Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)

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In short: Health Resources and Services Administration expects to make 83 awards of $1.2 million to $19.2 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.

Deadline: Opens Nov 30, 2026 · due about Dec 30, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size: $1.2M – $19.2M
Total available: $461M · about 83 awards
Match ?: Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply: Tribal government, City or town government, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Tribal organization, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), State government, County government, Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), and others named in the official notice
Where: Check the official notice for location limits

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Past Tennessee awards on file: 72, including your county

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About this grant

The FY 2027 Health Center Program Service Area Competition (SAC) funding improves the health of medically underserved communities and populations by providing grants to support the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary health care services in the United States and its territories. For each SAC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), service areas available for competition are announced in the Service Area Announcement Table (SAAT). Throughout the year, we may announce additional service areas in a Service Area Competition-Additional Area (SAC-AA) if an awarded health center cannot continue to provide services in the funded service area.

Shelby County: Health shortage areas here

HRSA shortage designations that cover all or part of Shelby County:

Primary care: low-income residents in 25 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 21. HRSA name “LI - Frayser/Raleigh”, ID 1478153807.
Primary care: low-income residents in 28 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 17. HRSA name “LI - Macon Mullins Station”, ID 1471449277.
Primary care: low-income residents in 39 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 20. HRSA name “LI - South Memphis/Orange Mound”, ID 1471411928.
Primary care: low-income residents in 25 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 21. HRSA name “LI-North Memphis/Hollywood”, ID 1471462768.
Primary care: low-income residents in 32 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 21. HRSA name “LI-Oakville/Parkway Village/Fox Meadows”, ID 1474990509.
Primary care: low-income residents in 17 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 19. HRSA name “LI-Whitehaven/Westwood”, ID 1472358626.
Dental: low-income residents in 51 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 19. HRSA name “LI - Frayser, Raliegh, North Memphis SA”, ID 6471407513.
Dental: low-income residents in 8 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 9. HRSA name “LI - NW Shelby Millington”, ID 6477206692.
Dental: low-income residents in 69 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 19. HRSA name “LI - South Memphis/Whitehaven/Oakville”, ID 6473937711.
Dental: low-income residents in 21 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 15. HRSA name “LI-Parkway Village/Fox Meadows”, ID 6476395267.
Mental health: low-income residents in 16 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 17. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-Macon/Mullins Station”, ID 7473681019.
Mental health: low-income residents in 6 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 13. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-Millington/Woodstock-Lucy”, ID 7474351890.
Mental health: low-income residents in 49 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 19. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-NW Memphis-Frayser-Raleigh”, ID 7478752111.
Mental health: low-income residents in 18 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 16. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-Parkway Village/Fox Meadows”, ID 7478934930.
Mental health: low-income residents in 66 census tracts of Shelby County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 19. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-South Memphis/Whitehaven-Levi”, ID 7475929468.
Medically underserved area: 46 census tracts of Shelby County, IMU score 59.20. HRSA name “NW Memphis Frayser/Raleigh”, ID 1478708962.
Medically underserved area: 7 census tracts of Shelby County, IMU score 61.40. HRSA name “Northwest Shelby-Millington”, ID 1478877019.
Medically underserved area: 28 census tracts of Shelby County, IMU score 55.60. HRSA name “Oakville/Parkway Village/Fox Meadows”, ID 1475566269.
Medically underserved area: 37 census tracts of Shelby County, IMU score 52.30. HRSA name “South Memphis/Orange Mound”, ID 1473521325.
Medically underserved area: 18 census tracts of Shelby County, IMU score 57.30. HRSA name “Southwest Memphis”, ID 1478751625.

A designation for part of the county, or for a group of residents, does not make all of Shelby County a shortage area.

Funders check the exact site or address. Look yours up in HRSA's Find Shortage Areas tool. It also lists facility designations, such as health centers, which HRSA's download leaves out.

Source: HRSA, shortage area data downloads (HPSA and MUA/P files), as of Oct 8, 2026. Withdrawn designations are left out. Higher HPSA scores mean more need.

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/51fa7e21-beca-497f-a0f1-bf175382f77f · Printed from grantme.click/grants/9d3dfd2b-66db-40c3-b5e9-28d10f653463

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

56 awards to Tennessee groups in 20 counties since 2001 · 6 in Shelby County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winner	Where	Amount	Fiscal year
United Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.	Nashville, Davidson County	$79.9M	2002
Cherokee Health Systems	Knoxville, Knox County	$73.6M	2003
Christ Community Health Services Inc	Memphis, Shelby County	$54.2M	2003
Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.	Nashville, Davidson County	$46.8M	2002
Memphis Health Center Inc	Memphis, Shelby County	$43.1M	2002
Rural Health Services Consortium, Inc	Rogersville, Hawkins County	$36.5M	2002
Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority	Chattanooga, Hamilton County	$25.3M	2002
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$24.8M	2016
Tennessee Department of Health	Nashville, Davidson County	$24M	2002
Rural Medical Services, Inc.	Newport, Cocke County	$21.7M	2002
Dayspring Health, Inc	Jellico, Campbell County	$19.8M	2002
Hardeman County Community Health Center	Bolivar, Hardeman County	$19.6M	2002

Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Health

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Health passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 16 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Shelby County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winner	Where	Through	Amount	Fiscal year
Maury Regional Hospital	Columbia, Maury County	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	$1.6M spent that year	2025
Hamilton County, Tennessee	Chattanooga, Hamilton County	Tennessee Department of Health	$1M spent that year	2024
Stewart County Tennessee	Dover, Stewart County	Tennessee Department of Health	$344K spent that year	2025
County of Stewart	Dover, Stewart County	Tennessee Department of Health	$342K	2024
Cumberland County, Tennessee	Crossville, Cumberland County	Tennessee Department of Health	$233K spent that year	2025
County of Stewart	Dover, Stewart County	Tennessee Department of Health	$138K	2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	Matthew-Walker	$124K spent that year	2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	Arcare	$124K spent that year	2025
Gibson County, Tennessee	Trenton, Gibson County	Tennessee Department of Health	$120K spent that year	2025
Clay County, Tennessee	Celina, Clay County	Tennessee Department of Health	$87K spent that year	2024
County of Stewart	Dover, Stewart County	Tennessee Department of Health	$86K	2025
County of Putnam	Cookeville, Putnam County	Tennessee Department of Health	$84K	2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Similar grants open or opening soon

From other funders, about the same kind of work in Shelby County.

Grants (contact the foundation) · Clarke Charitable Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice
Grants (written request) · Doochin Family Charitable Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice
Grants (guidelines on request) · The Hand Foundation, Inc. (Chattanooga) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
Grant Requests · Grace Foundation of Memphis · No deadline listed: see the official notice

About the federal program

Health Center Program
Program number 93.224 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration · Project grant

How applications are judged

See the applicable NOFO for details, including specific review criteria. Applicants are expected to demonstrate compliance with the Health Center Program requirements. Applications are subject to independent objective review procedures.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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