Announcement: FY 2014 Service Area Competition (SAC) Funding Opportunity

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) is pleased to announce the release of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Service Area Competition (SAC) New, Competing Continuation, and Supplemental grant competition (HRSA-14-021, HRSA-14-022, HRSA-14-023, HRSA-14-024, HRSA-14-025, HRSA-14-026, HRSA-14-027, HRSA-14-028). The SAC funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is available at http://www.grants.gov.

HRSA administers the Health Center Program, as authorized by section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended. The Health Center Program improves the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring access to comprehensive, culturally-competent, quality primary health care services.

Organizations eligible to compete for SAC funding include public or nonprofit entities, such as tribal, faith-based, and community-based organizations. The SAC FOA details eligibility requirements, review criteria, and awarding factors for organizations seeking support to provide primary health care services in the available services areas. The list of available service areas, slide presentation for the technical assistance call, and other application technical assistance resources can be found at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/sac. 

The application process consists of two phases: Phase 1—Grants.gov and Phase 2—HRSA Electronic Handbook (EHB). Please see Table 6 of the SAC FOA for a complete listing of application deadlines.   

Note: This is a competitive funding opportunity, therefore, no EHB notification will be sent out. Applicants must download the appropriate application from http://www.grants.gov based on the announcement number under which the desired service area is listed.

FY 2014 SAC APPLICANT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CALL

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Website: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/sacgrant_call/
Dial-In Number: 1-877-918-9241
Participant Passcode: 4293548
Instant Replay: A digital audio recording will be posted on the SAC TA website approximately 1 week after the call is completed.

If you are unable to view via Adobe Connect, visit the SAC technical assistance page at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/sac to access the slide presentation.

For more information about the SAC funding opportunity, please contact Katherine McDowell in the Office of Policy and Program Development at 301-594-4300 or BPHCSAC@hrsa.gov.

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James Macrae
Associate Administrator for Primary Health Care
Health Resources and Services Administration