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HRSA Announcement: New Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Grant Competition: Health Center Planning Grants (HRSA-11-021)

January 2011

HRSA Announcement: New Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Grant Competition: Health Center Planning Grants (HRSA-11-021)

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) is pleased to announce the release of Funding Opportunity Announcement HRSA-11-021: Health Center Planning Grants. Health Center Planning Grants (HCPGs) are considered to be a useful aid in the development of viable proposals to establish new health centers (i.e. Community Health Center (CHC), Migrant Health Center (MHC), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Programs that will meet Federal requirements for need, services, management, and governance under the Health Center Program. A summary of the key health center program requirements is available at http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/requirements.htm. HRSA is offering HCPGs to expand the current safety net on a national basis by targeting planning and developmental efforts in areas not currently served by a funded health center and/or in areas of unmet need. Organizations eligible to compete include public or nonprofit entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations.

Please visit the Grants.gov website at: www.grants.gov to access the HRSA-11-021: Health Center Planning Grants application guidance detailing the eligibility requirements, review criteria and awarding factors for organizations seeking a HCPG in FY 2011. Additional technical assistance information is provided at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/planning.

The application for completing the Health Center Planning Grant application process is divided into two phases:

Phase 1: Applicants will enter Grants.gov and complete the Standard form SF 424, Project Summary/Abstract and the HHS Checklist. These documents must be completed and successfully submitted via Grants.gov by 8:00 PM ET on or before March 18, 2011.

Phase 2: After completing the Grants.gov portion of the application process, applicants will enter HRSA’s EHBs and complete all other components of the application which must be submitted by 5:00 PM ET on or before April 8, 2011.

No paper applications will be accepted without prior written approval from HRSA’s Division of Grants Policy.

For more information about this funding opportunity, please contact Xanthia James in the Office of Policy and Program Development by e-mail at: bphcplanning@hrsa.gov