"Communities throughout Maine will benefit from the federal funding distributed today," Senators Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement. "These grants will improve social services and allow critical research to continue."
The federal funding was allocated as follows: • $344,839 to Jackson Laboratory for arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases research.
• $158,455 to Fish River Rural Health for the expansion of a health center cluster.
• $150,000 to Health Access Network, Inc. for the expansion of a health center cluster.
• $150,000 to the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance for social and economic development.
• $134,545 to the Penobscot Indian Nation for a Penobscot language revitalization project.
• $65,000 to the Maine Department of Human Services for grants to assist older refugees.
• $19,000 to Jackson Laboratory for human genome research.
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