inc. in Marquette; and Detroit Community Health Connection.
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State promotes spaying, neutering of pets

Posted on March 16, 2012 by CNS

By PATRICK LYONS

Capital News Service

LANSING — Grants to support spaying and neutering in Michigan shelters will help save animal lives, experts say.

Steve Hall, the director of the Jackson County Animal Shelter, received $9,173 from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to allow his shelter to pay for more work time from its veterinarian.

“That would allow us to spay or neuter an additional 312 animals, and that is 312 animals that would otherwise be euthanized,” Hall said. Continue reading →

New grants to support safe disposal of drugs

Posted on February 10, 2012 by CNS

By XINJUAN DENG

Capital News Service

LANSING – The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will distribute $250,000 in grants to help communities properly dispose of household drugs.

Chad Rogers, a DEQ environmental quality analyst, said, “This is the first time the fund has been specifically targeted at household drug collection.”

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