[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11542-11543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05279]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Center Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Announcing Budget Period Extensions with Funding for the Health 
Center Program.

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SUMMARY: HRSA provided additional grant funds during extended budget 
periods to prevent interruptions in the provision of critical health 
care services for funded service areas until new awards could be made 
to eligible Service Area Competition (SAC) applicants or HRSA could 
conduct an orderly phase-out of Health Center Program activities by the 
current award recipients.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Recipients of the Award: Health Center Program award recipients for 
service areas that were threatened with a lapse in services due to 
service area re-announcement or transitioning award recipients, as 
listed in Table 1.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: 33 awards for $17,248,966.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: Fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
    CFDA Number: 93.224

    Authority:  Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended).

    Justification: Targeting the nation's high need populations and 
geographic areas, the Health Center Program currently funds nearly 
1,400 health centers that operate more than 11,000 service delivery 
sites in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Pacific Basin. Nearly 26 million people received 
accessible, affordable, quality primary health care services through 
the Health Center Program award recipients in 2016.
    Approximately one-third of Health Center Program award recipients' 
service areas are competed each year, and each competition has the 
potential to result in a change in award recipient. SACs are also held 
prior to the current grant's project period end date when (1) a grant 
is voluntarily relinquished, or (2) a program noncompliance enforcement 
action taken by HRSA terminates the grant. If the SAC draws no fundable 
applications, HRSA may extend the current award recipient's budget 
period to ensure primary health care services remain available while a 
new competition is conducted for the service area.
    The amount of additional grant funds is calculated by pro-rating 
HRSA's annual funding commitment to the service area. Approximately 6 
months is required to announce and conduct a SAC and select a new award 
recipient. In all cases, current fiscal year funds are used to extend 
the award recipient's existing budget period award. Through these 
actions, award recipients receive consistent levels of funding to 
support uninterrupted primary health care services to the nation's 
underserved populations and communities during service area award 
recipient transition.

                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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                                                                                     Extension     Award amount
                Grant number                         Award recipient name           award date          ($)
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H80CS06641.................................  Ko'olauloa Community Health and            12/01/15         235,116
                                              Wellness Center, Inc.
H80CS26606.................................  Horizon Health and Wellness, Inc...        12/23/15         182,771
H80CS26604.................................  Neighborhood Outreach Access to            12/23/15         192,815
                                              Health.
H80CS00851.................................  Duval County Health Department.....        01/11/16         480,066
H80CS26560.................................  East Central Missouri Behavioral           01/15/16         281,845
                                              Health Services, Inc..
H80CS00048.................................  Santa Cruz County..................        01/15/16         672,655
H80CS00001.................................  City of Springfield, Massachusetts.        01/15/16         606,761
H80CS00384.................................  Monroe County Health Center........        01/15/16         640,737
H80CS26631.................................  La Casa de Salud, Inc..............        01/15/16         563,753
H80CS00400.................................  Circle Family Healthcare Network,          01/22/16         501,296
                                              Inc.
H80CS00013.................................  Covenant House (Under 21)..........        02/03/16         279,116
H80CS26632.................................  Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc.........        02/06/16         423,273
H80CS00054.................................  Metropolitan Development Council...        02/06/16         457,843
H80CS00055.................................  White Bird Clinic..................        02/10/16         412,985
H80CS26587.................................  Saint Hope Foundation..............        02/10/16         229,491
H80CS26620.................................  Korean Health, Education,                  02/12/16         504,386
                                              Information and Research Center.
H80CS26513.................................  FirstMed Health and Wellness Center        02/12/16         596,025
H80CS08770.................................  Health Center of Southeast Texas...        02/12/16         737,066
H80CS00872.................................  Madison County Community Health            03/01/16         467,855
                                              Center.
H80CS00622.................................  The Hunter Health Clinic, Inc......        03/08/16         450,569
H80CS10606.................................  St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc...        04/06/16         334,418
H80CS06078.................................  Yakima Neighborhood Health Services        04/06/16       1,025,892
H80CS17251.................................  Upper Room Aids Ministry, Inc.             04/06/16         738,043
                                              Health Care Center.
H80CS00722.................................  Community Clinic of Maui, Inc......        04/06/16         570,042
H80CS01443.................................  Lane County........................        05/15/16         649,218
H80CS00054.................................  Metropolitan Development Council...        06/14/16         228,922
H80CS00299.................................  Brazos Valley Community Action             01/17/17       1,520,645
                                              Agency, Inc.
H80CS00814.................................  Kalihi-Palama Health Center........        01/17/17       1,105,506

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H80CS00802.................................  Harrington Family Health Center....        02/22/17         294,843
H80CS00436.................................  Family Health Centers of Baltimore.        02/27/17         743,058
H80CS00283.................................  Oakland Primary Health Services,           03/03/17         466,752
                                              Inc.
H80CS00291.................................  The University of Pittsburgh.......        05/02/17         116,417
H80CS06445.................................  Fourth Ward d.b.a. Good Neighbor           05/30/17         538,786
                                              Healthcare Center.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Kozar, Strategic Initiatives and 
Planning Division Director, Office of Policy and Program Development, 
Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, at [email protected] or 301-443-1034.

    Dated: March 8, 2018.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-05279 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am]
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