March 8, 2023
FCC Releases Order DA 23-189 Extending the Deadline for Funding Year (FY) 2023 Filing Window to May 1, 2023.
On March 8, 2023, the FCC released FCC Order DA 23-189 extending the deadline for the FY2023 Application Filing Window to May 1, 2023. This means all funding requests (FCC Forms 462 or 466) must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on May 1, 2023. 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 6, 2023
RHC Program Inflation-Based Cap Announced for FY2023
The RHC program funding cap for funding year (FY) 2023 is $682,361,586. The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments under the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program is $172,294,354. Beginning in FY2023, 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 7 percent inflation-adjusted increase to the $637,721,108 RHC program funding cap and the $161,022,731 internal cap on multi-year commitments and upfront payments from FY2022. Read the announcement.
February 22, 2023
RHC-Connect Outage Due to System Upgrade: February 24, 2023
RHC Connect will be unavailable on Friday, February 24 from 7 p.m. until 12 a.m. 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.
