Project: El Puente
Grantee: Montgomery County Kentucky Health Department
Contact: Jan Chamness, Public Health Director
Address: 117 Civic Center
Mt. Sterling, KY 40353  
Phone: 859-498-3808
Email: Janm.Chamness@ky.gov
 
Project Purpose:
The purpose of the project is to improve access to primary and dental care among low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents, with an emphasis on providing outreach services for the unmet needs of an expanding Latino population.

Project Service Area:
The service area is a contiguous six-county region of more than 1,400 square miles on the western edge of Appalachian Kentucky. All six of these rural counties are designated Medically Underserved Populations/Medically Underserved Areas and all but one are federally designated Appalachian counties.