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Announcement: Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Grant Competition: New Access Points (HRSA-11-017)

 

 

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care (BHPC) is pleased to announce the release of HRSA-11-017: NEW ACCESS POINTS (NAP) grant competition. 

An important element of HRSA’s commitment to improving and expanding access to needed primary health care services is the support of new access points for the delivery of primary health care services for the underserved through operational support under the Health Center Program (i.e., Community Health Center (CHC), Migrant Health Center (MHC), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Programs) authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. 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-11-017: New Access Points funding opportunity announcement detailing the eligibility requirements, review criteria and awarding factors for organizations seeking a grant for operational support of new access points in FY 2011.

The application submission process for HRSA-11-017: New Access Points involves a two-step submission process via Grants.gov and the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB):

Phase 1: must be completed and successfully submitted via Grants.gov by 8:00 PM ET on November 17, 2010.

Phase 2: must be completed and successfully submitted by 5:00 PM ET on December 15, 2010.

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

 

HRSA WILL BE OFFERING THREE PRE-APPLICATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR THE FY 2011 NAP:

New Access Points (HRSA-11-017) General Technical Assistance Call

  • Date: September 2, 2010
  • Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
  • Call In Number: 1-888-469-1171
  • Passcode: NAP
  • Replay Phone Number: 1-800-879-4905
  • Replay is available through December 15, 2010    
 Special Populations Technical Assistance Call for New Access Points (HRSA-11-017)
  • Date: September 21, 2010
  • Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Call In Number:  1-888-469-1171
  • Passcode: NAP SPOP
  • Replay Phone Number: 1-800-234-2685
  • Replay is available through December 15, 2010     
 Clinical and Financial Performance Measures for New Access Points (HRSA-11-017)
  • Date: September 23, 2010
  • Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
  • Call In Number: 1-888-469-1171
  • Passcode: NAP Performance Measures
  • Replay Phone Number: 1-866-443-1209
  • Replay is available through  December 15, 2010     
 For more information about this opportunity, please contact Tiffani Redding in the Office of Policy and Program Development at (301) 594-4300 or BPHCNAP@hrsa.gov.