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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

 

New Community Health Centers, Expanded Community Health Center 
Activities, and Integrated Service Network Development Activities for 
CHCs

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS.

Action: Advance Notice of Application Deadlines for New Community 
Health Centers, Expanded Community Health Center Activities, and 
Integrated Service Network Development Activities for CHCs.

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Summary: The Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of 
Primary Health Care (BPHC) expects to provide discretionary grant funds 
of approximately $17 million in fiscal year (FY) 1994 under section 330 
of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act to establish new community 
health centers (CHCs), to expand existing CHCs, and to develop 
integrated service networks for CHCs. The purpose of this announcement 
is to give early notice of funding amounts and application deadlines 
for CHC new start/expansion applicants, as well as to announce the 
availability of supplemental funds for existing CHCs involved in 
integrated service network activities.
    Approximately $12.5 million will be available to support the 
establishment of new CHCs and the expansion of capacity in existing 
CHCs. For applicants seeking to establish new CHCs and for applicants 
seeking to expand existing CHCs, the following application deadlines 
are provided: (1) The application for designation as a medically 
underserved area (MUA) or medically underserved population (MUP) is 
March 15, 1994; and (2) the application deadline for grants is June 1, 
1994. Applicants are also encouraged to submit Letters of Interest by 
March 15, 1994, to the PHS Regional Grants Management Officers (RGMOs) 
whose names and addresses are provided in the appendix to this 
document. This will enable the RGMOs to provide additional assistance 
and instructions.
    Approximately $4.5 million will be available under Section 330 
(d)(1) to support existing CHCs in the development of integrated 
service networks. As part of their ongoing operational activities, CHCs 
are permitted to expend a reasonable amount of their grant funds or 
other revenues for corporate planning activities, including efforts to 
define their roles within the provider community. This special funding 
initiative earmarks an additional $4.5 million for grant support of 
these activities.
    Integrated Service Networks are defined as: the collaboration of a 
Section 330 health center and at least one other health care provider 
or health care entity (e.g., community health center, migrant health 
center, health care for the homeless center, center for residents of 
public housing, other primary care provider, specialty group, 
hospitals, academic medical center, mental health provider, laboratory, 
pharmacy, insurance company, managed care organization and others) to 
form a horizontally and/or vertically integrated delivery system for 
managed purposes that will ensure access for the medically underserved.
    For applicants interested in Integrated Service Network Development 
projects, a pre-application is required and may be submitted after the 
publication of this notice with a final deadline of May 1, 1994. The 
final deadline for Integrated Service Network Development applications 
is June 1, 1994. Interested applicants should contact their RGMOs for 
additional assistance and instructions.

For Further Information Contact: For grant information, potential 
applicants may contact the PHS RGMOs. RGMOS are responsible for 
distributing application kits and guidance (Form PHS 5161-1 with 
revised face sheets DHHS Form 424, as approved by the OMB under control 
number 0937-0189). The RGMO can also provide assistance on business 
management issues, Letters of Interest and Integrated Service Network 
Development projects. For general program information and technical 
assistance, contact Richard C. Bohrer, Director of Division of 
Community and Migrant Health, BPHC, 4350 East-West Highway, 7th Floor, 
Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 594-4300.

Supplementary Information: A notice of Availability of Funds for new 
CHCs and expanded CHC activities in FY 1994 will be published in the 
Federal Register announcing program provisions, requirements, and 
evaluation criteria.

    Dated: February 16, 1994.
William A. Robinson,
Acting Administrator.

Appendix--Regional Grants Management Officers

    Region I: Mary O'Brien, Grants Management Officer, PHS Regional 
Office I, John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203, (617) 
565-1482.
    Region II: Frank DiGiovanni, Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office II, Room 3300, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, 
(212) 264-4496.
    Region III: Martin Bree, Acting Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office III, P.O. Box 13716, Philadelphia, PA 19101, (215) 
596-6653.
    Region IV: Wayne Cutchens, Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office IV, Room 1106, 101 Marietta Tower, Atlanta, GA 
30323, (404) 331-2597.
    Region V: Lawrence Poole, Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office V, 105 West Adams Street, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 
60603, (312) 353-8700.
    Region VI: Joyce Bailey, Grants Management Officer, PHS Regional 
Office VI, 1200 Main Tower, Dallas, TX 75202, (214) 767-3885.
    Region VII: Michael Rowland, Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office VII, Room 501, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 
64016, (816) 426-5841.
    Region VIII: Susan Jaworowski, Acting Grants Management Officer, 
PHS Regional Office VIII, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294, (303) 
844-4461.
    Region IX: Al Tevis, Acting Grants Management Officer, PHS 
Regional Office IX, 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 
94102, (415) 556-2595.
    Region X: James Tipton, Grants Management Officer, PHS Regional 
Office X, Mail Stop RX 20, 2201 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, 
(206) 553-7997.

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