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Service Area Competition

ID: HRSA-26-002 • Type: Posted
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Description

The FY 2026 Health Center Program Service Area Competition (SAC) funding improves the health of underserved communities and populations by providing grants to support the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services in the United States and its territories.For each SAC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), service areas available for competition are announced in the Service Area Announcement Table (SAAT). Throughout the year, we may announce additional service areas in a Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA) if an awarded health center cannot continue to provide services in the funded service area.
Background
The FY 2026 Health Center Program Service Area Competition (SAC) funding aims to improve the health of underserved communities and populations by providing grants to support the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services in the United States and its territories. The Health Center Program is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 254b (330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act). This funding opportunity aligns with the President’s Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities, supporting health centers as trusted resources in their communities to prevent and manage chronic illness and disease.

Grant Details
The SAC provides funding for organizations to deliver comprehensive primary health care services in designated service areas. Applicants must propose to serve at least 75% of the SAAT Patient Target during the assessment period. The program supports various services including chronic disease management, cancer screening, mental health services, and patient support services. Award recipients may receive funding for one or four 12-month budget periods, with a total expected funding amount of $232 million available for approximately 93 grants. Each service area has specific requirements that may include serving special medically underserved populations.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include private nonprofit entities or public agencies in the U.S. or its territories, including tribal organizations. Organizations can apply as Competing Continuation, Competing Supplement, or New applicants based on their current funding status. Individuals are not eligible to apply. Applicants must demonstrate they can provide all required health services without regard for patients' ability to pay.

Period of Performance
The period of performance will vary based on the award type: one-year awards will run from March 1, 2026, to February 28, 2027; four-year awards will run from March 1, 2026, to February 28, 2030.

Grant Value
The total expected available funding for this grant opportunity is $232 million, with individual award amounts varying based on specific service area needs and applicant proposals.

Place of Performance
The grant will be performed in designated service areas across the United States and its territories as specified in the Service Area Announcement Table (SAAT).

Overview

Category of Funding
Health
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 7/22/25 Health Resources and Services Administration posted grant opportunity HRSA-26-002 for Service Area Competition with funding of $232.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.224 Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care). It is expected that 93 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
July 22, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Sept. 22, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Due in 50 Days
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
July 22, 2025, 12:20 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Oct. 22, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
County governments
City or township governments
State governments
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Special district governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Info
"Domestic" means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$232,000,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$232,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
93

Contacts

Contact
Health Resources and Services Administration
Contact Email
https://hrsa.my.site.com/support/s/
Contact Phone
(301) 443-7432

Documents

Posted documents for HRSA-26-002

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