Health Centers Face Another Round of Grant-Form Paperwork
Published Date: 10/20/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA is updating the forms used by health centers to apply for grants, report progress, and make changes. This affects over 1,400 health centers serving 32 million people across the U.S. and territories. The public can comment on these changes until November 19, 2026, with no expected cost impact.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Paperwork Burden Reduced by 1,621 Hours
HRSA states these updates will reduce the estimated annual burden by 1,621 hours. Excluding Form 5C from the collection reduces the totals by 550 respondents, 550 responses, and 137.50 burden hours. The ICR includes a detailed burden table showing per-form respondents, responses, and hours (for example, Form 5A: 1,400 respondents at 0.25 hours each = 350 hours).
Health Center Forms Revised and Added
HRSA is updating eight existing Health Center Program forms and adding three new forms used to apply for grants, report progress, and change scope. The changes affect more than 1,400 health centers that operate nearly 17,000 sites and serve over 32 million people across U.S. states, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. HRSA says the updates are intended to facilitate monitoring, improve scope-of-project documentation and oversight, increase the efficiency of the change-in-scope process, and enhance the accuracy of change-in-scope requests.
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