Project Grant H8055710

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $1.3 million to Lasante Health Center, Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.224) for a Project Grant. The award funds expansion of primary care access through a New Access Point for low-income, uninsured residents of Brooklyn, New York.

Lasante Health Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit FQHC Look-Alike that has served medically underserved Brooklyn communities since receiving LAL designation from HRSA in 2018. The service area encompasses 24 of Brooklyn's 47 ZIP codes, covering a population of 1,862,485 residents, of which 37.8 percent have income at or below 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines. The organization provides culturally and linguistically competent primary care to populations facing barriers to access, including immigrant communities from Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Orthodox Jewish residents, with services delivered in Haitian Creole, Spanish, and Yiddish. The service area contains 425,452 low-income residents currently unserved by health centers and includes large homeless populations and public housing developments with limited health center access. Health disparities in the region include mortality rates from preventable complications of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, and infectious diseases exceeding national averages.

Performance period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027, with place of performance in Brooklyn, New York.