Grant Opportunities

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

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Application deadlines and links to download application materials
• Available Service Areas for HRSA-10-001
• List of Performance Measures for SAC 2010 (HRSA-10-011 through HRSA-10-017)
• Available Service Areas for SAC FY2010 (HRSA-10-011 through HRSA-10-017)
  • Eastern Division
  • Central/Mid Atlantic Division
  • Western Division

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.

• Eastern Division can be reached at 301-594-4488;
• Western Division can be reached at 301-480-1130;
• Central Mid-Atlantic Division can be reached at 301-594-4420

Technical Assistance Conference Calls

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:

• For replays through January 7, 2010 dial 1-866-469-7805 (the passcode is 25478)
• Presentation (PPT - 762 KB)
• 5161-1 Sample Budget Information, SAC and ARRA (DOC - 104 KB)

HRSA Will Be Offering A Pre-application Conference Call for the SAC-AA (HRSA-10-001—for the Man, WV service area only)

Service Area Competition—Additional Areas General Technical Assistance Call

• Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. ET
• 1-888-664-9964 (toll-free)
• Passcode: SAC
• For replays through August 1, 2009 dial 1-800-685-0305 (the passcode is 7365)

Eligible applicants for SAC FY2010 must be:

1. Public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations; and
2. Organizations proposing to serve the same service area and/or populations identified in Appendix E.  This includes:
   • Grantees whose project period ends on or after October 31, 2009 and before October 1, 2010. (Please note:  This particular eligibility factor does NOT apply to announcement number HRSA-10-001 (the new SAC-AA)).
   • New organizations that can serve the entire service area and/or population identified in Appendix E.  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.