$2.5M GRANT TO START STREET MEDICINE PROGRAM AT PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 10 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

HERSHEY, Pa. - Delivering healthcare services directly to people experiencing homelessness and training the next generation of physicians in street medicine is the goal of a new five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Human Resources and Services Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to Penn State College of Medicine. The new funding will support a new street medicine program that will serve unsheltered populations in both urban and rural areas in southcentral Pennsylvania.

"This grant honors the mission of Milton Hershey, who founded the Penn State College of Medicine, to care for our community mem...