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Capital Funding for Rural Healthcare – News

News stories from the past 60 days.

Jan 19, 2021 - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded nearly $90 million in funding to 496 health centers across 48 states, the District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Funding aims to address hypertension, improve heart health, and reduce disparities in COVID-19 outcomes among racial and ethnic minority communities.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jan 15, 2021 - Notice from USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service making corrections to the November 25, 2020 notice of solicitation of applications for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
Source: Federal Register
Jan 12, 2021 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced 26 research grants to explore healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects focus on areas such as the increased use of telehealth, best practices in rural care settings, emergency management in hospitals, addressing critical barriers to effective pandemic response in hospitals that care for vulnerable populations, and improving clinician and patient safety.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Jan 11, 2021 - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $8 million to fund the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) program, which assesses broadband capacity available to rural healthcare providers to improve access to telehealth services in their communities. $6.5 million was awarded to the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center (TTAC) and $1.5 million was awarded to the Telehealth-Focused Rural Health Research Center through the University of Arkansas.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jan 11, 2021 - Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Housing Service (RHS), and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to provide application requirements for funding reserved under the Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) priority program. USDA is implementing SECD in fiscal year 2021 through reserving funds from the covered program and is giving priority to projects implementing strategic community investment plans through select Rural Development programs.
Source: Federal Register
Jan 11, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service (RHS) is accepting applications for the 2021 Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant program. The funding supports organizations that will provide technical assistance and training regarding the essential community facilities programs. Electronic submissions are due March 22, 2021 and paper submissions must be postmarked and mailed by March 29, 2021.
Source: Federal Register
Jan 5, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $10 million in Rural Capacity-Building for Affordable Housing and Community Development grants to five national non-profit organizations. The funding will help grantees provide training, technical assistance, and financial support to local beneficiaries who serve residents of some of America's hardest hit rural communities.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dec 30, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model Community Transformation Track application deadline to March 16, 2021. The Community Transformation Track will provide funding to up to 15 rural communities to design systems of care that improve access to high quality care that is sustainable and value-based.
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dec 16, 2020 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand highlighted the department's investments to support rural businesses and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Details the programs that helped expand access to broadband, improve infrastructure, bolster economic development, and improve rural quality of life.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dec 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on an information collection related to the OneRD Guaranteed Loan Program. This program will combine the following existing program under one regulatory platform: 1) The Community Facilities Program; 2) the Water and Waste Disposal Program; 3) the Business and Industry Program; and 4) the Rural Energy for America Program. USDA Rural Development has revised the forms in this burden package to accommodate all four programs. Comments are due by January 11, 2021.
Source: Federal Register
Dec 7, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service invites applications for the Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) for fiscal year 2021. IRP provides direct loans to intermediaries for the establishment of revolving loan programs for the purpose of providing loans to ultimate recipients for business facilities and community developments in rural areas. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and compete for available funds on a quarterly basis.
Source: Federal Register
Dec 7, 2020 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the results of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction show bidders won funding to deploy high-speed broadband to over 5.2 million unserved homes and businesses in rural America. Rural residents in 49 states and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will gain access to high-speed Internet service through the auction.
Source: Federal Communications Commission
Nov 25, 2020 - Notice from USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service of funding available through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) prior to the passage of final appropriations for FY 2021. The two specific grant programs included in the announcement are: 1) Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency Improvements and Energy Efficient Equipment and Systems Assistance, and 2) Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grants. Deadlines are included in this notice, based upon funding amount requested for each of the grant programs. The final total amount of funding available through the REAP program will be published on the USDA Rural Development website at a later date.
Source: Federal Register

Last Updated: 1/19/2021