Earlier this month, KTNA reported that the Sunshine Community Health Center received nearly $200,000 in additional funds from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The funds were part of a nationwide grant process to allow clinics throughout the country to provide additional care after the implantation of the Affordable Care Act.
Sunshine had applied for the extra money, and has a plan on how to spend it, according to Medical Director Shelis Jorgensen. Jorgensen says that the funds will allow the expansion of three services at SCHC facilities. First, both the Talkeetna and Willow clinics will be open to see patients on Saturdays year-round. Currently, the only Saturday service is at the Talkeetna clinic in the summer. Additionally, dental hygiene services are planned to expand to the Willow clinic. Finally, Sunshine will resume optometry services through an outside provider.
These service expansions are in addition to the recent opening of physical therapy treatment at the Talkeetna location, provided by Health Quest Therapy.
