Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) Cooperative Agreements | HRSA 26 009

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) Cooperative Agreements (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-26-009) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to fund three national organizations to provide technical assistance (TA) to health centers and organizations that are considering becoming health centers. The overall purpose is to strengthen the Health Center Program by helping recipients deliver comprehensive, high-quality primary care while also building the operational and clinical capacity needed to meet federal program expectations and respond to changing public health conditions. Because this is a cooperative agreement, HRSA typically has substantial involvement in the work, meaning awardees should expect ongoing coordination with the agency around priorities, deliverables, and implementation.

The technical assistance supported under this opportunity is centered on several core aims. First, it emphasizes support for the delivery of comprehensive, high-quality primary health care, which generally includes helping organizations improve clinical service delivery, patient access, and care integration. Second, it prioritizes better chronic disease management, nutrition, and preventive services, reflecting the ongoing need for health centers to reduce disease burden through evidence-based prevention and long-term condition management. Third, it focuses on operational effectiveness, efficiency, and quality, which often translates into assistance with governance, workforce, financial management, data and reporting systems, quality improvement infrastructure, and other operational capabilities that enable consistent performance. Fourth, it calls for addressing emergent public health needs and priorities, positioning TA providers to help health centers adapt to new threats, policy changes, or community-level crises. Finally, it includes supporting health centers in complying with, and ideally exceeding, Health Center Program requirements and any supplemental funding requirements, reinforcing that TA should help organizations meet federal expectations while improving performance beyond minimum standards.

HRSA expects to make three awards under this NOFO, with an award ceiling of $8,000,000. While the notice description does not provide additional budget details beyond the ceiling, the scale and national scope suggest the intent is to support organizations capable of delivering broad, high-impact TA reach across multiple jurisdictions, potentially through training, individualized support, toolkits, peer learning networks, and other national dissemination strategies. The funding activity category is Health, and the associated CFDA number is 93.129.

Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of entity types: state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. Geographic eligibility includes applicants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Freely Associated States listed in the notice (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). Individuals are explicitly not eligible to apply.

Key timeline details included in the source information indicate the opportunity was created on December 23, 2025, and the original application closing date is March 31, 2026. Applicants interested in this NOFO should be prepared to propose a national-level technical assistance approach that aligns directly with the stated focus areas, demonstrates the capacity to reach existing and prospective health centers at scale, and is structured for close collaboration with HRSA under the cooperative agreement model.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) Cooperative Agreements" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.129.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-12-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-03-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $8,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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