Service Area Competition Funding for the Health Center Program (Areas Served with a Project Period Start Date of January 1, 2024)

For programmatic or technical assistance questions:
Itege Bailey and Chrissy James
301.594.4300
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Terry Hatchett
301.443.7525
THatchett@hrsa.gov

The Health Center Program provides grants to health centers that offer comprehensive primary healthcare services to an underserved area or population. This program targets the nation's neediest populations and geographic regions. Areas with a January 1, 2024 project period start date are eligible to apply.

Funding is available for Community Health Centers (CHC), Migrant Health Centers (MHC), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC). Applicants must serve an entire service area listed in HRSA's Service Area Announcement Table.

Applicants must be a public or nonprofit private entity, such as a tribal, faith-based, or community-based organization that proposes to offer comprehensive primary care services to an entire service area.

Applicants may apply for the amount of the total funding listed in the Service Area Announcement Table for the proposed service area in total cost per year.

Number of awards: 84
Project period: Up to 3 years
Estimated total funding: $398,836,250

Links to the full announcement and application instructions are available through grants.gov.

HRSA uses a two-tier submission process for SAC applications via grants.gov and HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB). The grants.gov application must be submitted by June 26, 2023, and the HRSA EHB application must be submitted by July 26, 2023.

Application resources, forms, and frequently asked questions are available on the Technical Assistance Website.