ComplianceTaking effectUpdated Sep 24, 2026

HRSA Health Center Program rules

Scope of project, forms and system deadlines, new access points, FTCA deeming, UDS reporting and site visits.

41 updates · 41 sources

Where it stands

HRSA extended funding for the 272 health centers in the FY2027 Service Area Competition through June 30 or July 31, 2027, while it makes new awards; each center must still compete. HRSA's New Access Points round is landing as $650,000 awards: two Texas look-alikes became Section 330 grantees, and Thrive Alabama plans a new Albertville site for mid-December. HRSA's 2025 UDS data is published by state.

As of Sep 24, 2026

Based on: HRSA / Federal Register notice 2026-19578 · KOSA / First Alert 7 · East Texas Community Clinic Inc. · WEIS Radio · Health Resources and Services Administration

What to watch

System outages and cut-off dates in the Electronic Handbooks.
Rules that take effect on release.

What's next

Oct 19, 2026 · in 21 days
Change-in-scope requests before HRSA's system shutdown Deadline

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Timeline

What changed

New Access Points and competitions

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WEIS Radio

Sep 9, 2026

Thrive Alabama will open a new federally qualified health center in Albertville on a $650,000 HRSA award, targeting a mid-December opening

Thrive Alabama was awarded $650,000 through HRSA's Health Center Program to open what the reporting describes as “a new Federally Qualified Health Center” in Albertville, Marshall County, with a mid-December target.

Health center openings, closures and mergers AL Source

Baton Rouge Weekly Press

Sep 3, 2026

CareSouth wins HRSA New Access Points funding to expand in North Baton Rouge

Event: Aug 28

Capitol City Family Health Center Inc., doing business as CareSouth Medical and Dental, received HRSA New Access Points funding to expand its Howell Boulevard site in North Baton Rouge for women's health, primary care…

LA Source

KOSA / First Alert 7

Sep 16, 2026

Odessa's MCH Family Health Clinics, a look-alike since 2008, win a $650,000 Section 330 New Access Point award

Event: Aug 27

KOSA reported August 27, 2026 that Medical Center Health System received a $650,000 HRSA New Access Point grant that designates all four MCH Family Health Clinics in Odessa as federally qualified health centers: two family health clinics, a kids clinic…

TX Ector County Hospital District Source

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Aug 26, 2026East Texas Community Clinic moves from look-alike to Section 330 grantee with a $650,000 New Access Point awardEast Texas Community Clinic Inc.
Aug 14, 2026MetroHealth reports full FQHC status and a $650K New Access Point awardOrganization · The MetroHealth System
Aug 13, 2026California's share of HRSA's New Access Points round: 27 organizations and more than $17 million, with at least 16 look-alikes receiving new awardsNews · KVPR / Central Valley Journalism Collaborative
Aug 13, 2026HHS and HRSA award $102 million for FY2026 New Access Points — 158 health centers are slated to establish 415 sitesGovernment · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Health Resources and Services Administration
Aug 1, 2026Two Kentucky health centers begin new $650,000 Health Center Program awards on August 1Government · USAspending.gov
Mar 8, 2026HRSA FY2026 Health Center Grants Now MAHA-Aligned — Chronic Disease FocusIndustry · Community Link Consulting

UDS reporting and quality recognition

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News · CT News Junkie

Sep 3, 2026

All 17 Connecticut health centers earn HRSA quality recognition, and the state association puts the sector at over 454,000 patients

HRSA awarded Community Health Quality Recognition badges to all 17 of Connecticut's community health centers based on 2025 performance data.

CT Source

Government · Health Resources and Services Administration

Aug 16, 2026

HRSA's 2025 Virginia UDS reports 410,092 patients, down 3,108 from 2024, while uninsured patients rose by 497

HRSA's undated 2025 Virginia UDS profile, first observed in this repository on August 16, 2026, reports 26 Health Center Program awardees serving 410,092 patients.

VA Source

Government · Health Resources and Services Administration

Aug 16, 2026

HRSA's 2025 U.S. Virgin Islands UDS reports 14,164 patients, down 1,133 from 2024

HRSA's undated 2025 UDS profile, first observed in this repository on August 16, 2026, reports two Health Center Program awardees serving 14,164 patients.

