The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), a project of North American Management, is supported in part by a cooperative agreement grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
What is the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
Comprising six bureaus and ten offices, HRSA provides leadership and financial support to health care providers in every state and U.S. territory. HRSA grantees provide health care to uninsured people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women, mothers and children. They train health professionals and improve systems of care in rural communities. Click here to learn more about HRSA.
What are National Cooperative Agreements (NCAs)
HRSA/BPHC supports cooperative grant agreements with a variety of national organizations to provide training and technical assistance to health centers and other safety net providers. These organizations are uniquely positioned to work with providers, policy makers, program administrators, states and communities to improve the health of underserved communities and vulnerable populations. There are two categories of NCAs, national organizations such as the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc, which provides a broad array of technical assistance to a wide variety of organizations and organizations that are focused on special populations, that include migrant and seasonal farmworkers, homeless, public housing, LGBT, elderly, children in schools, and Asian Pacific populations. Click here to learn more about NCAs.
HRSA Disclosure Statement
This publication was made possible by grant funding (#U30CS09734) from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA.