93.703: ARRA – Grants to Health Center Programs

93.703

Inactive

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [HHS]

Aug. 16, 2017

Aug. 6, 2016

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided funds to support grants for the following purposes: (1) to establish new access points that will increase the number of underserved and uninsured persons with access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care (new access point); (2) to enable health centers to increases services at existing sites and to address spikes in demand to serve uninsured persons (increased demand for services); (3) to enable health centers to carry out alteration/repair/renovation projects; construction projects; health information technology and other equipment purchases (capital improvement projects); and (4) to support selected competitively-reviewed applications submitted by health centers to address significant and pressing capital improvement needs, including modernization, renovation, and construction (facility improvement projects).

B - Project Grants

Eligible applicants for new access point funding were public and private non-profit entities, including tribal, faith-based and community based organizations that demonstrate the capability to effectively administer the grant. Eligibility for other opportunities were limited to currently-funded health centers (93.224).

Population groups in medically underserved areas.

93.224 - Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care)