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Service Area Competition Funding for Health Center Program (Areas Served Through Grants with a Project Period Start Date of June 1, 2010)
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.224 |
Program
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https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDeta
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| Sponsor |
Bureau of Primary Health Care |
| Deadlines |
November 17, 2009 |
| Purpose |
The Service Area Competition funding opportunity is a request for financial assistance to provide comprehensive primary health care services to an underserved area or population.
Funding is for organizations seeking a grant for operational support for fiscal year (FY) 2010 under the Health Center Program authorized by section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. This includes the following types of health centers: Community Health Center (CHC) (section 330(e)), Migrant Health Center (MHC) (section 330(g)), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) (section 330(h)), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) (section 330(i)).
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| Eligibility |
Applicants are limited to public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations proposing to serve the same service area(s) and/or population(s) currently served by existing grantees identified in the application materials. Eligible applicants include grantees whose project period ends on or after October 31, 2007 and before October 1, 2008 and new organizations proposing to serve the entire service area(s) and/or population(s) identified in the application materials. New organizations may include an organization representing a consortium of health centers who through their partnership can serve the entire service area and/or population. Additional eligibility requirements will be included in the application materials.
* Public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based and community based organizations; and
* Organizations proposing to serve the same service area and/or populations identified in Appendix F. This includes:
* Grantees whose project period ends on or after October 31, 2009 and before October 1, 2010.
* New organizations that can serve the entire service area and/or population identified in Appendix F. 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:
a. Provide services to the entire announced service area;
b. Provide services to the entire population currently being served (applicants may not propose to serve only a segment of the existing population being served);
c. Provide the same or comparable comprehensive primary health care services presently being provided to the population;
d. Utilize Federal funding to serve patients currently served by the existing grantee, and;
e. Request equal or lesser amount of Federal funding as currently received by the existing grantee, including funding for special populations (migrant, homeless and public housing programs). |
Geographic
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Nationwide |
Amount of
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Estimated Amount of this Competition: Varies
Estimated Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Average size of Awards: Varies |
Application
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Electronic Hand Books (EHB) Deadline, December 1, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. ET
For FY 2010, the following differences should be noted:
THE APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS HAS CHANGED. Submission of the FY 2010 Competing Continuation application now involves a two-step submission process via Grants.gov and the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) system. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be unable to access the HRSA EHBs until after the Grants.gov submission has been confirmed, validated, and an application tracking number has been assigned. PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW DETAILS ON THE NEW PROCESS IN “APPLICATION SUBMISSION” section of the application guidelines.
New application due dates have been established. Application deadlines for both Grants.gov and HRSA’s EHBs are based on the organization’s project period start date.
The application is available through Grants.gov at: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47273.
HRSA Will Be Offering A Pre-application Conference Call for SAC FY2010
Service Area Competition—New and Competing Continuation Funding (HRSA-10-011, HRSA-10-012, HRSA-10-013, HRSA-10-014, HRSA-10-015, HRSA-10-016, and HRSA-10-017)
General Technical Assistance Call:
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. ET
- 1-888-947-9963 (toll-free)
- Passcode: 9857355
- For replays through January 7, 2010 dial 1-866-469-7805 (the passcode is 25478)
For more information go to: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/technicalassistance/sac.htm.
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For more information contact:
Nicole Amado
Public Health Analyst
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Office of Policy and Program Development
Telephone: 301-594-4300
Fax: 301-480-7225
Email: nicole.amado@hrsa.hhs.gov
Technical Assistance Resources: www.hrsa.gov/grants/technicalassistance/sac.htm Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. |
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