Gov. Linda Lingle has released a $600,000 grant-in-aid to the Ko'olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center to construct a new clinic on Kahuku hospital grounds.

The clinic, now housed in a portable building, cares for the underserved in the area.

The new facility will provide offices for outreach, psychological practices, a dental facility, family planning and teen clinic, administration, meetings, computer networks, electronic medical records and billing.

The center is a nonprofit, community-based Federally Qualified Health Center that serves the Ko'olauloa and North Shore communities.