Nation
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Nationwide:
$1,017,044,256 as of 2/15/2013 HRSA Grants awarded in FY2013 through 980 grantees
In FY2012, HRSA awarded $7,573,612,472 in grants to the Nation through 2,653 grantees
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See all the HRSA Fact Sheets at http://hrsainyourstate.hrsa.gov/ Breakdown of HRSA Fiscal Year 2013 Investments
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(Nation Total $624,391,834)
Nationwide, 1,196 health center grantees operate more than 9,000 clinics and mobile medical vans, providing affordable primary and preventive care on a sliding fee scale to more than 14 million low-income children and adults.1
Currently the Nation contains:
- 9,032 health center sites
- 1,196 health center grantees
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2013
**: $624,391,834 total funding, to 700 grantees, through 764 grants- FY2012
: $3,245,623,489 total funding, to 1,286 grantees, through 1,720 grants
Total Active Grants: $6,748,372,130 to 1,506 grantees, through 2,304 grants
(Nation Total $42,557,758)
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is a network of primary medical, dental and behavioral health care professionals and sites that serve the most medically underserved regions of the country. To support their service, NHSC clinicians receive financial support in the form of loan repayment and scholarships, as well as educational, training and networking opportunities.
Currently in the Nation 7,874 clinicians are caring for people who live in areas where health care is hard to find, which are known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).1
- 3,909 provide primary medical care
- 1,194 provide dental care
- 2,771 provide mental health care
- 4,131 are working in urban areas
- 3,960 are working in rural communities †
- 3,675 health care job vacancies are NHSC-eligible
Awards to NHSC Loan Repayors:
- FY2013
**: $31,313,928- FY2012
: $168,794,650
Awards to NHSC Scholars:
- FY2013
**: $589,690- FY2012
: $42,231,799
(Nation Total $47,719,230)
Health professions training programs increase access to health care through the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that can adapt to the population’s changing health care needs and provide the highest quality of care for all. Health professions programs support health professions schools and training programs in medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health. Grant recipients are health professions school and training programs.
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2013
**: $47,719,230 total funding, to 71 grantees, through 76 grants- FY2012
: $691,189,614 total funding, to 630 grantees, through 1,629 grants
Total Active Grants: $1,281,556,683 to 693 grantees, through 1,960 grants
More than 60 million people live in rural areas in the U.S. – where health care services are limited. To monitor and improve rural health care, HRSA rural health programs fund community health pilots and demonstrations in rural communities, supports the State Offices of Rural Health in partnership with the State, expand the use of telehealth, support small rural hospitals, fund Black Lung clinics, and fund Radiation Exposure Screening and Education.
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2012
: $124,494,853 total funding, to 340 grantees, through 482 grants
Total Active Grants: $383,973,520 to 383 grantees, through 544 grants
(Nation Total $56,108,945)
Targeting resources to an array of programs at the State and local levels where they are most needed, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, through Part A, B, C, D and F Grants, each year provides medical and support services to more than a half million people who otherwise would be unable to afford care.
Detailed state-level information is available from the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB).
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2013
**: $56,108,945 total funding, to 105 grantees, through 105 grants- FY2012
: $2,341,584,546 total funding, to 578 grantees, through 886 grants
Total Active Grants: $3,863,575,668 to 576 grantees, through 896 grants
(Nation Total $288,824,247)
The lives of mothers, children and families are improved through grants via the State Maternal and Child Health Title V Block Grant to the States, Home Visiting Formula Grants and through Special Projects of Regional and National significance. The grants provide funding for a variety of programs including services and support to Children with Special Health Care Needs, systems for people with Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism Research, improvement of Emergency Medical Services Systems capacity for treatment of children, Newborn Screening, Family to Family Health Information Centers, Sickle Cell projects, and the Healthy Start Program.
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2013
**: $288,824,247 total funding, to 157 grantees, through 216 grants- FY2012
: $1,130,226,046 total funding, to 495 grantees, through 1,026 grants
Total Active Grants: $2,188,528,286 to 500 grantees, through 1,116 grants
Grant programs promote organ donation and poison control centers and help States expand access to affordable health care coverage. Other programs that improve State and local health care include the national systems that:
- Allocate donated organs for transplantation; 27,505 residents in Nationwide received transplants in 2009
- Match bone marrow donors with recipients
- Maintain cord blood banks
- Make discounted drugs available to 15,971 participating providers Nationwide through the 340B program
- Compensate individuals harmed by vaccines or measures taken to counter pandemics and other threats
Awarded HRSA Grants:
- FY2012
: $30,200,342 total funding, to 70 grantees, through 76 grants
Total Active Grants: $560,456,202 to 316 grantees, through 400 grants
Health IT grants improve the quality of health care safety nets and improve efficiency. With technology like electronic health records, providers have access to accurate and complete information about a patient's health, and can better coordinate care.
- In the nation, there are 74 Health Center Controlled Networks.
Visit FindANetwork.hrsa.gov to use an interactive search tool to find more information about these networks.
HRSA designates Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), which are designated based on requests that demonstrate these areas meet the criteria for having too few health professionals to meet the needs of the population. HRSA also designates Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs); areas in which there is a shortage of personal health services or include groups of persons who face economic, cultural or linguistic barriers to health care.
HPSAs, MUAs and MUPs are used to determine eligibility for a number of government programs.2
Currently in the Nation there are:
- 3,459 Medically Underserved Areas
- 491 Medically Underserved Populations
Current Nation HPSAs:
- 5864 primary medical care
- 4600 dental
- 3825 mental health
**Fiscal year-to-date funding † Some NHSC clinicians may serve in both urban areas and rural communities
1 Some clinicians and grantees may serve in multiple geographic areas. | 2 Some HPSAs, MUAs, and MUPs may cross geographic boundaries.
The term active grant refers to a grant whose project period end date occurs after the date of this report.
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