Funding Opportunities

FY 2026 State Funds Grant Program

Authorized by the Georgia General Assembly and the Governor to provide an appropriation for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, GCCN is a grantee of the Georgia Department of Community Health and administrator of this program.

The purpose of this funding is to improve health care access by expanding capacity and improve care delivery through expansion of services. Through a grant application and selection process, clinic sites may apply for funding specific to their needs.

Applicants must be a free or charitable clinic that is an active member, in good standing, of the Georgia Charitable Care Network and provide health care services to uninsured patients.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Georgia Legislature’s appropriation for this program in 2025-2026 is $1,000,000.00. The number and amount of the grant awards will be based upon the number of applications received from eligible organizations, the applicant organization’s current annual operating budget, and results of the application review process. There is no predetermined number of awards. Proposal requests cannot exceed 15% of the applicant organization’s 2024 cash operating expenses, with a maximum request of $75,000.00.

  • Free and charitable clinics desiring to apply for a grant must submit a complete Application with requested documents outlining their proposed project and the amount they are requesting to GCCN no later than 3:00pm on Friday, August 8, 2025.

  • Eligible applicants for this program are free and charitable clinics that are active members of GCCN in good standing and provide health care services to uninsured patients. A free or charitable clinic that has multiple locations shall only submit one application for a grant under this program.

    The following entities are NOT eligible to apply:

    • Individuals

    • Organizations that are not members of GCCN

    • For-profit organizations

    • Public agencies

  • You must create an account on the GCCN SMApply platform to complete the online Application.

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    Please follow the instructions within the application carefully, complete all sections, and provide all requested information. The software will make you aware of any information that is not provided. The Application requires a signature of the chief administrative officer or the Board Chair/President by drawing the signature with a mouse, your finger on a touchpad, or using a stylus on a touchscreen.

  • What are the award criteria?

    GCCN will use the following criteria to determine grant awards:

    • Number of Qualified Applicants

    • Applicant’s Current Annual Operating Budget

    • Amount of Funds Requested by Applicant

    • Results of Application Package Scoring

    • Performance on Past Sub-Grantee Funding

    GCCN may conduct follow-up calls to ask questions and obtain additional information necessary to complete the review. The Review Committee’s proposed allocations of grant funds will be presented to the State Office of Rural Health, Department of Community Health. GCCN staff will present the final recommendations for grant awards to GCCN’s Board of Directors for approval. Grant agreements will then be issued to the approved applicants for execution. GCCN reserves the right to negotiate revisions to proposed projects and to negotiate final funding prior to issuance of grant awards and agreements per their agreement with DCH.

  • GCCN anticipates funding awards will be announced in early September.