Fiscal Year (FY) Service Area Competition (SAC)

Fiscal Year (FY) Service Area Competition (SAC), opportunity HRSA-27-007, is a forecasted federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The opportunity is associated with Assistance Listing 93.224, Health Center Program, and is categorized as a discretionary grant in the Health funding activity category. The forecast identifies an expected 80 awards and estimated total program funding of $288,946,000. The opportunity is currently a forecast rather than a posted final Notice of Funding Opportunity. The purpose of the Health Center Program Service Area Competition is to improve the health of medically underserved communities and populations by supporting the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care services in the United States and its territories. For each SAC Notice of Funding Opportunity, the service areas available for competition are announced through the Service Area Announcement Table. The agency may also announce additional service areas during the year through a Service Area Competition-Additional Area if an awarded health center cannot continue providing services in its funded service area. The forecast provides an estimated award ceiling of $15,336,000 and an estimated award floor of $566,100. The funding instrument is a grant, and no cost sharing or matching requirement applies. Beyond stating that grant funding supports delivery of comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care services, the provided forecast does not identify more detailed allowable or prohibited expenditures, indirect cost restrictions, subaward limits, or other spending restrictions. Those details are not available in the supplied forecast information. Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, and Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments. Eligible nonprofit applicants include nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofits without IRS 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education. No additional eligibility conditions are stated in the supplied forecast. The opportunity was forecast on July 31, 2026 and was last updated August 26, 2026. The estimated posting date is September 4, 2026, and the estimated application due date is October 5, 2026. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed application due date. The supplied forecast does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide application questions, required uploads, evaluation criteria, or a detailed submission procedure beyond the electronic submission deadline. The estimated award date is February 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is March 1, 2027. The listed fiscal year is 2027, and the archive date is October 2, 2027. The forecast does not provide a stated project end date or complete period of performance. Questions may be directed to the Health Resources and Services Administration at bphcfunding@hrsa.gov or 301-594-4300. Because the source is explicitly identified as a forecasted opportunity, dates, funding figures, application requirements, and other details remain subject to the subsequently posted funding notice.