Health Centers Grants for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

The Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service administers the Health Centers Grants for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers program (CFDA 93.246), which funds health center operations and services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families; the most recent grant award on record is dated September 15, 2003.

This program is not currently active. No grant awards have been disbursed in over twenty years. The funding portfolio encompasses 182 total awards stretching back to July 1979, with peak activity in 2001–2003 (52, 37, and 72 awards respectively). The combined federal dollars obligated across the entire portfolio total $15.1 million, indicating modest per-award magnitudes. Recent awards from the 2002–2003 period show highly variable funding, ranging from approximately $11,594 to $1.26 million per grant, with a representative sample including $1.26 million (Project Grant 000U31CS00230A0), $658,333 (Project Grant 000U31CS00220A0), $495,000 (Project Grant 000U31CS00232A0), and $815,419 (Project Grant 000H80CS00426A0). Awards were structured as Project Grants exclusively (99 percent of awards), with a single Block Grant comprising the remainder.

The Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service issued 181 of 182 awards. No recent grant opportunities are posted. Pursuit of this program is not advisable absent evidence of program reactivation and current solicitation activity.