{"id":5103,"date":"2012-10-04T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2012-10-04T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T19:09:19","slug":"la-comunidad-gets-federal-recognition-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5103","title":{"rendered":"La Comunidad gets federal recognition, money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Organization to receive award of $582,472 to expand services<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LaCommunidadHispana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5113\" title=\"LaCommunidadHispana\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LaCommunidadHispana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LaCommunidadHispana.jpg 256w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LaCommunidadHispana-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 For the first time in its history, La Comunidad Hispana has received an award of $582,472 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue and enhance health-care services to those in need as well as designation as a federally qualified health center, the organization said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award will allow La Comunidad to expand services and meet our goals of providing health care for immigrants and low-income residents in Chester County,\u201d said Alice Moorhead, who chairs the board. \u201cWe have proved over the years that we give quality service. Our staff is commended for all of its great work in securing this award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margarita Queralt Mirkil, the agency\u2019s executive director, said \u00a0the designation as a federally qualified center will allow LCH \u2013 expected to double patient volume by 2012 &#8211; to \u00a0expand services to a greater number of low-income and vulnerable populations in southern Chester County.\u00a0\u201cFurthermore, the designation also serves as the catalyst for increased operational efficiencies that will enhance all aspects of our care and services in southern Chester County,\u201d Mirkil said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->La Comunidad Hispana, located in the 700 block of West Cypress Street in Kennett Square, was established in 1973 as a community-based nonprofit organization to empower immigrants and low-income residents in Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families and lead productive, fulfilling lives. LCH is a \u00a0bilingual, bicultural agency that reflects the community it serves. For more information, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacomunidadhispania.org\/\">www.lacomunidadhispana.org<\/a> or call 610-444-7550.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organization to receive award of $582,472 to expand services KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 For the first time in its history, La Comunidad Hispana has received an award of $582,472 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue and enhance health-care services to those in need as well as designation as a federally qualified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[1216,1168,1170],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","tag-alice-moorhead","tag-la-comunidad-hispana","tag-margarita-queralt-mirkil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}