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Capital Funding for Rural Healthcare – News

News stories from the past 60 days.

Aug 6, 2020 - The Health and Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $101 million to 116 organizations in 42 states to combat substance use disorders (SUD) and opioid use disorders (OUD). $89 million of the funding will benefit 89 rural organizations as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation (RCORP-Implementation).
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jul 20, 2020 - The United States Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on information collected during the Community Facility Loan program application process. Comments are due August 19, 2020.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 14, 2020 - Notice of final rule from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and Rural Business-Cooperative Service to create a single common platform to deliver four guaranteed loan programs: Community Facilities (CF) administered by the Rural Housing Service; Water and Waste Disposal (WWD) administered by the Rural Utilities Service; and, Business and Industry (B&I) and Rural Energy for America (REAP), administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service. The OneRD Guaranteed loan platform will help the agencies improve the customer experience by streamlining processing for similar loan programs, reducing complexities, and improving cross-program coordination for the loan programs. This rule is effective October 1, 2020 and comments are due on September 14, 2020.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 30, 2020 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) directed unused funds from previous years of the Rural Health Care Program to carry forward to satisfy funding year 2020 demand for the program. An additional $197 million will now support healthcare providers' access to broadband, totaling over $802 million available for the 2020 funding year.
Source: Federal Communications Commission
Jun 22, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its investment of $1.6 billion to build and improve rural infrastructure in 21 states. The USDA is providing loans and loan guarantees to rural electric cooperatives and utilities through the Electric Loan Program.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 18, 2020 - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $107.2 million in funding to 310 recipients to increase the health workforce in rural and underserved communities. The awards support several healthcare training programs in 45 states and U.S. territories.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Last Updated: 8/7/2020