Bradford, Vt. — Two nonprofit Upper Valley health clinics will each receive $1 million in new federal support as part of a $260-million, nationwide effort to expand capacity in affordable health care facilities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

Springfield, Vt., Medical Care Systems Inc, a federally qualified health center that offers care at eight Vermont and New Hampshire sites, and Little Rivers Health Care Inc., a FQHC which operates clinics in clinics in Bradford, East Corinth and Wells River, were notified that their projects had been selected to receive federal support.

FQHCs serve depressed areas and populations, offer sliding fee scales and get enhanced reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, according to HHS.

Springfield will use its new funds to build a replacement clinic for its Charestown facility, which is at a downtown location that precludes expansion, said chief executive Tim Ford.

The system, which is affiliated with Springfield Hospital, has more than 250 employees and an annual budget of $20.6 million, according to its tax return for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2014.

HHS will back 290 community health centers nationwide by tapping the $11 billion Health Center Trust Fund, Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., said in a news release. About 150,000 Vermonters receive primary, dental and mental health care and discounted prescription drugs through such clinics, the release said.

Last year, when HHS doled out $150 million in expansion funding, was passed over in its application for backing for the new Charlestown site, which will have room for five examination rooms, Ford said. “We’re excited to hear” that the Charlestown project will receive support in the current round of funding, he said.

Little Rivers has 67 employees, a $4.3 million budget and serves about 9,000 patients.

The new federal support will be used “to renovate our Bradford clinic, and we’re delighted,” said Gail Auclair, the chief executive. “We’re going to be able to take care of more patients.”

The Bradford clinic,which was built as a farm house, requires a makeover to host the range of coordinated services it provides as a so-called medical home, Auclair said.

Last year, Springfield got $293,000 of expansion funding, Little Rivers got $251,000 and Gifford Health Care, a FQHC affiliated with Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, got $273,000, according to HHS.