Service Area Competition

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Service Area Competition (SAC) under the Health Center Program. The purpose of this grant program is to improve the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services. • 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 SAC is a competition for Health Center Program operational support to provide comprehensive primary health care services to defined service areas and patient populations already being served by the Health Center Program. • Applicants must demonstrate how they will make primary health care services accessible in an announced service area, including the provision of services to the SAAT Patient Target and population type(s) for which funding is available. • The application must document an understanding of the need for primary health care services in the service area and propose a comprehensive plan that demonstrates compliance with the Health Center Program requirements. • The plan must ensure the availability and accessibility of primary health care services to all individuals in the service area and target population, regardless of ability to pay. • The plan must include collaborative and coordinated delivery systems for the provision of health care to the underserved.