Grant Opportunities

Health Centers Service Area Competition: New and Competing Continuation Funding ApplicationTechnical Assistance

• Application deadlines and links to download application materials
• Available Service Areas for HRSA-09-095, HRSA-09-096, HRSA-09-097, and HRSA-09-098
  

Technical Assistance Conference Calls

Materials from the Performance Measures Calls (March 19th and 21st)

• For a recording of the March 19th call on Performance Measures for the FY 2009 Service Area Competition (SAC), phone 1-866-397-5659.
• For the March 21st call on Performance Measures, phone 1-888-397-5659. A passcode is not required to access these recordings.
• Slides for these calls
  

Materials from the Applicant Technical Assistance Call (March 5th)

• For replays through September 15, 2008 dial 1-800-294-3093 (toll-free).
  Slides from the Applicant Technical Assistance Conference Call:
  • Service Area Competition Fiscal Year 2009 Overview
  • Program Specific Forms and the GAAM
  • Clinical Measures

PLEASE NOTE: For specific information regarding service areas and/or available funding amounts for a particular service area(s) please contact the appropriate HRSA Division directly (the Divisions—including the states that are included in each Division--are listed in Appendix F of the SAC 09 guidance). The Eastern Division can be reached at 301-594-4488; the Western Division can be reached at 301-480-1130; and the Central Mid-Atlantic Division can be reached at 301-594-4420.

Eligible applicants must be

• Public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations
• Organizations proposing to serve the same service area and/or populations identified in Appendix F of the application guidance. This includes:
  • Grantees whose project period ends on or after October 31, 2008 and before October 1, 2009
  • New organizations that can serve the entire service area and/or population identified in Appendix F of the application guidance. New organizations include an organization representing a consortium of health centers who through their partnership can serve the entire service area and/or population.

Competing organizations must

• Provide services to the entire announced service area;
• Provide services to the entire population currently being served (applicants may not propose to serve only a segment of the existing population being served);
• Provide the same or comparable comprehensive primary health care services presently being provided to the population;
• Utilize Federal funding to service patients previously served by the existing grantee; and
• Request equal or lesser amounts of Federal funding as currently received by the existing grantee.