Fiscal Year 2025 Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) Cooperative Agreements | HRSA 25 018

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The Fiscal Year 2025 Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) Cooperative Agreements (Opportunity No. HRSA-25-018) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) focused on strengthening how Primary Health Centers (PHCs) use health information technology (health IT) and data. The core purpose is to help PHCs deliver primary care that is more affordable, more accessible, and higher quality by building shared, network-level capacity that individual health centers often cannot develop as efficiently on their own. This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally means HRSA is likely to be more actively involved than with a standard grant, with ongoing collaboration and expectations around implementation and performance.

The program is centered on three practical, high-impact areas. First, it emphasizes data management and analytics, meaning stronger capabilities to collect, govern, clean, standardize, and analyze clinical and operational data so health centers can make better decisions, improve performance, and target care improvements. Second, it prioritizes interoperability of systems and digital health tools, which typically involves making different health IT systems and platforms work together more smoothly, including sharing information across electronic health records, health information exchanges, patient-facing tools, and other digital solutions that support care coordination and continuity. Third, it highlights Uniform Data System (UDS) implementation, reflecting the ongoing need for health centers to produce accurate, timely, and usable UDS reporting, and to use those data not only for compliance but also for quality improvement, population health work, and operational planning.

Eligibility for applying includes a wide range of entity types listed by HRSA, including various levels of government, tribal entities, nonprofits (with and without 501(c)(3) status), higher education institutions, and for-profit organizations (including small businesses). However, the description sets a clear functional requirement for who can apply on behalf of an HCCN: the applicant must be a current Health Center Program (H80) award recipient that has been funded for at least two consecutive preceding years, and it must be applying on behalf of an HCCN. In other words, while many organizational types may be eligible in general, the HCCN concept is anchored in the Health Center Program community and is expected to be led by a qualifying H80-funded health center recipient.

To be considered an HCCN, the network must meet specific structural criteria throughout the entire period of performance. The network must include at least 10 PHCs, ensuring it represents a meaningful collaborative scale rather than a small partnership. It must be majority-controlled and, as applicable, at least majority-owned by Health Center Program (H80) award recipients, which is intended to keep governance and strategic direction in the hands of the participating health centers rather than outside vendors or unrelated entities. In addition, the HCCN must have its own governing body that is independent of the boards of its member health centers, reinforcing that the network operates as a distinct collaborative entity with dedicated oversight rather than as an informal coalition.

Key administrative details include the original application closing date of December 2, 2024, and an opportunity creation date of October 3, 2024. HRSA anticipates making 49 awards under this opportunity. The posted award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that the maximum award amount is not provided in the summarized listing and would need to be confirmed in the full notice of funding opportunity or related program guidance. The program falls under the Health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.129.

Overall, this opportunity is designed to fund and formalize network-level health IT support that can be shared across multiple health centers, with a strong emphasis on turning health data into actionable insight, enabling effective data exchange and digital tools, and strengthening UDS reporting and use. The eligibility and governance rules make it clear that HRSA is specifically aiming to support networks that are truly controlled by health centers and built to serve health center needs at scale.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2025 Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) Cooperative Agreements" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.129.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-03.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-12-02. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 49 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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