Closes in 10 daysOpportunity HRSA-27-005

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)

Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC) is an open federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). Applications are due October 19, 2026. Individual awards are listed as $650K – $10.1M, with about 63 awards expected and $268M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, federally recognized tribal governments and 4 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

Sep 18, 2026Posted
Oct 19, 2026Application deadlinenext date
Dec 29, 2026 (est.)Est. award date
Oct 2, 2027Archived

Posted: Sep 18, 2026
Close date: Oct 19, 2026
Archive date: Oct 2, 2027
Est. award date: Dec 29, 2026
Award floor: $650,000
Award ceiling: $10,116,100
Est. total funding: $267,773,700
Expected awards: 63
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Federally recognized tribal governments
Public & Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status

Can your organization apply?

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.

The FY 2027 Health Center Program Service Area Competition (SAC) funding improves the health of medically underserved communities and populations by providing grants to support the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care services in the United States and its territories. For each SAC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), service areas available for competition are announced in the Service Area Announcement Table (SAAT). Throughout the year, we may announce additional service areas in a Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA) if an awarded health center cannot continue to provide services in the funded service area.

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.

hrsa-27-005_full announcement.pdfFull Announcement · hrsa-27-005_full announcement.pdfPDF · 1.5 MB

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Open the application packageUse opportunity number HRSA-27-005 on Grants.gov (Grants.gov Workspace). Open ↗
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyHealth Resources and Services Administration · bphcfunding@hrsa.gov Open ↗
Submit before October 19, 2026Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. Submit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.224Health Center ProgramProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.224

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$5.4B

FY25

$5.41B

FY26

$5.34B est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.224. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Health Resources and Services Administration
bphcfunding@hrsa.gov
301-443-7432

Quick answers

When is the deadline for “Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)”?

According to the official notice, applications are due October 19, 2026. The notice adds: “Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.” Confirm the deadline and submission time on Grants.gov before applying.

Who is eligible to apply for “Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Federally recognized tribal governments, Public & Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $650k – $10.1m, total estimated program funding is $267,773,700 and the agency expects to make about 63 awards.

How do I apply for “Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-27-005), 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.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.224