The Ak-Chin Indian Community is one of seven national recipients of the highly coveted federal program to develop a new tribal healthcare facility.

The tribe was named a recipient of the Indian Health Service Joint Venture Construction Program on Wednesday, according to a press release issued today. The program will enable Ak-Chin to replace its aging 2,000-square-foot clinic on Farrell Road and Santos Street with a new 14-acre site.

The program has helped facilitate the opening or expansion of 30 tribal health centers, hospitals and other healthcare facilities since 1991. The community will fund the construction of the new facility and is leased to IHS, which will provide federal dollars to staff the facility.

Only one other Arizona tribe has been selected for the program. In 2001, t

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