What's New
Service Area Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity Released for May 1 Starts
HRSA released the FY 2024 Service Area Competition (SAC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for service areas with a May 1, 2024, period of performance start date (HRSA-24-070). Find details for each of the announced service areas on the Service Area Announcement Table.
Applications are due in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, October 16, and in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) by 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 15. TA materials are available on the SAC TA webpage.
FY 2024 Budget Period Progress Report Noncompeting Continuations
- HRSA released the FY 2024 Budget Period Progress Report (BPR) Non-Competing Continuation (5-H80-24-003) for Health Center Program award recipients with a March 1 budget period start date. These award recipients have a BPR submission available for completion in EHBs with a deadline of 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, October 6.
- Deadline reminder: BPR submissions for Health Center Program award recipients with a February 1 budget period start date are due in EHBs by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, September 8.
TA materials are available on the BPR TA webpage.
NEXT MONDAY! Come See Us at CHI!
If you’re going to the National Association of Community Health Centers’ annual Community Health Institute (CHI) & Expo conference, we hope you’ll stop by to see us!
No registration is needed for these in-person sessions on Monday, August 28 (all times are PT because CHI is in California):
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Office of Health Center Investment Oversight (OHCIO) Office Hours
Drop in with questions or feedback about supplemental grant awards (e.g., funding related to HIV, COVID-19, hypertension, or infrastructure).
Director Ernia Hughes, Division Directors Kirsten Argueta and Von Bailey, and staff will be available.
9:30-10:30 a.m. PT or 2:00-3:00 p.m. PT
Torrey Hills B Conference Room
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Health Center Program 2035 Listening Session
See details in last week’s Digest.
4:45-5:45 p.m. PT (time updated)
Solana Beach AB Room
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Policy Tip: Clinical Staffing
During an operational site visit, the team will interview staff to determine how education and training are verified for Licensed Independent Practitioners. If the health center relies on the state licensing agency and does not conduct its own primary source verification, and the health center is in a state where this verification is allowable, the health center would describe how the state licensing agency conducts primary source verification of education and training.
Learn more in the Health Center Program Compliance FAQs.
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Curated Resources on Child and Adolescent Health
We have curated a packet of training and TA materials for health centers that want to develop processes for improving service delivery and outcomes for children and adolescents. The materials relate to telehealth, food insecurity, mental and behavioral health, oral health, and staffing shortages and retention.
Recommendations from the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health
The National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) met in May to discuss concerns impacting migratory and seasonal agricultural worker health. See their recommendations (PDF).
NACMH advises and makes recommendations to the HHS Secretary on policy, program development, and other topics related to Migrant Health Centers and other organizations that serve migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families.
CMS Population-Specific Webinars on Medicaid/CHIP Renewals
Health centers have a vital role in ensuring that people don’t lose Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health care coverage as states resume regular renewal processes. We strongly encourage you to join the final two population-specific train-the-trainer webinars:
Reaching Rural Populations
Thursday, August 24
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Reaching American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Thursday, September 7
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
The registration page is the same for both.
CMS adds recordings of these special populations webinars to its Medicaid and CHIP Renewals Outreach and Educational Resources website (scroll down to “Additional Materials and Resources”). Remember to forward this information to colleagues and partners!
HRSA-Funded Health Centers Among Winners of SAMHSA Challenge!
SAMHSA recently announced winners of its Behavioral Health Equity Challenge, which include:
- Southcentral Foundation (Alaska)
- Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (Hawaii)
The winners presented exciting approaches to effective outreach and engagement with racial and ethnic underserved individuals to foster behavioral health equity throughout the country.
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COVID-19
Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period 5
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Portal is open until 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 30. Providers who received one or more PRF (General or Targeted) and/or American Rescue Plan Rural payments exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, from January 1 to June 30, 2022, must report on their use of funds during Reporting Period 5 to comply with PRF Reporting Requirements (PDF). Find more information and resources on the PRF Reporting webpage.
Behavioral Health
Changes in Federal Regulations Regarding Medical Providers Prescribing Buprenorphine
View a presentation to understand the recent changes in training requirements for providers prescribing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and behavioral health professionals can visit our behavioral health TA website to watch the 11-minute presentation.
SAMHSA's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan
SAMHSA’s strategic plan presents a new person-centered mission and vision highlighting key guiding principles and presenting new priorities, goals, and objectives.
HIV
Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S Initiative 2023 CDC and HRSA Virtual Community Listening Session – Regions 5 and 7
CDC and HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau are hosting joint regional virtual community listening sessions. The next is for HHS Regions 5 and 7:
Thursday, August 31
3:00-4:30 p.m. ET
Registration page
These sessions provide a venue for discussion and collaboration focused on barriers to and opportunities for improving HIV diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and outbreak response.
Telehealth
Register Now: National Telehealth Conference
HRSA’s annual conference will feature health care professionals, policymakers, and industry stakeholders from around the country. The agenda and registration are now available.
Tuesday, September 12
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET
Registration page
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