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FY 2014 Service Area Competition (SAC) Technical Assistance

About the Service Area Competition

Through the Service Area Competition (SAC), HRSA will award approximately $468 million in funding to an estimated 310 SAC applicants. A SAC application is a request for Federal financial assistance to support comprehensive primary health care services for a competitively announced underserved area or population. All available service areas (see below) are currently served by Health Center Program grantees whose project periods are ending in FY 2014.

Service Area Announcement Table

Searchable Service Area Announcement Table

Available service areas can be viewed as a searchable table (a customized list based on selected search criteria).

The Service Area Announcement Table provides the following information: project period start date, current grantee’s administrative site location, state, HRSA announcement number, application deadlines (Grants.gov and EHB), total funding, funding for each population type, service area zip codes, number of patients, and a link to the patient origin map (if available). The service area zip codes provided in the table represent the geographic service area as identified by the current grantee. The map provides additional information regarding patient origin of the currently funded service area (i.e., the percentage of the current grantee’s patients that come from each zip code tabulation area based on 2012 UDS data).

For the Searchable Service Area Announcement Table, use the drop-down lists to select a state, city, and/or project period start date for a customized list of available service areas. Only the states and cities with available service areas in FY 2014 are included in the drop-down lists. 

Eligible Applicants

Applicants must be public or nonprofit private entities, such as tribal, faith-based, or community-based organizations, that propose to serve a service area and its associated population(s) and patients identified in the Service Area Announcement Table see above section. To be eligible an applicant must:

• Propose to serve a service area and its associated population(s) and patients identified in the Service Area Announcement Table (see section above).
• Propose on Form 1A to serve at least an equivalent number of patients by the end of the project period as listed in the SAAT.
• Propose on Form 5B the service area zip codes from which at least 75 percent of the current patients come. Applicants may utilize the Patient Origin Map in the SAAT as a resource in determining the zip codes from which the majority of patients originate.
• Propose to serve all currently-targeted populations (i.e., CHC, MHC, HCH, PHPC) identified through the funding distribution in the SAAT.
• Request annual Federal section 330 funding that DOES NOT exceed the established cap of section 330 funding (listed as Total Funding on the SAAT). Applicant maintains the current funding distribution between target populations as listed on the SAAT (i.e., CHC, MHC, HCH, and/or PHPC).

For more information on eligibility, see Section III Eligibility Information of the SAC FOA.

Technical Assistance Resources

• HRSA Electronic Handbooks SAC User Guide for Applicants
• Attachment 1: Service Area Map and Table
  • Instructions for Service Area Map and Table
  • Service Area Map Sample
• Data Resource Guide
• Need for Assistance (NFA) Worksheet and Sample Extrapolation Worksheets
  • Sample Worksheet for NFA
  • Sample Worksheet for American Community Survey Geographic Uninsurance Extrapolation
• Healthy People 2020
• HRSA Scoring Rubric
• How to Read your Notice of Award Handout: A Guide for Current Grantees
• Program Requirements Resources
• Sample Forms and Templates
  • Sample Implementation Plan (Attachment 14)
  • Sample Budget Justification
  • Sample SF-424A
  • Sample Clinical Measure
  • Sample Financial Measure

Program Specific Forms

• Form 1A: General Information Worksheet
• Form 1C: Document 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
• Federal Object Class Categories

Performance Measures

• Clinical Performance Measures Form Field Guide
• Complete List of Clinical Performance Measures
• Complete List of Financial Performance Measures

For more information on performance measures, see the following resources:

• Health Center Data to locate helpful presentations on Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting and the 2012 UDS Manual
• Clinical and Performance Measures to view the list of performance measures

How to Apply

SAC applications must be submited via Grants.gov and the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB). See the Application Deadlines table above for more information about deadlines.

Contacts

Program Information
Katherine McDowell
HRSA, Bureau of Primary Health Care
Office of Policy and Program Development
301-594-4300 | BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov

Budget Information
Donna Marx
HRSA, Division of Grants Management Operations
Office of Federal Assistance Management
301-594-4245 | dmarx@hrsa.gov

EHB Application Assistance
BPHC Helpline
877-974-2742 | BPHCHelpline@hrsa.gov

General Feedback
BPHCFOAFeedback@hrsa.gov