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Submit Look-Alike Annual Certification (LAL AC)

Find out how and when to submit for Health Center Program LAL AC.

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How to submit

When it’s time for you to submit:

  1. Your points of contact will receive an email from EHBs.
    • We send the email 150 calendar days prior to the end of the current certification period.
    • Complete the BPHC Contact Form if your contacts do not receive an email to submit.
  2. Your Authorizing Official (AO) must submit through EHBs. You have 60 calendar days to complete and submit required information.

What you’ll report

  • Progress you’ve made since you submitted the last time you applied (Renewal Designation [RD] or AC) 
  • Expected progress for the rest of the current certification period
  • Projected changes for the upcoming certification period

EHBs access and deadline schedule

Submit by the deadline. If you do not, you risk the end of your LAL designation and its benefits.

Certification Period Start Date EHBs Access* EHBs Deadline*
January 1, 2025 August 4, 2024 October 3, 2024
February 1, 2025 September 4, 2024 November 3, 2024
March 1, 2025 October 2, 2024 December 1, 2024
April 1, 2025 November 2, 2024 January 1, 2025
May 1, 2025 December 2, 2024 January 31, 2025
June 1, 2025 January 2, 2025 March 3, 2025

*EHBs auto-generate access and deadline dates. Please work within these dates to submit.

Request technical assistance prior to the deadline if the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday.

Find resources for your submission

Submission aid

FY25 Technical Assistance (TA) Briefing | FY25 TA Briefing slides (PDF - 988 KB)

Attachments and program specific forms

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Contact us

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Your submission

BPHC Contact Form

Under Look-Alike Designation, select Annual Certification (LAL-AC)

Add 'BPHCAnswers@hrsa.gov' to your address book to make sure you receive our reply email.

EHBs

BPHC Contact Form

Under Technical Support, select:

  1. EHBs Tasks/EHBs Technical Issues
  2. LAL Application Technical Questions

Call 877-464-4772 (select option 1) 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET, Monday – Friday (except federal holidays)

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