Pennsylvania Community Primary Care Challenge Grant
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| Web site |
Link to program web site |
| Type |
Grant or contract |
| Sponsors |
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania Primary Care Practitioner Program |
| Deadline |
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
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| Tagged keywords |
Clinics, Dental Occupations, Dentists, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, Pennsylvania, Physicians, Primary Care |
| Description |
Offers grants to increase access to health care for underserved populations by expanding primary care medical or dental services, increasing the number of primary care medical and dental practitioners, and increasing the number of primary care medical and dental clinics. |
| Amount |
$200,000 maximum award for Tier 1 Funding
$500,000 maximum award for Tier 2 Funding |
| Geographic Coverage |
Pennsylvania |
| Eligibility |
Potential applicants:
- Not-for-profit community-based organizations and health centers
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Local county/municipal government entities
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Community health improvement partnerships
Eligible applicants may apply for:
Tier 1 Funding:
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New or expansion of a community primary care medical or dental clinic
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$200,000 maximum award
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25% of awarded funds must be matched
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Project must be in a designated HPSA or MUA/P, or:
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An applicant with an operational primary care clinic not located in a HPSA or MUA/P may apply if applicant can demonstrate that the primary care clinic serves either:
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30% Low Income Patients (Medicaid, AdultBasic, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), discounted/sliding fee, and/or no-pay), or;
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30% of patients that currently reside within a HPSA or MUA/P
Tier 2 Funding:
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The establishment of new Community Health Center serving a MUA/P lacking an existing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or Look Alike (FQHC-LA)
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$500,000 maximum award
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25% of awarded funds must be matched
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Project must serve a designated MUA/P
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| Instructions |
A request for Applications (RFA) is issued annually. Applications may only be submitted when an RFA is issued. Next anticipated request for applications (RFA) fall of 2010. |
| Contacts |
ChallengeGrants@state.pa.us or (717) 772-5298 |
Last updated December 10, 2009
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