| Page Range | 11542-11543 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05279 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 11542-11543] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05279] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Health Center Program AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Announcing Budget Period Extensions with Funding for the Health Center Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: HRSA provided additional grant funds during extended budget periods to prevent interruptions in the provision of critical health care services for funded service areas until new awards could be made to eligible Service Area Competition (SAC) applicants or HRSA could conduct an orderly phase-out of Health Center Program activities by the current award recipients. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recipients of the Award: Health Center Program award recipients for service areas that were threatened with a lapse in services due to service area re-announcement or transitioning award recipients, as listed in Table 1. Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: 33 awards for $17,248,966. Period of Supplemental Funding: Fiscal years 2016 and 2017. CFDA Number: 93.224 Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended). Justification: Targeting the nation's high need populations and geographic areas, the Health Center Program currently funds nearly 1,400 health centers that operate more than 11,000 service delivery sites in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. Nearly 26 million people received accessible, affordable, quality primary health care services through the Health Center Program award recipients in 2016. Approximately one-third of Health Center Program award recipients' service areas are competed each year, and each competition has the potential to result in a change in award recipient. SACs are also held prior to the current grant's project period end date when (1) a grant is voluntarily relinquished, or (2) a program noncompliance enforcement action taken by HRSA terminates the grant. If the SAC draws no fundable applications, HRSA may extend the current award recipient's budget period to ensure primary health care services remain available while a new competition is conducted for the service area. The amount of additional grant funds is calculated by pro-rating HRSA's annual funding commitment to the service area. Approximately 6 months is required to announce and conduct a SAC and select a new award recipient. In all cases, current fiscal year funds are used to extend the award recipient's existing budget period award. Through these actions, award recipients receive consistent levels of funding to support uninterrupted primary health care services to the nation's underserved populations and communities during service area award recipient transition. Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extension Award amount Grant number Award recipient name award date ($) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H80CS06641................................. Ko'olauloa Community Health and 12/01/15 235,116 Wellness Center, Inc. H80CS26606................................. Horizon Health and Wellness, Inc... 12/23/15 182,771 H80CS26604................................. Neighborhood Outreach Access to 12/23/15 192,815 Health. H80CS00851................................. Duval County Health Department..... 01/11/16 480,066 H80CS26560................................. East Central Missouri Behavioral 01/15/16 281,845 Health Services, Inc.. H80CS00048................................. Santa Cruz County.................. 01/15/16 672,655 H80CS00001................................. City of Springfield, Massachusetts. 01/15/16 606,761 H80CS00384................................. Monroe County Health Center........ 01/15/16 640,737 H80CS26631................................. La Casa de Salud, Inc.............. 01/15/16 563,753 H80CS00400................................. Circle Family Healthcare Network, 01/22/16 501,296 Inc. H80CS00013................................. Covenant House (Under 21).......... 02/03/16 279,116 H80CS26632................................. Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc......... 02/06/16 423,273 H80CS00054................................. Metropolitan Development Council... 02/06/16 457,843 H80CS00055................................. White Bird Clinic.................. 02/10/16 412,985 H80CS26587................................. Saint Hope Foundation.............. 02/10/16 229,491 H80CS26620................................. Korean Health, Education, 02/12/16 504,386 Information and Research Center. H80CS26513................................. FirstMed Health and Wellness Center 02/12/16 596,025 H80CS08770................................. Health Center of Southeast Texas... 02/12/16 737,066 H80CS00872................................. Madison County Community Health 03/01/16 467,855 Center. H80CS00622................................. The Hunter Health Clinic, Inc...... 03/08/16 450,569 H80CS10606................................. St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc... 04/06/16 334,418 H80CS06078................................. Yakima Neighborhood Health Services 04/06/16 1,025,892 H80CS17251................................. Upper Room Aids Ministry, Inc. 04/06/16 738,043 Health Care Center. H80CS00722................................. Community Clinic of Maui, Inc...... 04/06/16 570,042 H80CS01443................................. Lane County........................ 05/15/16 649,218 H80CS00054................................. Metropolitan Development Council... 06/14/16 228,922 H80CS00299................................. Brazos Valley Community Action 01/17/17 1,520,645 Agency, Inc. H80CS00814................................. Kalihi-Palama Health Center........ 01/17/17 1,105,506 [[Page 11543]] H80CS00802................................. Harrington Family Health Center.... 02/22/17 294,843 H80CS00436................................. Family Health Centers of Baltimore. 02/27/17 743,058 H80CS00283................................. Oakland Primary Health Services, 03/03/17 466,752 Inc. H80CS00291................................. The University of Pittsburgh....... 05/02/17 116,417 H80CS06445................................. Fourth Ward d.b.a. Good Neighbor 05/30/17 538,786 Healthcare Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Kozar, Strategic Initiatives and Planning Division Director, Office of Policy and Program Development, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, at [email protected] or 301-443-1034. Dated: March 8, 2018. George Sigounas, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2018-05279 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Announcing Budget Period Extensions with Funding for the Health Center Program. | |
| Contact | Matt Kozar, Strategic Initiatives and Planning Division Director, Office of Policy and Program Development, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, at [email protected] or 301-443-1034. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 11542 |