Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders distributes over $54 million in rural health care grants at Governor’s Mansion event

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the state was distributing grants to improve rural health care.

The event was held at the governor’s mansion.

The grant money came from a federal program that has previously distributed $149.3 million in the state. The Thursday grants added $27.4 million to that figure, distributed to 54 projects.

Nearly $150 million in First Rural Health Transformation Program grants distributed at Arkansas Capitol event

The governor thanked President Donald Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz for their work in developing the program…

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