Healthcare Safety Net Federally Qualified Health Centers for Uninsured Adult Tennesseans Ages 19-64 Years of Age

Melissa Painter
615.741.0285
Melissa.Painter@tn.gov

The Tennessee Department of Health will provide grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes to offer a sliding fee scale and provide comprehensive, preventive, dental, behavioral health services to an underserved area of population to uninsured adult Tennesseans 19-64 years of age.

Required services must be provided for uninsured adults in Tennessee:

• Healthcare services as applied to FQHCs by Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-148(2), the same as Primary Care and Required Primary Health Services as applied to FQHC's by 42 U.S.C. § 254b and incorporated in 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(l)(2)(B). 04/01/2022 RFA
• Primary Care – Sustained and integrated delivery of preventative, acute, chronic healthcare services that establish a primary care medical home for patients
• Primary Care Provider (PCP) - A physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, physician assistant, psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, licensed professional counselor, psychiatric nurse specialist, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed master's social worker, actively licensed to practice in Tennessee

Eligibility requirements include:

• Operates as a public or private, nonprofit entity providing services in Tennessee and utilizes volunteers (licensed health professionals and/or non-clinical support personnel) to deliver services
• Meets the federal requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1396d(1)(2)(B) or 42 U.S.C. § 1398(1)(2)(B)(iii) and 42 U.S.C. § 254b
• Operates in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
• Provides primary medical care services in an ambulatory setting
• Provides services to low-income, uninsured individuals for free, discounted or sliding-fee scale rate
• Delivers services using a medical home model for care coordination
• Operates as a Rural Health Clinic (RHC) in accordance with federal requirements of 42.IV(b)405.2400 governing federal health insurance for the aged and disabled
• Provides and operates with a physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, physician assistant, psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, licensed professional counselor, psychiatric nurse specialist, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed master's social worker, actively licensed to practice in Tennessee

Applicants that are currently receiving a Safety Net Grant from the state are not eligible to apply.

Award ceiling: Not stated
Project period: 12 months

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website when applications are being accepted.

Submit the completed application through the online form.