Grants for Health Centers Providing Services to Homeless Persons
HHS HRSA 93.224 -- Health Center Program
Grants for Health Centers that provide healthcare services to homeless persons, and three other underserved groups, are currently available to non-profit healthcare providing centers currently providing services to four underserved populations, or wishing to rapidly gear up to become such a provider, based on the requirements found in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).
Applicants must have non-profit status and must prove this through documentation from both state and federal entities. Details on these requirements and on others are included in the program materials from the Health Services and Resources Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services (Service Area Competition | Official web site of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (hrsa.gov)).
Note the full name of this grant program and the four populations currently served by the funding: 93.224 -- Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care).
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 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” (See grant program materials for the information summarized and reported in this article Service Area Competition | Official web site of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (hrsa.gov)).
Note: This grant program works a little differently from other competitive grants. This program is specifically for longer-term health centers with established services for a specific population and location—or for new projects aiming to fill that particular and well-documented niche locally. This grant program is meant specifically for those longer-term “full-time sites” referred to in the materials.
Here is a summary of reminders regarding the longer-term nature of the health centers who may apply and how the Project Narrative should reflect your status as an applicant:
If you are a competing continuation applicant, ensure that the Project Narrative reflects your approved scope of project. You must request any needed changes in scope separately.
If you are a new applicant, ensure that the Project Narrative reflects your entire proposed project for the proposed service area.
If you are a competing supplement applicant, ensure that the Project Narrative reflects only the proposed project for the proposed service area.
In addition to the required new full-time site, additional new sites may also be proposed, and current sites in scope may also be included if they will provide services to the proposed new patients. You may reference current services, policies, procedures, and capacity (e.g., experience, resources) to the extent that they relate to the proposed service area.
Questions on these specific requirements should be directed to staff listed below with their email and phone information.
The department hopes to fund about 94 projects, with a total outlay of $230,000,000 available. No minimum or maximum award amount is listed in the materials.
Note that the application deadline is August 15, 2022.
Contact Itege Bailey, Beth Hartmayer, and Chrissy James at (301)594-4300 or email BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov Phone: (301) 594-4300.