Primary Care
Primary care services, health centers, and community-based care.
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment
The purpose of this program is to implement the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment public health model for children, adolescents, and/or adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, HMOs, PPOs, health plans, FQHCs, behavioral health centers, pediatric health care providers offices, children’s hospitals) and schools, with a focus on screening for underage drinking, opioid use, and other substance use.
Treatment and Recovery Services for Youth, Young Adults, and Families
The purpose of this program is to enhance comprehensive treatment and recovery services for youth (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-25) with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders and their families/primary caregivers.
Statewide Family Network
The purpose of this program is to enhance the capacity of statewide, mental health family-controlled organizations to support, train, and mentor family members/primary caregivers.
Screening & Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MMHSUD)
The MMHSUD Program helps improve maternal mental health and substance use disorder outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women by providing obstetric, primary care, and other maternal health providers with timely access to teleconsultation, training, and care coordination support including resource and referrals.
Public Health Strategies to Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: The National Healthy Brain Initiative, BOLD Public Health Centers of Excellence, and Public Health Adoption Accelerator
Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, is a progressive condition. It begins with mild memory loss and may lead to the inability to communicate or respond to one's environment. Its prevalence is rising with the aging U.S. population. In 2021, it was the 5th leading cause of death for those 65 and older, with death rates continuing to climb. The CDC Alzheimer's Disease Program, through the National Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) and funded partners, promotes brain health, addresses cognitive impairment, and supports caregivers using evidence-based approaches. This funding opportunity aligns with the HBI Road Map Series (including the State and Local Road Map 2023–2027 and the Road Map for Indian Country) and fulfills the aims of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act (P.L. 115-406). Funding Structure: Component 1: National Healthy Brain Initiative: Funds up to two (2) organizations to develop and implement public health strategies guided by the HBI Road Map Series. Funded organizations will: Develop evidence-informed training for health care and public health professionals on ADRD and caregiving. Expand the availability and use of public health surveillance data, including adaptation & revision of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) subjective cognitive decline and caregiver optional modules. Facilitate the coordination of recipients and national partners to address ADRD. Funding range: $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 per 12-month budget period. Component 2: BOLD Public Health Centers of Excellence: Funds three (3) Centers, each specializing in one of three topic-specific areas: dementia risk reduction, early detection and management of dementia, or dementia caregiving. Centers will: Support the needs of the BOLD public health program and other public health agencies. Identify, disseminate, and promote best practices. Translate promising research into practical tools and resources. Increase professional education and develop materials to address specific individual needs to improve health outcomes. Funding range: $750,000 to $1,000,000 per 12-month budget period. Component 3: ADRD Public Health Adoption Accelerator. Funds up to two (2) organizations to serve as public health strategy adaptation accelerator programs. This means using dissemination and implementation of science to spread and put into practice effective public health strategies, tools, and resources to tackle ADRD. Organizations will: Collaborate with CDC and other organizations to create a prioritized list of ADRD approaches & strategies. Use proven strategies to engage partners, health care organizations, and policymakers to enhance uptake and implementation, accelerating the impact of ADRD efforts. Provide technical assistance to Component 1 & 2 recipients. Funding range: $750,000 - $1,200,000 per 12-month budget period. Applicants may apply for multiple components, but must submit a separate application per component.
Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) Program
The Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood Program (TPEC) will advance the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by preventing chronic disease early in life and promoting healthy development in early childhood. TPEC recipients - organizations with statewide or tribal reach - will place early childhood development (ECD) experts in local pediatric practices to deliver team-based care to young children and their families. Recipients will improve the quality and cost effectiveness of pediatric primary care by delivering a comprehensive team-based approach that focuses on factors critical to child development. Through this approach, pediatric primary care staff will: Screen families for their needs related to mental health, housing, nutrition, and child development; Build safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between caregivers and their children; Educate caregivers on developmental milestones and how to watch for them; and Make sure that families get referrals and access to additional or specialized support. TPEC recipients will: Place early childhood development (ECD) experts in pediatric practices that primarily serve families covered by Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and deliver high-quality ECD services using a team-based approach.Build the skills of pediatric primary care staff statewide to deliver high-quality ECD services using a team-based approach. Improve statewide administrative policies and financing strategies to expand and sustain team-based pediatric primary care, improving the standard of care for all young children. TPEC will result in measurable improvements in service delivery rates and early childhood development outcomes.
