UGL receives money for the distribution of the COVID vaccine in the Western U.P.

UPPER PENINSULA , Mich. – Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) has received funds to expand COVID-19 vaccine distribution, as well as testing.  UGL received $3,840,000 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatment in communities hard hit by the virus and to increase operational capacity.  The funding, derived from the American Rescue Plan Act approved by Congress and signed into law by President Biden on March 18, recognizes the shared priorities between the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the Biden Administration to bring greater health equity to at-risk communities and populations that health centers serve on the health care frontlines every day.  Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center operates nine sites located throughout the Central and Western Upper Peninsula including one in Ontonagon county.