Announcements
April 10, 2025
Scheduled Maintenance on USAC.org
USAC will perform scheduled maintenance on USAC.org on Thursday, April 17 from 9 p.m. – midnight. During this time, users may experience disruptions or outages when visiting USAC.org. We apologize for the inconvenience.
March 13, 2025
FCC Releases Order DA 25-224 Extending the Deadline for Funding Year (FY) 2025 Filing Window to June 2, 2025.
On March 13, 2025, the FCC released FCC Order DA 25-224 extending the deadline for the FY2025 Application Filing Window to June 2, 2025. This means all funding requests (FCC Forms 462 or 466) must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2025. We highly encourage you to submit your funding requests as early as possible in the filing window.
Visit USAC’s website for more information about filing windows.
March 7, 2025
RHC Program Inflation-Based Cap Announced for FY2025
The Rural Health Care (RHC) program funding cap for funding year (FY) 2025 is $723,892,841. The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments under the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program is $182,780,877. The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments will apply only if RHC program demand exceeds available funding. These new caps represent a 2.4 percent inflation-adjusted increase to the $706,926,603 RHC program funding cap and the $178,496,951 internal cap on multi-year commitments and upfront payments from FY2024. Read the announcement.
March 6, 2025
RHC Program News
View the RHC March Newsletter
March 3, 2025
Submit Third Party Authorizations (TPAs) in RHC Connect!
If you are a health care provider (HCP) participating in the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) or Telecommunications (Telecom Program), and a consultant or other third party (i.e., anyone who is not employed by the HCP) will file forms on behalf of your site, a third-party authorization (TPA) must be filed with USAC. A TPA provides written authorization to USAC, allowing the third party to complete and submit forms on behalf of the HCP or consortium in the HCF or Telecom Program. RHC program participants may now submit third party authorizations in RHC Connect. Please use the following resources to submit your TPAs:
As a reminder for consortia applicants, Letters of Authorization (LOA) and Letters of Exemption (LOE) are also submitted in RHC Connect. Please use the following resources to submit LOAs and LOEs:
- Letter of Agency webpage
- Letter of Exemption webpage
- RHC Connect LOA/LOE User Guide
- Sample LOA
February 28, 2025
SPIN Lookup Tool Available in Open Data!
Do you want to see if a service provider is registered with USAC? Do you want to see if a service provider has provided the required certifications on their FCC forms, allowing them to participate in the RHC program? A SPIN Lookup Tool is now available on the RHC Open Data webpage.
The RHC SPIN Lookup Tool can be used to view and export service provider profile data found in RHC Connect. This data includes important information regarding the service provider, such as contact information and details regarding the FCC Forms 498 and 499.
For more information and to use the tool, visit the RHC SPIN Lookup Tool webpage.
February 6, 2025
RHC Program News
View the RHC February Newsletter
January 2, 2025
RHC Program News
View the RHC January Newsletter
December 20, 2024
RHC Connect Outage Due to System Upgrade: December 22, 2024
RHC Connect will be unavailable on Sunday, December 22 from 7:00 p.m.- midnight ET due to a scheduled system upgrade. During this time, users will be unable to log in to and use RHC Connect. We apologize for any inconvenience
December 5, 2024
RHC Program News
View the RHC December Newsletter
December 2, 2024
Submit your FY2025 Funding Requests Now!
The Funding Year (FY) 2025 filing window opened yesterday, on December 1, 2024. Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program applicants and Telecommunications (Telecom) Program applicants can now submit the FCC Form 462 and the FCC Form 466 in RHC Connect. The filing window closes at 11:59 p.m. ET on April 1, 2025. We encourage all applicants to submit their funding requests as early as possible during the filing window.
Here are some resources to assist you during the submission process:
- HCF and Telecom Program Funding Request Webinars
- Funding Year Overview
- Examples of Common Products and Services – HCF Program
- Examples of Common Services – Telecom Program
- Urban and Rural Rate Information FY2024-2025 – Telecom Program
- Welcome to RHC Connect – FCC Form 466 – Telecom Program
- Welcome to RHC Connect – FCC Form 462 – HCF Program
November 22, 2024
RHC Connect Outage Due to System Upgrade: November 24, 2024
RHC Connect will be unavailable on Sunday, November 24 from 7:00 p.m.- midnight ET due to a scheduled system upgrade. During this time, users will be unable to log in to and use RHC Connect. We apologize for any inconvenience.