Family Health Services Corporation

Amount Appropriated?

$1.6M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

Family Health Services is constructing a new Community Health Center in Shoshone, Idaho on land leased from Lincoln County to meet primary health care needs in an \nvery rural part of Idaho serving as a conduit to the popular Sun Valley area. Emergencies occur often, ranging from \nvehicle accidents to agriculturally-related injuries. The rural location limits quick response/transport in medical \nemergencies \u2013 with the nearest hospitals/ERs respectively 20 and 32 minutes away. Our request for $1,574,000 will fund the construction of a helipad and a 4-unit ambulance bay attached to the new clinic that will be operated by County EMS services. The project will create a robust health services network capable of expediting access to emergency care. The combined helipad and ambulance bay will yield more positive health outcomes and reduce health disparities often inherent in rural communities lacking comprehensive, high-quality emergency response infrastructure.\n\nThis request will benefit all who reside or work in and around Lincoln County, Idaho by providing efficient emergency response infrastructure to a growing rural community, and will also complement the investment Family Health Services is making in the community. Taxpayer funds will be used to highlight the efforts of a multi-level community collaboration dedicated to the promotion and provision of affordable health care to the medically underserved and to promote health equity to rural communities.