11/18 - Shackelford Gets Health Grant: "Accessible"
and "health care" are words not often put together in Shackelford
County.
....A $498,000 grant recently awarded to the Shackelford County Community
Resource Center promises to change that.
.....The Health Resources and Service Administration, a federal agency,
named the center as Texas' only funding recipient. Only 35 grants were awarded
nationwide.
.....The money comes just as health care in Shackelford County seems precariously
posed for a nosedive. The county's hospital district faces a tax rollback
election in January that could close the Shackelford County Hospital's doors
and send patients outside the county for health care needs.
.....The grant money will be allocated over a three-year period and will
be used to add a health outreach program to the center's current services.
