{"id":27067,"date":"2022-12-07T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=27067"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:30:20","slug":"christianacare-west-grove-campus-awarded-2-5m-grant-from-state-department-of-human-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=27067","title":{"rendered":"ChristianaCare West Grove campus awarded $2.5M grant from state Department of Human Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The West grove campus for ChristianaCare, formerly Jennersville Hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n

The ChristianaCare West Grove campus has received a $2.5 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services for facility renovation and the development of outpatient services. The grant consists of $1.5 million from the American Rescue Fund Plan Act (ARPA) and $1 million from the Commonwealth.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

ChristianaCare finalized the purchase of its West Grove campus (formerly Jennersville Hospital) from Tower Health in June 2022. The hospital has been closed since Dec. 31, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for these generous grants,\u201d said Bettina Tweardy Riveros, J.D.,<\/a> chief health equity officer and senior vice president of Government Affairs and Community Engagement at ChristianaCare. \u201cThese funds will help ensure that the West Grove facility can deliver affordable, effective and equitable systems of care to our neighbors in southern Chester County for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funding was secured through the collaborative efforts of Chester County\u2019s bipartisan state legislative delegation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecuring this funding was a team effort and it represents another important step forward in returning vital emergency, preventive and wellness services to Southern Chester County,\u201d said state Sen. Carolyn Comitta. \u201cBy bringing in a trusted partner like ChristianaCare and investing in the future of the West Grove campus, we\u2019re working to expand better health outcomes for all, as well as the potential for economic opportunity, increased employment and community investment that come with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen ChristianaCare announced this summer that it would purchase Jennersville Hospital, we knew that Chester County and its surrounding neighborhoods would instantly benefit from them stepping up and filling the void of patient care in our area,\u201d said state Sen. John Kane. \u201cGiven ChristianaCare\u2019s trusted reputation of quality care and reputable values, supporting them with this funding alongside Senator Comitta and my colleagues in the state House and state Senate was a decision that made too much sense not to go all in on. With this funding ChristianaCare can continue to take the steps to open the West Grove campus and further stabilize the public health situation for the folks in Chester County.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe closure of Jennersville Hospital has been a serious blow to southern Chester County, so I am extremely pleased to obtain funding, in addition to funding secured by both Sen. Comitta and Rep. Lawrence, to put toward the renovations needed to open this facility,\u201d said state Rep. Christina Sappey. \u201cWe have been aligned throughout this crisis and determined to find a solution. I am truly grateful for the partnership of my colleagues in the legislature and ChristianaCare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese funds are a real win for our community and represent the next level of support for ChristianaCare\u2019s efforts to reopen the old Jennersville Hospital,\u201d said state Rep. John Lawrence. \u201cThe ChristianaCare West Grove campus will lead the way in meeting the health care needs of southern Chester County for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe Jennersville Hospital closed its doors one year ago this month. Since then, vital services have been lacking across the board in our community, impacting everyone from seniors to college students at Lincoln University and all ages in between. So much work has been done since then to restore health care services to southern Chester County, but there\u2019s still more to do,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan. \u201cChristianaCare is working tirelessly to begin to serve patients at the West Grove campus, and these additional federal and state funds will expedite those efforts. Our collaboration with local officials, state officials and health care partners made this possible, and our entire community should find comfort knowing we are all working together to ensure their health and well-being needs are met.\u201d<\/p>\n

ChristianaCare is reimagining healthcare at the West Grove campus and is taking a phased approach to the opening of services. The first phase will be to reestablish emergency services. Planning for the new campus is ongoing, and ChristianaCare hopes to announce final plans within the next few months. ChristianaCare leaders have been actively meeting with community leaders and groups in the southern Chester County community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been meeting with small groups and with community leaders throughout the fall, and we\u2019ve been gathering feedback that\u2019s proving invaluable in our planning process,\u201d said Douglas Azar, MHA, ChristianaCare senior vice president, Strategic Clinical Integration. \u201cWe\u2019re making great progress in our planning, and we\u2019re looking forward to being able to share plans with the community as soon as they\u2019re ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

ChristianaCare\u2019s assessment and inventory of the facility indicates that the site requires considerable renovation in key areas, such as information technology and laboratory space. Due to these needs, ChristianaCare currently anticipates that it will take a year or more to build out and open the facility.<\/p>\n

ChristianaCare\u2019s West Grove campus also received a $2.5 million ARPA grant from the Chester County Government in October 2022.<\/p>\n

The West Grove campus represents a significant expansion of ChristianaCare\u2019s commitment to provide health services to communities in southern Chester County. Since 2020, ChristianaCare has added three primary care practices located in Jennersville, West Grove and Kennett Square. Combined, these three practices are now the \u201cmedical home\u201d for 22,000 residents in these communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ChristianaCare West Grove campus has received a $2.5 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services for facility renovation and the development of outpatient services. The grant consists of $1.5 million from the American Rescue Fund Plan Act (ARPA) and $1 million from the Commonwealth.\u00a0 ChristianaCare finalized the purchase of its West Grove […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10683,5724,10833],"class_list":["post-27067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christianacare","tag-state-grant","tag-west-grove-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27068,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions\/27068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}