Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that the Ben Archer Health Center has been awarded $375,000 over three years to implement health care initiatives in the border region. The funding, which comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Rural Health, will be used to promote prenatal care, prevent teen pregnancy, prevent sexually-transmitted diseases and immunizations. 

“Border communities have their own set of health care challenges.  This funding will help Ben Archer and its partners improve health care delivery and access to those who need it most,” Bingaman said.

The Ben Archer Health Center has eight community health centers that provide primary health and dental care to local residents and Spanish-speaking migrant workers.  The eight centers are distributed throughout Southern New Mexico with two sites located in Deming and Columbus in Luna County. 

Bingaman is a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which oversees HHS and has long supported binational health care projects along the US-Mexico border.