Service Area Competition - Additional Area (SAC-AA) п Alabama, California, Federal States of Micronesia, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, and Palau

Post Date

September 12th 2013

Application Due Date

October 11th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-14-105

CFDA Number(s)

93.224

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

9

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Applicants must meet all of the eligibility requirements listed on pages 4 and 5 of the FOA.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administers the Health Center Program as authorized by section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254b). ФHealth centers improve the health of the Nationуs underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services.Ф Health Center Program grants support a variety of community-based and patient-directed public and private nonprofit organizations that serve an increasing number of the Nationуs underserved. Individually, each health center plays an important role in the goal of ensuring access to services, and combined, they have had a critical impact on the health care status of medically underserved and vulnerable populations throughout the United States and its territories. ФTargeting the Nationуs neediest populations and geographic areas, the Health Center Program currently funds approximately 1,200 health centers that operate nearly 9,000 service delivery sites in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin.Ф In 2012, more than 21 million patients, including medically underserved and uninsured patients, received comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services through the Health Center Program.Ф This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications for the Health Center Programуs Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA).Ф The FOA details the SAC-AA eligibility requirements, review criteria, and awarding factors for organizations seeking a grant for operational support of an announced service area under the Health Center Program, including Community Health Center (CHC п section 330(e)), Migrant Health Center (MHC п section 330(g)), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH п section 330(h)), and/or Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC п section 330(i)).Ф For the purposes of this document, the term рhealth centerс refers to the diverse types of health centers (i.e., CHC, MHC, HCH, and /or PHPC) supported under section 330 of the PHS Act, as amended.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772 or email CallCenter@HRSA.GOV

• Agency Email Address:

  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV

• More Information:

  https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=b846e339-657b-47dc-91e9-d2f7b82aa767