Service Area Competition

Post Date

September 16th 2014

Application Due Date

November 5th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-15-013

CFDA Number(s)

93.224

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=8b2f1316-264f-423d-b951-d5ed09a53ffb

Number of Awards

30

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

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $98312890

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

Health centers improve the health of the Nationкs underserved communities and vulnerable populations by ensuring 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 Nationкs 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.Ф The Health Center Program targets the Nationкs neediest populations and geographic areas by currently funding approximately 1,300 health centers that operate over 9,000 service delivery sites in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin.Ф In 2013, 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 Programкs Service Area Competition (SAC).Ф The FOA details the SAC 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 к section 330(e)), Migrant Health Center (MHC к section 330(g)), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH к section 330(h)), and/or Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC к section 330(i)).Ф For the purposes of this document, the term кhealth centerк 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:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
  BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact Beth Hartmayer at (301)594-4300 or email BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov