California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

Resources for Application Process

The following resources are provided to assist you with your application process:

• Technical Assistance Workshop Presentations

  Here are the most updated PowerPoint presentations from our technical assistance workshops to help guide you through the application process:

  • Introduction
    (137 KB)
  • Rational Service Areas (RSA)
    (1,195 KB)
  • Calculating Population to Provider Ratios: Primary Medical Care
    (3,059 KB)
  • Calculating Population to Provider Ratios: Dental Health Care
    (1,587 KB)
  • Calculating Population to Provider Ratios: Mental Health Care
    (620 KB)
  • Facility Designations
    (99 KB)
  • MUA/MUP
    (341 KB)
  • HPSA Scores
    (114 KB)
  • HPSA and MUA/MUP Lists
    (1,134 KB)

• Designation Worksheets

  • Primary Care HPSA
  • Dental HPSA
  • Mental Health HPSA
  • Federal and State Correctional Institution and Youth Detention Facility HPSA
  • Primary Care Facility HPSA
  • Dental Facility HPSA
  • Mental Health Facility HPSA
  • State and County Mental Hospital Facility HPSA
  • MUA/MUP

• Census Tract Locator (FFIEC Geocoding System)

  Type in the street address, city, state, and zip code, then hit the "Search" button. Write down the number in the "Tract Code" box; this is your census tract number.

• Searchable Federal Designation listings

  Both listings are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Web site. Visit http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/ for more information.
  • HPSA listings
  • MUA/MUP listings

• Designation (HPSA or MUA/P) needed to qualify for selected federal program assistance.

  • Designation Matrix
    • Contacts for Programs Using MUAs/MUPs
    • Contacts for Programs Using HPSAs

Contact SDP

For more information, please contact program staff at shortage@oshpd.ca.gov