Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties

The summary for the Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties: The purpose of this activity is to support grants for the planning and development of new service delivery sites in high poverty counties funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Each application for grant support to plan and prepare for the development of a new site must identify a population in need of primary health care services. It must propose specific developmental activities that upon successful completion would facilitate the establishment of a new health center access point in an underserved high poverty county under the Consolidated Health Center Program. Beginning in FY 2006, the Consolidated Health Center Program will build on the success of the President's Health Centers Initiative to increase access to comprehensive primary health care for the most vulnerable populations by targeting the Nation's poorest counties through a second health centers initiative. The goal of the President's High Poverty Access Initiative is to increase access over the next five years, to primary health care in 200 of the Nation's poorest counties that can support a comprehensive health center. The purpose of the Consolidated Health Center Program is to extend comprehensive primary and preventive health services (including mental health, substance abuse and oral health services) and supplemental services to populations currently without access to such services, and to improve their health status. The program includes: 1) Community Health Centers, section 330(e); 2) Migrant Health Centers, section 330(g); 3) Health Care for the Homeless program, section 330(h); and 4) Public Housing Primary Care, section 330(i). The populations served by these programs include: 1) medically underserved populations in urban and rural areas; 2) migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families; 3) homeless people, including children and families; and 4) residents of publicly subsidized housing.