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Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary Care: The Health Center Program

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About Health Centers

What is a Health Center?

FQHC Look-Alike

How to Apply (How to Apply for Funding or Look-Alike Designation)

Program Requirements

Program Benefits

Special Populations

Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike Program

FQHC Look-Alike Application Instructions for Calendar Year 2011/2012 

Technical Assistance for the Initial Designation Application

Technical Assistance for the Renewal of Designation and Annual Certification Applications

 

NOTE:  For technical assistance on Uniform Data System reporting for FQHC Look-Alikes, please visit Health Center Data Reporting and Technical Assistance. 

The Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike Program supports the delivery of comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services to low-income, underserved, and special populations.

What is an FQHC Look-Alike?

The FQHC Look-Alike Program is for entities that operate and provide services consistent with all statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements that apply to section 330-funded health centers, but do not receive funding under section 330.

Eligibility Requirements

Organizations must meet the following eligibility requirements at the time of application:

  • Be a public or a private nonprofit entity;
  • Serve, in whole or in part, a federally-designated Medically Underserved Area (MUA) or Medically Underserved Population (MUP);
  • Comply with section 1905(I)(2)(B) f the SSA, which requires that an FQHC Look-Alike entity may not be owned, controlled, or operated by another entity.

Summary of Program Requirements

FQHC Look-Alikes are expected to demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of section 330 of the PHS Act, 42 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 51c (Grants for Community Health Centers), and 42 C.F.R. Part 56 (Grants for Migrant Health Services and Migrant Health Centers), as applicable.  Organizations are encouraged to review the section 330 program requirements, in addition to the applicable statutes, regulations, and policies (located in the Resources section of this page) for FQHC Look-Alikes prior to developing an application.

Program Specific Forms

All forms are located in HRSA’s  EHB system.  Samples of the forms to be completed online in EHB can be found below.

Performance Measures

Technical Assistance Resources

PAL 2011-10

PAL 2011-08