Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Program

The Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Program is a forecasted federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration. The opportunity number is HRSA-27-013, and the Assistance Listing is 93.932, Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems. The program is designed to provide Native Hawaiian health care programs with resources to raise the health status of Native Hawaiians to the highest possible health level. The opportunity is classified as discretionary funding in the Health category and is structured as a limited competition rather than an open competition available to the general public. The program anticipates six awards. One award is designated for Papa Ola Lokahi for administrative purposes authorized under sections 6(a)(2) and 7 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Five awards are intended for qualified entities authorized under sections 6(a)(1), 6(b)-(g), and 8(a)-(g) of the Act. For the services funding, a qualified entity must be a Native Hawaiian Health Care System that has been recognized and certified by Papa Ola Lokahi as qualified to provide comprehensive health promotion, disease prevention, and primary health services. Those services are intended to be tailored to the needs of the communities served by the respective systems within specific regions, described as island communities, of the state. Estimated total program funding is 27000000, with an award ceiling of 10000000 and an award floor of 2530712. The forecast indicates that cost sharing or matching is required, but it does not state the required percentage, ratio, or dollar amount. The available forecast does not provide further details concerning allowable or prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward restrictions, or the allocation of the total funding among the administrative award and the five services awards. Applicants should therefore rely on the forthcoming Notice of Funding Opportunity for any additional spending requirements and restrictions. Eligibility is narrowly prescribed by statute. For administrative funding, the applicant must be Papa Ola Lokahi. For services funding, an applicant must be a Native Hawaiian Health Care System recognized and certified by Papa Ola Lokahi as qualified to provide the specified comprehensive health promotion, disease prevention, and primary health services within specific regions of Hawaii. The forecast expressly identifies the program as a limited competition. It does not provide a broader list of eligible nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, educational institutions, businesses, individuals, or other applicant classes. The opportunity remains in the forecast stage, so complete application mechanics and application components are not yet supplied in the available information. The estimated posting date is January 26, 2027, and the estimated application due date is April 12, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed due date. The forecast states that the NOFO will provide instructions applicants should use in preparing applications for funding for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. No letter of intent, concept paper, notice of intent, pre-proposal, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the forecast. No specific application questions, required uploads, evaluation criteria, scoring methodology, or review factors are provided in the available source. The estimated award date is August 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is also August 1, 2027. The forecast was issued September 1, 2026, and lists an archive date of May 12, 2027. The available information does not state that this opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or on another regular application cycle; the reference to fiscal years 2027 through 2031 concerns the funding covered by the NOFO and is not sufficient to establish recurring application rounds. For assistance, the Health Resources and Services Administration provides the program contact email bphcfunding@hrsa.gov and telephone number 301-594-4300. Additional support information is available through the HRSA support site identified in the forecast.

Confirm eligibility under the limited competition before preparing an application. Administrative funding is limited to Papa Ola Lokahi, while services funding is limited to Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems recognized and certified by Papa Ola Lokahi. Electronically submitted applications must meet the listed 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time deadline.