Grants to a Baltimore, Maryland public or private nonprofit organization to operate a health center that provides primary, preventive, and enabling health care to medically underserved individuals within the city without regard to their ability to pay. Centers may provide services either directly or through established arrangements.

Applicants can apply under the following types of health centers: community health center, migrant health center, health care for the homeless, or public housing primary care.

Applications can be either:

• New – A health center not currently funded through the Health Center Program that seeks to serve an announced service area through the proposal of one or more permanent service delivery sites.

• Competing Supplement – A current Health Center Program award recipient that seeks to serve an announced service area, in addition to its current service area through the proposal of one or more new permanent delivery sites.

The purpose of the SAC-AA funding opportunity is to ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable populations served by the Health Center Program.

Applicants must document an understanding of the need for primary health care services in the service area and propose a sound plan to meet this need. The plan must ensure the availability and accessibility of primary and preventive health care services to all individuals in the service area and target population. Applicants must further demonstrate that the plan maximizes collaborative and coordinated delivery systems for the provision of health care to the underserved.

Applicants must demonstrate compliance with applicable Health Center Program requirements and corresponding regulations and policies, as required by section 330 of the PHS Act, as amended.