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Community Development
Community Development - Medically Underserved Areas/PopulationsMUA/P designation is a prerequisite to grant awards to plan, develop and operate a community health center under Section 330 of the U.S. Public Health Service Act (meaning that before a CHC can get s.330 funding [federal funding], it needs to prove that the CHC will serve a medically underserved area or a medically underserved population).
- Designation is based on a scoring system (Index of Medical Underservice [IMU] score).
- This DOES NOT qualify a site for National Health Service Corps placement.
- This also DOES NOT mean that a CHC will automatically receive federal funding.
The MUA/P list is available on-line at http://muafind.hrsa.gov/. You can also call the League to find out if a certain area is currently designated. Detailed guidelines for requesting an MUA/P are available on-line at http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/muaguide.htm or from the League.
More Information
For more information on this designation process, please contact the League.
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