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President Biden’s FY24 Budget Request
| President Biden released his administration's FY24 budget request last month, kicking off the annual appropriations process. Read on to learn more about proposed investments in community health centers! |
| President Biden released his FY24 budget last month, marking the official beginning to the annual appropriations process in Congress. The budget includes an increase in funding for community health centers and investments in key workforce programs. President Biden has publicly stated his long-term goal is to double the investment in community health centers.1 Although the president's budget includes additional funding for health centers, Congress makes the ultimate decision on crafting and passing the final version of the budget. |
| How much funding does the budget include for community health centers? |
| President Biden's FY24 budget proposes a total increase of $1.3B for community health centers, which would bring community health center funding to $7.1B. The funding includes $1.264B to multi-year base funding for community health centers and an additional $80M through the annual appropriations process. |
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Funding for community health centers will be devoted to the following programs:
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| How much funding is devoted to workforce programs? |
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President Biden's budget proposal includes additional investments in workforce programs including:
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| The budget also includes funding to support a new program, innovative health care workforce program, and other programs to support primary care and behavioral health training, prevent burnout for the health care workforce. |
| What comes next for the budget? |
| The president's budget outlines the administration's top priorities, but Congress must ultimately finalize and pass the budget. The next step is for Congress to adopt a joint budget resolution, outlining topline spending numbers, however if Congress cannot agree on a join budget resolution each chamber will develop its own.11 Appropriations committees then craft the 12 different appropriations bills to fund the government. |
| [1] The United States Government. (2023, March 9). Fact sheet: The president's budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The White House. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2023/03/09/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2024/ |
| [2] Health Resources & Services Administration. Ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. HRSA. (2022, October). Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/ending-hiv-epidemic |
| [3] Department of Health and Human Services. (2023). Department of Health and Human Services FY 2024 Health Resources and Services Administration Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees. Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/about/budget/budget-justification-fy2024.pdf |
| [4] FY 2023 early childhood development. FY 2023 Early Childhood Development | Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2023, March). Retrieved from https://bphc.hrsa.gov/funding/funding-opportunities/fy-2023-early-childhood-development |
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| [6] Ibid. |
| [7] Health Resources & Services Administration. Who we are. NHSC. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/ |
| [8] Department of Health and Human Services. (2023). Department of Health and Human Services FY 2024 Health Resources and Services Administration Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees. Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/about/budget/budget-justification-fy2024.pdf |
| [9] Bureau of Health Workforce. Teaching health center graduate medical education (THCGME) program. Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program | Bureau of Health Workforce. (September, 2022). Retrieved from https://bhw.hrsa.gov/funding/apply-grant/teaching-health-center-graduate-medical-education |
| [10] Department of Health and Human Services. (2023). Department of Health and Human Services FY 2024 Health Resources and Services Administration Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees. Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/about/budget/budget-justification-fy2024.pdf |
| [11] Cubanski, J., Fuglesten Biniek, J., & Neuman, T. (2023, March 20). FAQs on health spending, the federal budget, and Budget Enforcement Tools. KFF. Retrieved April 14, 2023, from https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/faqs-on-health-spending-the-federal-budget-and-budget-enforcement-tools/ |