Component 2: Development Grants

Development Grants provide support for development of the organizational and collaborative capacities required of FQHCs.

The objectives of this program component are to help:

• Organizations meet all governance, management, and fiscal requirements of Federally Qualified Health Centers.
• Organizations have sufficient capacity to apply for FQHC funds or to apply to be an FQHC look-alike.

FQHC Look-Alike Development Grant Example Activities

• Developing non-profit, consumer-based board of directors.
• Negotiating formal collaborations and memorandums of understanding (MOUs), including admitting privileges, with hospitals, specialists, and public health offices.
• Identifying and developing capital infrastructure such as a facility (does not include purchase of a facility).
• Development of, or securing technical assistance for the development of, FQHC application components (i.e. health center budget, clinical plans, management information system development plan, business plan, administrative development plans, and grant narratives).
• Workforce development (i.e. physician recruitment)
• Leveraging community, state, and federal resources
• Technical assistance on any of the above activities