VI Source

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Aug 16, 2026HRSA's 2025 workforce table shows hands-on training at one of two U.S. Virgin Islands health-center awardeesGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Aug 7, 2026HRSA quality badges recognize Puerto Rico's 330 network — 508,068 patients in the 2025 UDS (+33,000), with Hospital General de Castañer earning Gold Quality LeaderForo Noticioso
Aug 6, 2026All 14 Iowa community health centers earn a HRSA quality badge; three are named Gold National Quality LeadersAssociation · Iowa Primary Care Association
Jul 31, 2026HRSA's 2025 UDS national data is live — 32,746,392 patients across 1,356 awardees, 47.92% Medicaid/CHIP, 17.21% uninsured — posted ahead of any announcementGovernment · HRSA Health Center Program UDS Awardee Data tool
Jul 30, 2026HRSA's 2025 American Samoa UDS reports 26,122 patients, 66 more than in 2024Government · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 30, 2026HRSA's 2025 Guam UDS reports 8,715 patients, 120 more than in 2024Government · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 30, 2026HRSA reports one RMI health-center awardee served 5,521 patients in 2025Government · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 30, 2026HRSA's 2025 Tennessee baseline: 29 reporting health-center awardees served 427,688 patients, down 5,543 from 2024Government · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 30, 2026Tennessee's health-center uninsured share fell to 30.38% in 2025 — the last reading before the ACA subsidy cliff, not evidence the crisis easedGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 15, 2026HRSA's 2024 UDS counts 36 Louisiana reporting awardees and 487,947 patientsGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 15, 2026HRSA reports 60.69 nurse-practitioner FTEs at New Hampshire health-center awardeesGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 15, 2026HRSA's 2024 New Hampshire profile counts 9 reporting awardees and 92,962 patientsGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Jul 15, 2026HRSA's 2024 Wyoming UDS baseline shows $9.59 million in Medicaid collections—not a 14.8% declineGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Dec 31, 2024HRSA's 2024 UDS counts eight DC awardees serving 184,662 patients—not nine FQHC awardeesGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Dec 31, 2024HRSA reports 7 Nevada awardees serving 128,018 patients in 2024, with 37.28% covered by Medicaid or CHIPGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Dec 31, 2024HRSA 2024 UDS: 21 Puerto Rico awardees served 474,356 patients, including 291,406 Medicaid/CHIP patientsGovernment · HRSA Uniform Data System
Dec 31, 2024HRSA's 2024 Utah UDS reports 143,779 patients, including 62,492 uninsured and 26,747 with MedicaidGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
Dec 31, 2024HRSA reports 28 West Virginia health-center awardees served 576,260 patients in 2024Government · Health Resources and Services Administration

Scope of project and change-in-scope

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Legislature · Federal Register / HRSA

Aug 19, 2026

HRSA publishes the FINAL Health Center Program Scope of Project Policy Manual

Event: Aug 11

HRSA published a Notice of Availability for the final Health Center Program Scope of Project Policy Manual (Federal Register document 2026-16348, 91 FR 51722, published August 11, 2026). Two features make this immediately operational.

Source

Government · Federal Register / HRSA

Jul 31, 2026

HRSA reopens Form 5A and Form 5B

HRSA published an information collection request revision on July 30, 2026 (Federal Register document 2026-15419, 91 FR 48170) proposing to modify eight approved Health Center Program Forms and add three new ones, with comments due September 28, 2026.

Source

Government · HRSA BPHC

May 7, 2026

HRSA Migrating Section 330 Grants From EHB to GrantSolutions, Operational Disruption Risk for All FQHCs

Event: Apr 15

HRSA is migrating Section 330 pre-award and award functions — application submission, review, and award — from the Electronic Handbooks (EHB) to GrantSolutions through 2026.

Source

FTCA deeming

Open

Government · HRSA BPHC

Jun 9, 2026

FTCA CY2027 redeeming applications due June 26

HRSA Program Assistance Letter 2026-01 sets June 26, 2026 as the deadline for all currently-deemed health centers (and their sub-recipients) to submit CY2027 Federal Tort Claims Act redeeming applications — the annual filing that renews free federal…

Source

Other updates on this issue

Legislature · HRSA / Federal Register notice 2026-19578

Sep 24, 2026

HRSA extends funding for 272 health centers in the FY2027 Service Area Competition

A HRSA notice published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2026 (91 FR 60626) extends, with funds, the current period of performance for the 272 health centers that must re-compete for their service areas in the fiscal year 2027 Service Area Competition.

