The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for 2024 Service Area Competition (SAC) under the Health Center Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $261,641,270
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Health Center Program supports domestic public or private, nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program.
Funding Information
HRSA estimates approximately $261,641,270 to be available annually to fund 81 recipients.
Grant Period
The period of performance is March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2027 (up to 3 years).
Funding Requirements
In addition to the general Health Center Program requirements for funding under each population type are outlined below:
- Community Health Center (CHC) Applicants:
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to underserved populations in the service area
- Migrant Health Center (MHC) Applicants:
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families in the service area, which includes:
- Migratory agricultural workers who are individuals whose principal employment is in agriculture, who have been so employed within the last 24 months, and who establish for the purposes of such employment a temporary abode;
- Seasonal agricultural workers who are individuals whose principal employment is in agriculture on a seasonal basis and who do not meet the definition of a migratory agricultural worker;
- Individuals who are no longer employed in migratory or seasonal agriculture because of age or disability who are within such catchment area; and/or
- Family members of the individuals described above
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families in the service area, which includes:
- Healthcare for the Homeless (HCH) Applicants:
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to individuals:
- Who lack housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family);
- Whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations;
- Who reside in transitional housing;
- Who reside in permanent supportive housing or other housing programs that are targeted to homeless populations; and/or
- Who are children and youth at risk of homelessness, homeless veterans, and veterans at risk of homelessness
- Provide substance use disorder services
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to individuals:
- Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Applicants:
- Provide a plan that ensures the availability and accessibility of required primary health care services to residents of public housing and individuals living in areas immediately accessible to public housing. Public housing includes public housing agency-developed, owned, or assisted low-income housing, including mixed finance projects, but excludes housing units with no public housing agency support other than Section 8 housing vouchers
- Consult with residents of the proposed public housing sites regarding the planning and administration of the program.
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
