# Service Area Competition - Additional Area 1

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-26-007-service-area-competition-additional-area-1/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361137

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $1.6 million (at least $1.5 million) to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $3.1 million in total. Applications closed on March 16, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-26-007 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 16, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | $1.6 million |
| Award floor | $1.5 million |
| Expected awards | 2 |
| Total funding | $3.1 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.224 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

A Health Center Program (H80) award is funded under §§ 330(e) of the PHS Act. Awards may include funding to support health centers to serve a population that is medically underserved (community health center or CHC funding) or to serve one or more special medically underserved populations as defined in §§ 330 (g) Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAW funding), (h) Homeless Population (HP funding), and/or (i) Residents of Public Housing (RPH funding).You can apply if you propose to serve a service area listed in the SAAT and you meet the criteria in the Other Eligibility Criteria section. You can apply as a Competing Continuation applicant if you are a current Health Center Program (H80) award recipient, and you are applying to continue serving your current service area. You can apply as a Competing Supplement applicant if you are a current Health Center Program (H80) award recipient that will serve an announced service area by adding one or more new, full-time, permanent service delivery sites to serve the additional area. You can apply as a New applicant if you are not currently funded through the Health Center Program, and you are applying to serve a service area listed in the SAAT. If you are a Health Center Program Look-Alike, you can apply as a new applicant. If awarded, you will stop being a look-alike and become a funded health center (H80).

## What the grant funds

The FY 2026 Health Center Program Service Area Competition (SAC) funding improves the health of underserved communities and populations by providing grants to support the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services in the United States and its territories. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is a Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA), which announces an additional service area in St. Gabriel, LA, where the previously awarded health center cannot continue to provide services in the funded service area.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-26-007 still open?

No. It closed on March 16, 2026. A newer notice is forecast: HRSA-27-009, expected deadline January 8, 2027.

### Who can apply for Service Area Competition - Additional Area 1?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Service Area Competition - Additional Area 1?

Closed March 16, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.6 million each. About $3.1 million in total across about 2 awards.

### Who has won Health Center Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Sun River Health, Inc., Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic. The program made 4,197 awards worth $21 billion in that time.