FY 2015 Service Area Competition-Additional Areas

Objective Review CommitteeHRSA-15-141

SAC-AA Technical Assistance page:http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/sac-aa

Reviewer Scoring Guidance

• Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

• FOA Side-by-Side (Project Narrative/Review Criteria)

• HRSA Scoring Rubric

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Overview

The Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA) provides funding for the provision of continued comprehensive primary health care services to underserved and/or special populations.

Three types of applicants:

1. New applicants

2. Current grantees applying to continue serving their current service area (competing continuation)

3. Current grantees applying to serve a new service area (supplemental)

Project Period: Up to 3 years

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Target Populations by Funding Type

• Community Health Centers (CHC, section 330(e)): target population is underserved individuals

• Migrant Health Centers (MHC, section 330(g)): target population is migratory and seasonal agricultural workers

• Health Care for the Homeless (HCH, section 330(h)): target population is people experiencing homelessness

• Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC, section 330(i)): target population is residents of, and individuals living immediately adjacent to, public housing

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Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

1. Be public or nonprofit private entities such as a tribal, faith-based, or community-based organization.

2. Applicant proposes to serve a service area and its associated population(s) and patients identified in the SAAT (see http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/sac-aa).

3. Applicant must propose on Form 1A to serve at least 75 percent of patients by December 31, 2016 as listed in the SAAT. See the Summary of Funding section in the FOA if the patient projection is less than published in the SAAT.

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Eligibility Requirements

4. Applicant must propose on Form 5B the service area zip codes from which at least 75 percent of the current patients reside. Applicants should use the SAAT as a resource in determining the zip codes from which the majority of patients originate.

5. Applicant must propose to serve all currently targeted populations (i.e., CHC, MHC, HCH, PHPC) identified through the funding distribution in the SAAT.

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Eligibility Requirements

6. Applicant requests annual federal section 330 funding (as listed in the SAAT and presented on the SF-424A and Budget Justification Narrative) that DOES NOT exceed the established cap of section 330 funding (listed as Total Funding on the SAAT) available to support the announced service area and its designated population(s).

7. Applicant does not apply on behalf of another organization.

See Section III of the FOA for complete eligibility information

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Superior, MT Service Area

Project Narrative & Review Criteria

Project Narrative/Review Criteria

• Need (15 points)

• Response (20 points)

• Collaboration (10 points)

• Evaluative Measures (15 points)

• Resources/Capabilities (20 points)

• Governance (10 points)

• Support Requested (10 points)

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Project Narrative Resources

Need• Form 9: Need for Assistance Worksheet• Attachment 1: Service Area Map and Table

Response• Form 1A: General Information Worksheet• Form 2: Staffing Profile• Forms 5A, 5B, and 5C: Services, Sites, and Other

Activities/Locations• Form 8: Health Center Agreements• Attachment 1: Service Area Map and Table• Attachment 7: Summary of Contracts and Agreements (if applicable)• Attachment 10: Sliding Fee Discount Schedule• Attachment 13: Implementation Plan (if applicable)

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Project Narrative Resources

Collaboration• Attached letters of support (Attachment 9) should

DESCRIBE collaboration with other providers/organizations• Applicants are required to PROVIDE letters of support from

the following organizations in the service area (see Attachment 1): Health Center Program grantees (both 330 grantees and look-alikes), rural health clinics, critical access hospitals, and health departments

• The applicant MUST document/explain why any required letters were not included

Evaluative Measures• Clinical and Financial Performance Measures

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Project Narrative Resources

Resources/Capabilities• Form 1A: General Information Worksheet• Form 2: Staffing Profile• Form 5B: Service Sites• Form 8: Health Center Agreements• Attachment 2: Corporate Bylaws• Attachment 3: Organizational Chart• Attachments 4 & 5: Position Descriptions/Biographical

Sketches• Attachment 6: Co-Applicant Agreement (if applicable)• Attachment 7: Summary of Contracts and Agreements (if

applicable)• Attachment 12: Floor Plans (if applicable)

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Project Narrative Resources

Governance• Form 4: Community Characteristics• Form 6A: Current Board Member Characteristics• Form 6B: Request for Waiver of Governance Requirements • Attachment 2: Corporate Bylaws• Attachment 6: Co-Applicant Agreement (if applicable)• Attachment 8: Articles of Incorporation (not required for

competing continuations)

Support Requested• SF-424A: Budget Information Non-Construction Programs• Budget Justification Narrative• Form 1A: General Information Worksheet• Form 2: Staffing Profile• Form 3: Income Analysis

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Budget Justification

• The Budget Justification Narrative should include a line-item budget and any narrative required to explain costs and demonstrate that costs are reasonable and necessary for implementation of the proposed project.

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Final Reminders

• Refer to the SAC-AA TA web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/assistance/sac-aa

• Reference the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

• Scores should be an accurate reflection of the needs, service plans, and capabilities presented in the SAC-AA applications

• Strengths and weaknesses should be based on the Project Narrative and review criteria in the FOA

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