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Health Center Program New Access Point Grant Application Technical Assistance

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Purpose of the New Access Point Funding

The purpose of the Health Center Program New Access Point (NAP) funding opportunity is to improve the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by increasing access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services. The Health Center Program New Access Point funding opportunity is an important element of HRSA’s commitment to improving and expanding access to needed health care services. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, HRSA anticipates awarding approximately $19 million to support an estimated 25 New Access Points grant awards in Fiscal Year 2013, supported by the Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148). The maximum annual amount of Health Center Program funding that can be requested in a NAP application is $650,000. 

Eligible Applicants

Organizations eligible to compete for NAP funds include public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based, and community-based organizations. Applications may be submitted from new organizations or from existing grantees to expand their network of service delivery sites to serve new underserved populations.

Under the Fiscal Year 2013 Health Center Program New Access Point funding opportunity, applicants must propose to establish a new access point that:

1. Provides comprehensive primary medical care as its primary purpose;
2. Provides services, either directly onsite or through established arrangements, without regard to ability to pay;
3. Ensures access to services for all individuals in the service area/population; and
4. Provides services at one or more permanent service delivery sites.

Technical Assistance

• Sample Budget Justification
• Data Resource Guide (updated 02/04/2013)
• Need for Assistance (NFA) Worksheet and Sample Extrapolation Worksheets
  • Sample Worksheet for NFA
  • Sample Worksheet for ACS Geographic Uninsurance Extrapolation (updated 03/19/2013)
• HRSA Electronic Handbooks NAP User Guide for Grant Applicants
• Attachment 1: Service Area Map
  • Instructions for Service Area Map and Table
  • Service Area Map Sample
• Attachment 2: Implementation Plan
• Healthy People 2020
• HRSA Scoring Rubric

Program Specific Forms

• Form 1A: General Information Worksheet
• Form 1B: BPHC Funding Request Summary
• Form 1C: Documents on File
• Form 2: Staffing Profile
• Form 3: Income Analysis
• Form 4: Community Characteristics
• Form 5A: Services Provided
• Form 5B: Service Sites
• Form 5C: Other Activities/Locations
• Form 6A: Current Board Member Characteristics
• Form 6B: Request for Waiver of Governance Requirements
• Form 8: Health Center Agreements
• Form 9: Need for Assistance Worksheet
• Form 10: Annual Emergency Preparedness Report
• Form 12: Organization Contacts
• Summary Page

Performance Measures

• Clinical Performance Measures 
• Financial Performance Measures
• Sample Performance Measures

For more information on performance measures, see Health Center Program's Clinical and Financial Performance Measures and Health Center Data Reporting & Technical Assistance for helpful presentations on Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting and the 2012 UDS manual.

Program Specific Information for One-Time Funding

• Equipment List
• Alteration/Renovation Project Cover Page
• Other Requirements for Sites
• Environmental Information and Documentation (EID)
• Landlord Letter of Consent Sample
• One-Time Sample Budget Justification

How to Apply

NAP applications must be submitted via Grants.gov and the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB).

• Phase 1 - Grants.gov : must be completed and successfully submitted via Grants.gov by 11:59 PM ET on February 27, 2013.
• Phase 2 - HRSA EHB: must be completed and successfully submitted by 8:00 PM ET on April 3, 2013.
  Applicants can only begin Phase 2 in HRSA’s EHBs after Phase 1 in Grants.gov has been completed by the assigned due date and HRSA has assigned the application a tracking number.

Contact

Direct NAP application questions to:

Joanne Galindo, Public Health Analyst
Office of Policy and Program Development
Bureau of Primary Health Care
301-594-4300
BPHCNAP@hrsa.gov

Last updated 03/20/2013