The Aurora Public Schools District is set to receive $475,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand and modernize its school-based health centers.
The money comes as part of $14 million distributed to school clinics across the country as part of the Affordable Care Act, health care legislation approved by Congress in 2010. APS currently operates school-based health clinics at Laredo and Crawford elementary schools. Last year, the facility at Crawford saw an estimated 1,300 visits, while the health center at Laredo, which opened earlier this year, drew about 500 patients.
