Officials at the Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region plan to offer new urgent care services at their Rutland location, possibly by the fall, with the help of a $752,500 grant from the federal Affordable Care Act’s Community Health Center Fund.

Six grants from the fund, totaling almost $5.5 million, were awarded to Vermont health care centers, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Two other local federally-qualified health centers, the Battenkill Valley Health Center and the Springfield Medical Care System, each received $1 million.

In a statement, Sanders, who serves as the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health, said he was proud that the number of patients getting health care at federally-qualified health centers in Vermont and around the country is continuing to increase.\

“I am pleased to see Vermont receive these much-needed awards, which will allow our community health centers to serve even more Vermonters who today lack adequate access to affordable health care,” he said.

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