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How It Works

The Rural Health Care program funds two types of services.

You can apply for funding for Voice and Data, Broadband, or both.

Voice and Data

If you need voice and other telecommunication services, you may be eligible for funding through the Telecommunications Program.


Discount Rate: Determined using the urban/rural differential.

Broadband

If you need broadband services, network equipment, etc., you may be eligible for funding through the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program.


Discount Rate: Flat 65% discount on eligible expenses.

The Process

These steps will help you navigate the process to get funding.

1

Determine your eligibility

2

Develop evaluation criteria and request services

3

Evaluate bids and select a service provider

4

Submit a funding request

5

Certify service start and end dates

6

Work with your service provider to invoice USAC

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Announcements

Submit Your FY2024 Funding Requests Now!

The funding year (FY)2024 Filing Window opens today, December 1, 2023. Applicants can now submit FY2024 funding requests in RHC Connect using the FCC Form 462 (Funding Request Form) for the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program and the FCC Form 466 (Funding Request Form ) for the Telecommunications (Telecom) Program. The filing window closes at 11:59 p.m. ET...

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Appian Downtime for CCPP Annual Report Due to System Upgrade: December 1, 2023

My Portal will be unavailable on Friday, December 1 from 7 p.m. ET until Saturday, December 2...

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RHC-Connect Outage Due to System Upgrade: November 17, 2023

RHC Connect will be unavailable on Friday, November 17 from 7 p.m. until Saturday, November 18 at...

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RHC Program News

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Begin Draft Funding Requests for FY2024 on November 1!

In preparation for Funding Year (FY) 2024, applicants can draft funding requests in RHC Connect beginning on...

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