Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)

The Fiscal Year Service Area Competition, identified as opportunity HRSA-27-005, is a forecasted federal discretionary grant opportunity administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The opportunity is part of the Health Center Program under Assistance Listing 93.224. Its stated purpose 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. The opportunity is categorized by Grants.gov as a health funding activity and uses a grant as its funding instrument. The Service Area Competition is structured around specific service areas that become available for competition. For each SAC Notice of Funding Opportunity, the available service areas are announced through the Service Area Announcement Table. HRSA also states that additional service areas may be announced throughout the year through a Service Area Competition-Additional Area opportunity when an awarded health center cannot continue providing services in its funded service area. The supplied forecast does not provide additional details concerning specific allowable expenditures, prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward restrictions, or a defined period of performance. Applicants should therefore rely on the subsequently posted Notice of Funding Opportunity and applicable service area information for requirements not contained in this forecast. Estimated total program funding is $470,428,300, with approximately 85 awards expected. The stated award ceiling is $19,182,000 and the stated award floor is $1,216,000. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies. Because the forecast does not describe award tiers, annual versus total award calculations, indirect cost limitations, or other detailed financial conditions, those requirements cannot be established from the supplied material. Eligible applicants include Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education, and nonprofits without IRS 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education. The source provides no additional eligibility explanation or state-specific restriction. The program description expressly concerns health services in the United States and its territories, and the listed applicant categories are not restricted to a particular state or territory. This opportunity remains in the forecast stage. The forecasted date is July 31, 2026, and the record was last updated August 26, 2026. HRSA estimates that the opportunity will be posted September 4, 2026, with applications due 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 required letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating step. It also does not provide application questions, required attachments, evaluation criteria, scoring factors, or other detailed submission components. HRSA estimates an award date of December 29, 2026 and a project start date of January 1, 2027. The Grants.gov record lists an archive date of October 2, 2027. Questions may be directed to the Health Resources and Services Administration at bphcfunding@hrsa.gov or 301-594-4300. No individual grantor contact is named in the supplied forecast. Although HRSA states that additional service areas may be announced throughout the year when an awarded health center cannot continue service, this is a conditional mechanism for additional areas rather than an explicit recurring deadline for HRSA-27-005. The supplied material therefore does not establish a recurring application cycle for this specific opportunity.

Align the application with the stated purpose of delivering comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care services to medically underserved communities and populations, and review the applicable Service Area Announcement Table for the service areas available for competition.