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Your CHC might be leaving millions on the table right now.
HRSA just opened multiple grant opportunities for community health centers, and the clock is ticking. The Service Area Competition application closes March 16, 2026.
Here’s what most CHCs are missing:
The funding landscape has fundamentally shifted. COVID funding that once supported operations? It’s down to 1% of CHC revenue. Meanwhile, Section 330 grants now represent 70% of federal support for community health centers.
But here’s the opportunity everyone’s overlooking:
📍 Service Area Competition (HRSA-26-007): Applications due March 16
📍 Ryan White Part C Capacity Building: Opens March 2, worth $115,000 per award
📍 Rural Residency Planning: Opens February 16 for workforce development
📍 Dental Services for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Opens February 11
The strategic play? These aren’t just grants, they’re lifelines for sustainable growth.
With Medicaid covering 45% of CHC revenue and federal grants at $4.6 billion for 2026, smart CHCs are diversifying their funding streams NOW. The ones waiting for “the right time” will be scrambling when deadlines pass.
Think about it: While your competitors debate whether to apply, you could be securing funding for HIV primary care expansion, rural physician training, or specialized dental services.
The Make America Healthy Again initiative is prioritizing chronic disease management and underserved populations. Translation: If your CHC aligns programs with these priorities, your grant success rate jumps significantly.
Here’s my take: In an environment where every dollar counts and competition is fierce, the CHCs that thrive won’t be the ones with perfect applications. They’ll be the ones who actually submit them.
Don’t let analysis paralysis cost you millions. Start that application today.
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I help patients get the care they need earlier, preventing late-stage cancer.
That’s been the throughline across three companies and almost 20 years in healthcare. At ReferralMD, we fixed broken referral networks so patients didn’t fall through the cracks. At Oatmeal Health, it’s lung cancer: building the diagnostic and screening infrastructure so the 85% of cases caught too late get caught early instead.
Today as CEO of Oatmeal Health, I lead a team embedding AI into radiology workflows to turn routine lung CT scans into reimbursable cancer risk assessments. We partner with FQHCs to reach underserved communities, and with health systems and payers to make early detection economically sustainable. Think HeartFlow or Cleerly, but for lungs.
Between companies, I advised at Techstars and Plug and Play, mentoring founders building in digital health. That experience shaped how I think about what separates companies that ship from companies that stall: distribution, reimbursement, and clinical trust, not just technology.
I’m a CancerX alumnus, a 3x healthcare founder, and someone who believes the biggest problems in cancer aren’t scientific. They’re operational.
We’re hiring mission-driven builders at Oatmeal Health. If you want to work on something that matters, reach out.
When I’m not working, I’m traveling, mentoring, and keeping up with one very energetic husky. 🐾
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