Service Area Competition
Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services
At a glance
Service Area Competition is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was July 5, 2022. Total estimated funding is $418M across about 82 awards. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts and 7 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.224 (Health Center Program).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- May 5, 2022Posted
- Jul 5, 2022Application deadline
- Posted
- May 5, 2022
- Close date
- Jul 5, 2022
- Award floor
- Not specified
- Award ceiling
- Not specified
- Est. total funding
- $418,200,000
- Implied average award
- $5,100,000 calculated
- Expected awards
- 82
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 93.224, not this notice): Varies. See applicable Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Implied average = estimated total funding ÷ expected number of awards, calculated by GrantsJunction. Actual awards vary.
Who can apply
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public colleges & universities
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Public & Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Private colleges & universities
- Others (see notice)
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
1) You must be a domestic public or private, nonprofit entity, as demonstrated through the submission of the Evidence of Non-profit/Public Center Status (Attachment 11), outlined in Section IV.2.vi.10 Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.11 2) You must propose in the RESPONSE section of the Project Narrative to operate a health center that makes all required primary health care services (see footnote 6) available and accessible in the service area, either directly or through established arrangements, without regard for ability to pay. You may not propose to provide ONLY a single service or any subset of the required primary health care services. 3) You must propose on Form 5A: Services Provided to make General Primary Medical Care available directly (Column I) and/or through formal written contractual agreements in which the health center pays for the service (Column II). 4) You must provide continuity of services, ensuring availability and accessibility of services to residents of the service area, by proposing to serve an announced service area, as well as: a) Patients: The total number of unduplicated patients that you project to serve in calendar year 2024 (January 1 – December 31, 2024) as entered on Form 1A: General Information Worksheet must be at least 75 percent of the SAAT Patient Target. b) Services: You must project patients on Form 1A: General Information Worksheet for each Service Type (e.g., Medical, Mental Health, Enabling) listed for the service area in the SAAT. c) Service Area: If you are a new or competing supplement applicant, you must enter Service Area Zip Codes on Form 5B: Service Sites for service delivery sites (administrative-only sites will not be considered) that:12 • Include a combination of SAAT Service Area Zip Codes where zip code patient percentages total at least 75 percent of the current patients served; or • Include all SAAT Service Area Zip Codes for the proposed service area, if the sum of all zip code patient percentages is less than 75 percent of the current patients served. d) Populations: You must propose to serve all population types listed in the SAAT (i.e., CHC, MHC, HCH, and/or PHPC) and maintain the funding distribution from the SAAT in the federal funding request on the SF-424A. You may not add new population types (those noted in the SAAT with $0 in funding). 5) If you are a new or competing supplement applicant, you must propose a
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Center Program’s Service Area Competition (SAC). The Health Center Program supports domestic public or private, nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program.
Full announcement & documents
The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 93.224
Historical data · not a predictionWho was funded under ALN 93.224
Historical data · not a predictionSince October 1, 2023, 4,467 grant awards had funding actions under Health Center Program, with 195 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.
- CLINICA SIERRA VISTA$68.3M
- SUN RIVER HEALTH, INC.$65.8M
- YAKIMA VALLEY FARM WORKERS CLINIC$61.4M
- FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO INC$55.2M
- ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION$52M
Agency contact (as published)
Health Resources and Services Administration
BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov
301-443-7432
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “Service Area Competition”?
The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, Public & Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Private colleges & universities and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through “Service Area Competition”?
Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $418,200,000 and the agency expects to make about 82 awards.
How do I apply for “Service Area Competition”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-23-018), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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