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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Primary Health Care Health Center Program Service Area Competition New and Competing Continuation Funding
Announcement Number: HRSA-10-011 - 017
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.224 PROGRAM GUIDANCE
Fiscal Year 2010 Application Due Dates in Grants.gov:
Varies - See chart on pages 6 &7 Supplemental Information Due Date in EHBs:
2 weeks after Grants.gov dates-See chart on pages 6 & 7
Release Date: May 7, 2009 Date of Issuance: May 8, 2009 Nicole Amado
Public Health Analyst
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Office of Policy and Program Development
Telephone: 301-594-4300
Fax: 301-480-7225
Email: nicole.amado@hrsa.hhs.gov
Technical Assistance Resources:
www.hrsa.gov/grants/technicalassistance/sac.htm
Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 330, 42 U.S.C. 254b EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This application guidance details the Service Area Competition (SAC)
eligibility requirements, review criteria and awarding factors for
organizations seeking a grant for operational support for fiscal year (FY)
2010 under the Health Center Program authorized by section 330 of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. This includes the following
types of health centers: Community Health Center (CHC) (section 330(e)),
Migrant Health Center (MHC) (section 330(g)), Health Care for the Homeless
(HCH) (section 330(h)), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) (section
330(i)). 1. For FY 2010, the following differences should be noted: . The Application Submission Process Has Changed. Submission of the FY
2010 Competing Continuation application now involves a two-step
submission process via Grants.gov and the HRSA Electronic Handbooks
(EHBs) system. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be unable to access the HRSA
EHBs until after the Grants.gov submission has been confirmed, validated,
and an application tracking number has been assigned. PLEASE CAREFULLY
REVIEW DETAILS ON THE NEW PROCESS IN "APPLICATION SUBMISSION" BELOW. . New application due dates have been established. Application deadlines
for both Grants.gov and HRSA's EHBs are based on the organization's
project period start date, please see chart below for applicable
deadlines. . Several review criteria have been revised. . All Program Specific Forms and Program Specific Information (Health Care
and Business Plans and Electronic Health Records) MUST now be completed
electronically within the EHBs. For more information and technical
assistance with the new electronic version of these forms, please visit:
www.hrsa.gov/grants/technicalassistance/sac.htm. . A new process for submitting Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) deeming
applications has been established. Instructions for completing and
submitting the annual application for future deeming periods are now
available in Program Assistance Letter 2008-05: Updated Application
Submission Instructions for FTCA Deeming Under the Federally Supported
Health Centers Assistance Act for Calendar Year 2009 available at:
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/policy/pal0805.htm. . Form 5 - Parts A, B and C will NOT have to be completed by organizations
applying to serve their current service area, as these will be pre-
populated following the completion of the scope verification process. . Instructions for the Budget Presentation are included in Appendix D. . Instructions for the Program Specific Information forms (Health Care and
Business Plans) have been revised and are included with the Program
Specific Forms found in Appendix C. . Instructions for the Electronic Health Records have been developed and
are included with the Program Specific Forms found in Appendix C. Language for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) summary of
progress and activities have been incorporated and can be found on page 54.
For more information about ARRA, please go to the web link at
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/. 2. Eligible applicants must be: 1. Public or nonprofit private entities, including tribal, faith-based
and community-based organizations; and
2. Organizations proposing to serve the same service area and/or
populations identified in Appendix E. This includes: . Grantees whose project period ends on or after October 31, 2009 and
before October 1, 2010.
. New organizations that can serve the entire service area and/or
population identified in Appendix E. New organizations include an
organization representing a consortium of health centers who
through their partnership can serve the entire service area and/or
population. Competing organizations must: a. Provide services to the entire announced service area;
b. Provide services to the entire population currently being served
(applicants may not propose to serve only a segment of the
existing population being served);
c. Provide the same or comparable comprehensive primary health care
services presently being provided to the population;
d. Utilize Federal funding to serve patients currently served by
the existing grantee and;
e. Request equal or lesser amount of Federal funding as currently
received by the existing grantee, including funding for special
populations (migrant, homeless, and public housing programs). Note: Organizations previously identified as "new starts" due to their
recent initial funding and whose project period is expiring between October
31, 2009 and October 1, 2010 are considered existing grantees, not new
organizations, for the purposes of completing the SAC application. Organizations are eligible to apply for areas designated in Appendix E of
this guidance. All applicants requesting SAC funding must use this
guidance. It should be reviewed thoroughly prior to making a decision to
apply. Interested organizations should refer to Appendix E of this
guidance and/or www.grants.gov for further information regarding specific
service areas. All applicants are expected to demonstrate compliance with the requirements
of section 330 of the PHS Act, as amended and applicable regulations.
Applicants are encouraged to review Appendix H for additional information
on program requirements. 3. Application Submission: In FY 2009, HRSA began using a new two-tiered online data entry procedure
for completing the SAC grant application. The 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 must be
completed and successfully submitted via Grants.gov by 8:00 PM ET on the
applicable due date. 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 applications (refer to page 19 of this guidance for
detailed description of the required forms/narrative/attachments) which
must be submitted via HRSA's EHBs by 5:00 PM ET on the applicable due date.
Please Note: Applicants can only begin Phase 2 in HRSA's EHBs after Phase 1
in Grants.gov has been completed by its due date, and HRSA has assigned the
application a tracking number. You will be notified by email when your
application is ready within HRSA's EHBs for Phase 2. This email
notification will be sent within 3 business days of the Phase 1 submission.
Refer to section 4 of the Appendix A: HRSA Electronic Submission Guide for
more details. To ensure that you have adequate time to follow procedures and successfully
submit the application, we recommend that you register immediately in
Grants.gov if you have not done so already. The registration process can
take up to one month. Please refer to Appendix B for information on
registering. If you do not complete the registration process you will be
unable to submit an application. We also recommend that you submit your
application in Grants.gov as soon as possible to ensure that you have
maximum time for providing the supplemental information in HRSA EHBs.
Please note that all applicants must also be registered in HRSA's EHBs. |Summary of New SAC Submission Process |
|Phase |Due Date |Helpful Hints |
|Phase 1 (Grants.gov): |See pages 6 & 7 |Registration is required. As |
| |for chart. Submit|registration may take up to a|
|Please complete and submit the |by 8:00 PM ET on |month, please start the |
|following by the Grants.gov |the due date. |process as soon as possible. |
|deadline (all forms are | |Also, please remember that |
|available in the Grants.gov | |CCR registration is an annual|
|application package): | |process. Verify your |
| | |organization's CCR |
|SF 424 Face Page; | |registration prior to |
|Project Summary/ Abstract | |Grants.gov submission. |
|(uploaded on line 15 of the SF | | |
|424 Face Page); and | |The Grants.gov registration |
|PHS-5161 HHS checklist. | |process involves three basic |
| | |steps: |
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