Assistance program
Healthy Communities Access Program
$149,730 committed in FY2018–FY2019
- Agency
- Immed Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.252
- What it does
- To provide assistance to communities and consortia of health care providers and others to develop or strengthen integrated community health care delivery systems that coordinate health care services for individuals who are uninsured or underinsured, and to develop or strengthen activities related to providing coordinated care for individuals with chronic conditions who are uninsured or underinsured.
- Who benefits
- Examples of eligible applicants that may apply on behalf of or participate as members of the community-wide consortium include, but are not limited to: Consolidated Health Center Program including Community Health Centers (CHC), Migrant Health Centers (MHC), Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) and School-Based Health Centers (SBHC); Rural Health Clinics; free and partial pay clinics; FQHC Look-Alikes; local public health departments and other local government agencies; Tribal governments; public and private hospitals; private provider or group practices; foundations; medical and dental societies; small business organizations; faith and/or community based nonprofit organizations; Primary Care Associations (PCA); Area Health Education Centers (AHEC); universities; and any other relevant stakeholders.
- Who applies
- For an entity to be eligible to receive a new HCAP award, all of the following three requirements must be met: 1. The applicant entity must represent a consortium whose principal purpose is to provide a broad range of coordinated health care services to their defined community's uninsured and underinsured populations. 2. The community-wide consortium represented by the applicant entity must include at least one of each of the following providers that serve the stated community, unless such provider does not exist, declines or refuses to participate, or places unreasonable conditions on its participation: A Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)); A hospital with a low-income utilization rate (as defined in section 1923(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(b)(3)), that is greater than 25 percent; A public health department; and An interested public or private sector health care provider or an organization that has traditionally served the medically uninsured and underserved. 3. The applicant entity is neither a current HCAP grantee nor former Community Access Program (CAP) grantee and is proposing to serve either a service area or target population of uninsured and underinsured individuals that has not been exclusively served by a former CAP or current HCAP grant. In addition to the required consortium members listed above, the community-wide consortium should seek partners from all levels of care who provide a range of services (e.g., preventive and primary care, specialty medical care, mental health and substance abuse services, oral health, HIV/AIDS care, social services, transportation, health education), as appropriate for the needs of the community's uninsured and underinsured populations. Existing grantees that have received three consecutive years of funding may request a grant award for not more than one additional fiscal year ONLY under demonstrated extraordinary circumstances. Extraordinary circumstances are an event(s) outside of the control of the eligible entity where the event(s) and impact, or impact alone, occurred during the current budget period and directly prevented the completion of measurable objectives and activities set forth in the applicant's approved grant application. Extraordinary circumstances are limited to: 1) natural disasters, 2) major security or health disruptions, or 3) significant economic deteriorations in the community served that directly and adversely affects the applicant's HCAP project.
- Authorized by
- Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C 256), Title 111, Subpart V, Section 340.
- Program site
- www.hrsa.gov.
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