Source

Industry · Community Link Consulting

May 12, 2026

HHS MAHA Initiative Reshapes HRSA Grant Priorities, Chronic Disease Focus

HHS Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities are reshaping FY2026 HRSA grant narratives toward chronic disease prevention, nutrition, preventive health education, cancer screening, mental health, reducing medication overreliance, and environmental health.

Source

Organization · Hidalgo Medical Services

Jun 12, 2026

Hidalgo Medical Services reports full compliance after HRSA Operational Site Visit

Event: May 6

Hidalgo Medical Services announced that HRSA formally notified it of full compliance with all Health Center Program requirements after a multiday Operational Site Visit covering governance, clinical services, quality and patient safety…

NM Source

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Apr 1, 2026HRSA Being Absorbed into New 'Administration for a Healthy America' — 25% of Staff Already DepartedNews · Fierce Healthcare
Mar 15, 2026HRSA Has Lost ~25% of Staff — Grant Management and FQHC Oversight Capacity Severely DegradedNews · KFF Health News
Jan 26, 2026HRSA Extends FQHC Performance Periods to 4 Years — $828M in Non-Competitive Awards for 192 Health CentersGovernment · Federal Register / HRSA
Jan 1, 2025HRSA awards Family Health Services $500,000 in FY2025 Expanded Hours fundingGovernment · U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration

Sources

Health Resources and Services Administration (14)
Community Link Consulting (2)
Health Resources and Services Administration, Uniform Data System (2)
Baton Rouge Weekly Press (1)
CT News Junkie (1)
East Texas Community Clinic Inc. (article provided to the Athens Daily Review, August 26, 2026); award amount, period and project abstract from USAspending award H8055730 (1)
Federal Register / HRSA (1)
Federal Register / HRSA (document 2026-15419) (1)
Federal Register / HRSA (FR doc 2026-16348, 91 FR 51722) (1)
Fierce Healthcare (1)
Foro Noticioso (1)
Hidalgo Medical Services (1)
HRSA / Federal Register notice 2026-19578 (91 FR 60626, Sept. 24, 2026) (1)
HRSA BPHC (1)
HRSA BPHC (PAL 2026-01) (1)
HRSA Health Center Program UDS Awardee Data tool (1)
HRSA Uniform Data System (1)
Iowa Primary Care Association (1)
KFF Health News (1)
KOSA / First Alert 7 (August 27, 2026); HRSA Health Center Program award H8055731 (USAspending) (1)
KVPR / Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (originally published by The Merced FOCUS), August 13, 2026; FY2026 New Access Point award records via USAspending (1)
The MetroHealth System; HRSA TAGGS cross-check (1)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Health Resources and Services Administration (1)
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care (1)
USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), federal award data reported by HHS/HRSA (1)
WEIS Radio (Thrive Alabama Albertville clinic) (1)

HRSA Health Center Program rules

Where it stands

What to watch

What's next

What changed

New Access Points and competitions

Thrive Alabama will open a new federally qualified health center in Albertville on a $650,000 HRSA award, targeting a mid-December opening

CareSouth wins HRSA New Access Points funding to expand in North Baton Rouge

Odessa's MCH Family Health Clinics, a look-alike since 2008, win a $650,000 Section 330 New Access Point award

UDS reporting and quality recognition

All 17 Connecticut health centers earn HRSA quality recognition, and the state association puts the sector at over 454,000 patients

HRSA's 2025 Virginia UDS reports 410,092 patients, down 3,108 from 2024, while uninsured patients rose by 497

HRSA's 2025 U.S. Virgin Islands UDS reports 14,164 patients, down 1,133 from 2024

Scope of project and change-in-scope

HRSA publishes the FINAL Health Center Program Scope of Project Policy Manual

HRSA reopens Form 5A and Form 5B

HRSA Migrating Section 330 Grants From EHB to GrantSolutions, Operational Disruption Risk for All FQHCs

FTCA deeming

FTCA CY2027 redeeming applications due June 26

Other updates on this issue

HRSA extends funding for 272 health centers in the FY2027 Service Area Competition

HHS MAHA Initiative Reshapes HRSA Grant Priorities, Chronic Disease Focus

Hidalgo Medical Services reports full compliance after HRSA Operational Site Visit

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