Riverstone Clinic, Lane County, OR, 2011

Funding Opportunities

Funding opportunities are announced in our monthly e-newsletter.
Please follow the link to learn more about a particular opportunity.

Announced in May 2013

FY2013 Health Center Outreach & Enrollment Assistance - Supplemental Funding

The purpose of this supplemental funding opportunity is to support health centers in raising awareness of insurance options and providing eligibility and enrollment assistance to uninsured patients of health centers and residents in their approved service areas. These supplemental funds are being invested in health centers to expand current outreach and enrollment assistance activities and facilitate enrollment of eligible health center patients and service area residents into affordable health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. For more information read the funding opportunity announcement here.

Agency: HRSA
Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-13-279
Closing Date: May 31, 2013 by 5 p.m. ET

Announced in April 2013

CMS Marketplace Navigator Grants

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of new funding to support Navigators in federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces. Navigators are individuals and entities that will provide unbiased information to consumers about health insurance, the new Health Insurance Marketplace, qualified health plans, and public programs including Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Click here for the funding announcement. To access the proposed rule released April 3, 2013, click here.

Agency: CMS
Funding Opportunity Number: CA-NAV-13-001
Closing Date: June 7, 2013 by 5 p.m. ET

Announced in February 2013

FY2013 Affordable Care Act - Health Center Controlled Networks

This announcement solicits applications for Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCN) in fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking to provide grants to HCCNs to advance the adoption and implementation of Health Information Technology (HIT) and to support quality improvement in health centers throughout the United States and its territories. HCCN grants will support the adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHRs) and technology-enabled quality-improvement (QI) strategies in health centers. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, HRSA anticipates awarding approximately $2 million to support approximately 3 to 5 grants for Federal fiscal years 2013-2015. Click here for more information.

Agency: HRSA
Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-13-267
Closing Date: April 3, 2013

Announced in January 2013

FY2013 New Access Point Grants

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) has announced the release of the New Access Point (NAP) grant competition, funded by the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of the Health Center Program NAP funding opportunity is to improve the health of the Nation's underserved communities and vulnerable populations by increasing access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services. NAP grants awarded under the Health Center Program support new service delivery sites for the provision of comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, HRSA anticipates awarding approximately $19 million to support an estimated 25 NAP grant awards in Fiscal Year 2013. Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-13-228

The application process consists of two phases:

• Phase 1: application on Grants.gov due February 27, 2013 by 11:59 PM ET
• Phase 2: application on HRSA Electronic Handbook due April 3, 2013 by 8:00 PM ET

HRSA will be offering two pre-application technical assistance conference calls on January 23rd and January 30th. Click here for more information on these calls.

Announced in May 2012

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute - Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research in 2012

PCORI will award $120 million this year for innovative projects that effectively incorporate patients and stakeholders in research teams and address the areas of focus of PCORI’s National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. Applications will be evaluated for alignment with eight PCORI review criteria that arise from PCORI’s authorizing legislation. Find more information here.

Announced in April 2011

The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery

This grant aims to promote research opportunities that will study how to improve measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery, enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and reduce the revalence of racial/ethnic discrimination through the development of interventions. Click here for more information.

Agency: National Institutes of Health
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-11-162
Closing Date: May 7, 2014