First Care Clinic in Hays is one of 15 medical clinics across the state to receive a grant for improving preventative services.

The funding, $235,000 total, comes from the Kansas Health Foundation in Wichita. The clinics will receive between $10,000 and $20,000 each, determined by the number of patients each served in 2012.  

First Care Clinic will get the maximum, $20,000.

“Kansas ‘safety net clinics ‘ do a tremendous job of providing care under challenging conditions,” says Steve Coen, chief executive of the Kansas Health Foundation, a major fund-provider to the Kansas Health Institute.  “We’re pleased to help these clinics expand and strengthen their ability to provide client services designed to prevent illnesses before they occur.”