HRSA Awards $8 Million to Expand COVID-19 Training and Technical Assistance for Health Centers

June 11, 2020

Today, HRSA awarded $8 million to Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs)* to provide critical support and expertise to advance health centers’ ability to prevent, prepare, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. (*These were formerly called National Cooperative Agreements or NCAs.)

PCAs received nearly $6 million to conduct COVID-19 training and technical assistance (T/TA) activities based on the needs of states and regions. NTTAPs received $2.5 million to enhance their COVID-19 T/TA to health centers, including strengthening health center operations and capacity to ensure access to comprehensive primary care services.