Stimulus money hard to come by for public health projects

As more federal stimulus money is announced, a picture of what kind of support Chicago and Cook County public health agencies will receive is slowly developing.

It’s a murky picture, at best.

With Friday’s announcement that 16 federally qualified local health centers will take in nearly $8 million, it’s clear that low-income Chicagoans will benefit from some of the federal dollars.

But what is not clear is whether the city’s Department of Public Health will reap any reward from Washington.

Read the full story at the Daily News.