North Carolina Community Health Grant Program

Sharema Williams
sharema.williams@dhhs.nc.gov

The North Carolina Community Health Grant Program provides funding for nonprofit primary care safety net organizations to increase access to primary medical and preventive care.

Primary care safety-net organizations are eligible to apply for funding to pay for patient care through:

• Track A: Payment per face-to-face patient encounter (including telehealth) for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured residents who do not have healthcare coverage or access to primary healthcare services
• Track B: A reimbursement model for eligible expenses that may include payment for clinical staff, medical/office supplies and equipment, telehealth services, and capital

Nonprofit primary care safety net organizations that provide direct patient care and serve as a medical home are eligible to apply. This includes:

• AHEC clinics
• Federally Qualified Health Centers and look-alikes (FQHCs)
• Free and charitable clinics
• Health departments
• Nonprofit hospital-owned primary care clinics
• Rural Health Centers
• School-based and school-linked health centers
• AHEC clinics
• Other nonprofit community organizations that serve low-income, uninsured, and medically vulnerable persons

Up to $150,000

For this funding cycle, approximately 33 applicants will receive a 3 year award.

Links to additional guidance and the application instructions are available on the program website.

Applicant webinar
November 6, 2025
11:00 a.m. Eastern

Applicant webinar
November 17, 2025
11:00 a.m. Eastern