July 1, 2025
Submit Your FY2026 Request for Services Forms!
Beginning on July 1, 2025, applicants can start the competitive bidding process for Funding Year (FY) 2026. For the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) program, the FCC Form 461 (Request for Services Form) and for the Telecommunications (Telecom) Program the FCC Form 465 (Request for Services Form) may be submitted in RHC Connect along with any other competitive bidding documents such as a Request for Proposal (RFP). For more information, visit the Prepare for Competitive Bidding and Request Services webpage for the HCF Program and the Prepare for Competitive Bidding and Request Services webpage for the Telecom Program.
For more information and important dates for FY2026, visit the Funding Year Overview webpage.
Please join the Rural Health Care (RHC) outreach team for the Request for Services webinars:
- FY2026 FY2026 HCF Program Request for Services Webinar
- o Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET – Register
- FY2026 Telecom Program Request for Services Webinar
- o Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET – Register
June 25, 2025
FCC Announces Availability of Unused Funds to Fully Fund Rural Health Care Program Demand for FY2025
On June 25, 2025, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau directed USAC to carry forward up to $129.30 million in unused funds from prior funding years to satisfy funding year (FY) 2025 demand for the Rural Health Care program. Because of this, all eligible RHC Program funding requests filed during the funding year 2025 application filing window can now be fully funded without prioritization. Please read the Public Notice for more information.
June 13, 2025
RHC Connect Outage Due to System Upgrade: June 13, 2025
RHC Connect will be unavailable on Friday, June 13, 2025 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.
June 9, 2025
New! Submit Site and Service Substitutions in RHC Connect
Service substitutions are now available in RHC Connect for Telecommunications (Telecom) Program applicants. SPIN changes (corrective and operational) and invoice filing deadline extensions will move to RHC Connect ahead of the October 28, 2025, invoice filing deadline.
For more information, visit the Post-Commitment Actions webpage on the USAC website as well as specific webpages for SPIN Changes and Service Substitutions.
The following post-commitment change requests are available in RHC Connect for Health Care Connect Fund (HCF) Program applicants:
- SPIN changes (corrective and operational)
- Site and service substitutions
- Service delivery deadline extensions for non-recurring charges
- Invoice filing deadline extensions
For more information, visit the Post-Commitment Actions webpage on the USAC website as well as specific webpages for SPIN Changes and Site and Service Substitutions. A step-by-step Post-Commitments Change Request user guide is available to help you submit these requests correctly.
Please note, all site and service substitutions must be submitted prior to the June 30 service delivery deadline. For FY2024 single-year funding commitments, the service delivery deadline is June 30, 2025.
