Rural Health
News by Topic: Funding
Nov 22, 2025 - Describes challenges with sustaining emergency medical services in rural Wyoming, discussing a shortage of volunteers, limited funding, and responding during poor weather.
Source: Cowboy State Daily
HUD: Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program: Announcement of Fee To Cover Credit Subsidy Costs for FY 2026
Federal Register
Nov 19, 2025 - Announcement from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcing the change of a fee for HUD's Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program to offset the credit subsidy costs of the guaranteed loans. The fee is changing from 0.82 percent in Fiscal Year 2025 to 0.58 percent in Fiscal Year 2026.
Source: Federal Register
Related funding:
Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program
Nov 18, 2025 - A rural Vermont mental health urgent care facility has expanded services to offer overnight beds. It is the first 24/7 walk-in mental health urgent care facility in the state and is intended to relieve area emergency rooms as well as offer care close to home. Describes the facility's place in the mental healthcare intervention space, how the program has been funded, outcomes for prior patients, services offered, and sustainability.
Source: VT Digger
Nov 5, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) announce that all 50 states applied for funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). RHTP goals include supporting rural health innovation, improving sustainability, workforce development, new models of care delivery, and expanding technology access and utilization. Funding decisions will be announced by December 31, 2025.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Oct 20, 2025 - Describes a broadband access program in a rural Georgia county. Discusses the importance of building partnerships and infrastructure as a means to obtain funding and increase sustainability after the initial funding is spent.
Source: National Association of Counties
Oct 20, 2025 - Highlights the new cohort of Indiana University students in the Rural Scholars Program, a program the matches students with experiential learning opportunities that address rural community vitality. Projects cover a range of topics including health, housing, nutrition, grant writing, and more.
Source: Indiana University Bloomington Center for Rural Engagement News
Oct 20, 2025 - Describes a partnership between a medical school and healthcare system to provide funds to train physicians to work in rural New York. Profiles a student in the program.
Source: WSYR-TV
Oct 16, 2025 - Discusses the goals of a new nonprofit foundation tasked with providing direct funding for rural Alabama hospitals to help keep emergency departments open, modernize facilities, recruit and retain workforce, expand access, and integrate with the community. Discusses a recent trend toward facility closures in the state and other policy measures attempting to reverse the trend.
Source: Tuscaloosa Thread
Oct 16, 2025 - Discusses challenges with offering childcare in rural communities as well as the strengths they have in solving those challenges. Discusses local collaboration, the economic benefits of available childcare, and childcare trends for rural communities. Describes projects in rural communities across the country to focusing on transportation, workforce training, funding, and home-based programs.
Source: National Association of Counties County News
Oct 16, 2025 - Highlights strategies by various states to apply for Rural Health Transformation Program funds. Discusses known priorities for the states and the role of state legislatures.
Source: NCSL News