Assistance program
Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program
$27.2 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Health Resources and Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.527
- What it does
- To provide for expanded and/or sustained national investment in health centers funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act or designated by HRSA as meeting the requirements of the Health Center Program (referred to as look-alikes). Objectives may include expanding access to primary health care by supporting service provision at new or existing health center sites, piloting and evaluating evidence-based models to increase access to high quality primary care services, and expanding primary health care services related to emerging public health issues, including public health emergencies.
- Who benefits
- Populations in medically underserved areas, medically underserved populations, and special populations such as migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families, people experiencing homelessness, and public housing residents.
- Who applies
- Refer to the applicable NOFO under this program for additional information. Eligible applicants for funding for expanded services, such as HIV prevention services and evidence-based quality improvement, are current Health Center Program award recipients (funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act). Refer to the applicable NOFO or supplemental funding instructions under this assistance listing for additional information.
- Authorized by
- HRSA-funded health centers are authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 254b).
- Look-alike funding is authorized under the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139); section 2601 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2); Social Security Act, Sections 1861(aa)(4) and 1905(I)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. § 1395x(aa)(4)(B) and …
- Program site
- http://www.hrsa.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
For entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, the government reports one aggregate instead of naming tens of millions of people, so the recipient roster isn't part of the public record.
- Awards, counted once
An award count is the number of distinct awards with at least one action that year — each counted once, however many times it was amended.
- The colored bars
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Direct payments