Medical Student Education Program (MSE)
The Medical Student Education (MSE) Program provides support to public medical schools in the top quartile of states with a projected primary care provider shortage to expand or support education for medical students preparing to become physicians.
Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center Program (PCDFD)
The Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Center serves as a resource and training hub to: Support the development of faculty who teach primary care dentistry. Advance community and population-level approaches to assess and improve oral health outcomes. Prepare dental faculty for roles in program leadership. Faculty development will include: increasing the ability to teach clinical dentistry, developing leadership competencies, and dissemination including publishing and presentations.
Delta Rural Integrated Health Network Program
The Delta Rural Integrated Health Network Program seeks to improve healthcare delivery in the region by supporting the development of integrated health networks among rural hospitals, primary care clinics, behavioral health providers and other essential services.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) Cooperative Agreements
The FY 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) cooperative agreement supports three national organizations to develop and deliver technical assistance (TA) to existing and potential health centers with a focus on: Supporting the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality primary health care; improving chronic disease management, nutrition, and preventive services; improving operational effectiveness, efficiency, and quality; addressing emergent public health needs and priorities; complying with and exceeding Health Center Program and supplemental funding requirements.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY) Existing Geographic Service Areas
The purpose of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D program is to provide family-centered care in outpatient or ambulatory care settings to low-income women (25 years and older) with HIV, infants (up to 2 years of age) exposed to or with HIV, children (ages 2 to 12) with HIV, and youth (ages 13 to 24) with HIV. The RWHAP Part D funding is intended to improve access to coordinated and comprehensive HIV medical care and support services). The services often include case management, behavioral health, nutrition services, and referrals to specialty care. As the only component of the RWHAP that supports services for affected individuals not living with HIV, Part D may fund services when the primary purpose is to enable the affected individual to participate in the care of a person with HIV, to directly remove barriers to care for the person with HIV, or to promote family stability.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D - Women, Infants, Children and Youth Grant Supplemental Funding
The purpose of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D program is to provide family-centered care in outpatient or ambulatory care settings to low-income women (25 years and older) with HIV, infants (up to 2 years of age) exposed to or with HIV, children (ages 2 to 12) with HIV, and youth (ages 13 to 24) with HIV. The RWHAP Part D funding is intended to improve access to coordinated and comprehensive HIV medical care and support services. The services often include case management, behavioral health, nutrition services, and referrals to specialty care. As the only component of the RWHAP that supports services for affected individuals not living with HIV, Part D may fund services when the primary purpose is to enable the affected individual to participate in the care of a person with HIV , to directly remove barriers to care for the person with HIV, or to promote family stability. The purpose of this supplemental funding is to strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high quality family-centered HIV primary health care services for low-income women, infants, children and youth (WICY) with HIV. Activities fall under two categories: HIV Care Innovation and Infrastructure Development.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Quality Improvement Fund - Improving Access to Dental Services for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (QIF-DNDD)
The purpose of fiscal year (FY) 2026 Quality Improvement Fund: Improving Access to Dental Services for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (QIF-DNDD) is to increase access to preventive dental and additional dental services and improve dental health outcomes for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including children with autism spectrum and developmental disorders. Through this one-time investment, health centers will build upon existing evidence-based models to pilot innovative approaches to increase access to dental services for children with NDDs, advance the skills and knowledge of your workforce to support access to services, and improve patient outcomes. Applicants for this funding must propose project work plans that include: Specific evidence-based models and innovative approaches that will increase access to dental services and improve patient outcomes for children with NDDs.Plans to advance the skills and knowledge of the health center workforce to support access to dental services for children with NDDs.
Rural Residency Planning and Development Program
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) program improves and expands rural health care access. It does this by developing new, accredited, sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs (RTPs). Newly created rural physician residency programs increase training and ultimately practice in rural areas to address physician shortages. The RRPD program provides start-up funding to create new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties. Long-term sustainability funding must come from viable and stable sources, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other public or private sources. Qualifying medical specialties are: Family medicine.Internal medicine.Preventive medicine.Psychiatry.General surgery.Obstetrics and gynecology.For this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), rural residency programs: Are accredited physician residency programs.Train residents in clinical training sites that are physically located in a rural area as defined by HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) for greater than 50 percent of their total time in residency.Focus on preparing physicians to practice in rural communities.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (NRSA)
The National Research Service Award (NRSA) program supports the training of postdoctoral researchers in biomedical, behavioral, and health services research. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and administered in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the program aims to develop a skilled research workforce to advance scientific knowledge in primary care. Under HRSA, the NRSA program provides support to train postdoctoral health care professionals who are planning to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral health research related to primary care. As the nation’s population grows and ages, the need for well-trained primary care researchers to study the complex array of issues facing the primary care workforce gains greater importance. The NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants administered by HRSA are awarded to eligible institutions to develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals who are planning to pursue careers in primary care research.
Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program (PMHCA)
The Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) program helps improve mental and behavioral health for children and youth by giving pediatric primary care providers quick access to tele-consultation, training, and care coordination support.
Sustaining life-saving HIV services in Ukraine by strengthening resilient health systems under the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Public Health Center
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $10,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. This NOFO aims to help the Public Health Center (PHC) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) enhance life-saving assistance for HIV and associated prevalent health conditions. This should be accomplished with targeted HIV testing, prevention, and treatment activities amid ongoing instability. The objectives of this NOFO include: Working to ensure that targeted HIV testing, treatment, retention, and prevention services are widely available for people who are at higher risk for HIV. Services should be provided in community settings using social network strategies (SNS). Activities include:Targeted community-based case finding.Immediate linkage to available treatment.Retention support.Management of advanced HIV disease and HIV/TB co-infection.Improving the availability of HIV services by mobile HIV testing, treatment, and prevention. You should use targeted mobile HIV case finding, treatment, retention, and prevention services. Activities include:Streamlining immediate linkage to treatment.Strengthening ongoing adherence support.Improving the availability and quality of HIV services at medical facilities by implementing differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. Activities include enhancing patients’ retention, adherence, and access to HIV services at the facility level.Enhancing essential, targeted HIV prevention service provision for people at higher risk for HIV, focusing on availability, quality, coverage and timely initiation.
Research to Advance the Science of Primary Care (R01)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to build evidence about the characteristics and value of primary care that influence patient outcomes and advance health equity, such as care coordination, continuity of care, and comprehensiveness of care, person-centered, whole healthcare, and trust, and how these can be improved and effectively delivered to strengthen primary healthcare.
AHRQ Small Health Services Research Grant Program (R03)
purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek health services research grant applications focused on AHRQ research priorities, including improving healthcare quality and patient safety, improving healthcare delivery and practice improvement, and enhancing whole-person healthcare delivery. AHRQ supports research in all healthcare settings, including the hospital, long-term care, ambulatory care, home healthcare, pharmacy, and care transitions between settings. Research may involve many partners and other groups, including patients, families, clinicians, non-clinical healthcare staff, policymakers, payers, healthcare organizations, providers and accreditors, local and State governments, the Federal Government, and others.
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek health services research grant applications focused on AHRQ research priorities, including improving healthcare quality and patient safety, improving healthcare delivery and practice improvement, and enhancing whole-person healthcare delivery. AHRQ supports research in all healthcare settings, including the hospital, long-term care, ambulatory care, home healthcare, pharmacy, and care transitions between settings. Research may involve many partners and other groups, including patients, families, clinicians, non-clinical healthcare staff, policymakers, payers, healthcare organizations, providers and accreditors, local and State governments, the Federal Government, and others.
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek health services research grant applications focused on AHRQ research priorities, including improving healthcare quality and patient safety, improving healthcare delivery and practice improvement, and enhancing whole-person healthcare delivery. AHRQ supports research in all healthcare settings, including the hospital, long-term care, ambulatory care, home healthcare, pharmacy, and care transitions between settings. Research may involve many partners and other groups, including patients, families, clinicians, non-clinical healthcare staff, policymakers, payers, healthcare organizations, providers and accreditors, local and State governments, the Federal Government, and others.
AHRQ Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care: Incidence and Contributing Factors (R01)
The purpose of this funding announcement is to invite proposals focused on understanding and improving diagnostic safety in the heterogenous ambulatory care environment. AHRQ is interested in learning the incidence and contributory factors of diagnostic error within and across the array of ambulatory care services.
AHRQ Small Research Projects to Advance the Science of Primary Care (R03)
The AHRQ Small Research Grant Program supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This program supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.