King County will be one of seven state organizations to receive more than $4.7 million in Affordable Care Act funding to open new health centers, according to an announcement from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

The county will receive more than $358,000 toward the purpose of creating access points to primary health care in underserved communities.

King County Public Health will use that money to expand services at the Dutch Shisler Sobering Support Center in Seattle, a facility that offers a location for people to sleep off the effects of alcohol and drugs.

With the new federal money, which will reoccur at a rate of $650,000 annually starting in 2016, the center will be able to expand services for management of mental health and chronic disease among homeless and low income populations, as well as build a partnership network with other health organizations like Neighborcare and Evergreen Treatment Services.

“We’ll be able to help people recover from diseases, whether that’s addiction or diabetes or any number of those things,” said John Gilvar, the interim manager of the Health Care for the Homeless Network.

“I’ve been working in this field a long time and there’s a kind of catch-22 in our system … where homeless individuals, individuals with mental health or addiction issues, they’re the least able to do the self advocacy to jump through the hoops we have in place,” he said. “The strategy for the grant is to bring those services to one place.”

Other organizations across the state that will receive funding include the Community Health Association of Spokane, Community Health of Central Washington, Mattawa Community Medical Clinic, New Health Programs Association in Chewelah, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services and Sea-Mar Community Health Center. Sea-Mar, in Seattle, will receive more than $1 million.

Washington state’s new funding will be part of a nationwide $169 million disbursement announced Tuesday. The funds will be distributed by the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of HHS.

Health and Human Services estimated the funds would benefit 23,000 new patients in Washington state and more than 1.2 million patients across the country.

“Health centers now provide primary care to one in fourteen people living in the United States,” said Jim Macrae, the acting administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration. “These awards mean that more communities than ever can count on a health center to help meet the increasing demand for primary care.”

The press office for Sen. Patty Murray, a ranking member of the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, reported Tuesday that the senator “applauded” the announcement.

“Washington state’s community health centers are helping patients get health care where and when they need it,” Murray said. “I am pleased that this new investment will ensure that even more families in our state will have access to the health care they need.”

The health center funds awarded in August add to $101 million awarded nationwide in May.

This story has been updated to include information from King County Public Health.