A federal grant of more than $286,000 was announced Thursday to expand oral health care services for patients at Salina Family Healthcare Center, 651 E.

A federal grant of more than $286,000 was announced Thursday to expand oral health care services for patients at Salina Family Healthcare Center, 651 E. Prescott.

The grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration was among more than $2.2 million in grants awarded to six health centers in Kansas for dental care, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The other five health centers in Kansas that received funding are in Pittsburg, Emporia, Lawrence, Hutchinson and Wichita.

Nationwide, the Department of Health gave $156 million in funding to 420 health centers in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to the release.

The funding will increase access and improve oral health outcomes for Health Center Program patients, according to the release.