WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than $75 million in federal economic stimulus money has been released to Ohio programs that provide care for children and give vaccinations.
The HHS Child Care and Development Fund will direct $68,140,840 to Ohio to provide child care for families with parents who are working, searching for employment or participating in skills training programs, according to a release by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The money will provide $5,633,128 for expansion of child care services, and $3,262,319 for infant and toddler care programs.
The HHS Immunization Grant program will direct $7,500,366 to Ohio to increase the number of vaccines available to children and adults who do not have access to health care services, Brown said.
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Dr. Alvin Jackson, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said the $75 million would provide vaccines to uninsured and low-income Ohioans who are not already covered by Medicaid, Vaccines for Children or other programs.
The money will enable the state health department to order vaccines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A CDC contractor will ship the vaccines to local health departments and to qualifying health centers, rural clinics and private providers, Jackson said.
The money for Ohio was part of the $2.3 billion in Recovery Act money for child care and vaccines announced Thursday.