STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RECOGNIZED BY STATE
OFFICIALS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL PROJECT
The Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
honored Stephens Memorial Hospital on October 25, 2006 at the West
Central Texas Council of Governments meeting in Abilene for having
secured a $50,000.00 grant from the Capital Improvement Loan Fund
and $9,280.00 grant from the Small Hospital Improvement Program
for a Telemetry System and computers for the new Emergency Room/CAT
Scan Room project.
ORCA honored Stephens Memorial Hospital as one
of 47 grant recipients from the South Plains area recognized at the
event. The recipients received more than $5 million in grants
awarded by ORCA between September 1, 2005 and August 31, 2006. The
funds supported a variety of local undertakings, including local
infrastructure development, (planning, capacity building, water,
wastewater) projects, disaster relief, healthcare accessibility
enhancements, medical facility improvements and healthcare
professional recruitment endeavors, to name a few.
“We commend the efforts of every recipient for
their dedication to supporting their rural Texas community,” said
ORCA Executive Director, Charles (Charlie) S. Stone. “ORCA was
created to assist rural Texans with building their own communities,
and I applaud everyone who applied for funding to address the needs
of their community.”
ORCA’s door is always open for comments and
suggestions regarding the agency, and any rural issues of concern.
Contact ORCA at P.O. Box 12877, Austin, Texas 78711 Phone:
512-936-6701 Toll free: 800-544-2042 Email:
orca@orca.state.tx.us Fax: 512-936-6776 On the web:
www.orca.state.tx.us
As the state agency dedicated solely to
rural Texas, ORCA makes the broad resources of state government more
accessible to rural communities. ORCA was created by the 77th
Legislature to facilitate and focus the State’s health, economic
development, and community development programs targeting rural
communities in Texas. The agency ensures a continuing focus on
rural issues, monitors governmental actions affecting rural Texas,
researches problems and recommends solutions, and is a coordinator
and provider of rural-focused state and federal resources.
