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Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program

ID: HRSA-26-105 • Type: Forecasted
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Description

The Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program provides direct financial assistance to eligible rural hospitals facing structural payment disadvantages for the maintenance of health care providers with the goal of maintaining essential health care services and preventing avoidable closures. Eligible rural hospitals must have no more than 50 acute care inpatient beds and an established Medicare wage index value below 0.90.

Overview

Category of Funding
Health
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
93.811
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 3/16/26 Health Resources and Services Administration forecasted grant opportunity HRSA-26-105 for Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program with funding of $24.8 million. It is expected that 167 total grants will be made worth between $148,000 and $148,000.

Timing

Forecast Posted Date
March 16, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Est. Application Posting Date
May 25, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Est. Synopsis Response Date
July 1, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT Forecasted
Last Updated
May 5, 2026, 9:44 a.m. EDT
Version
5
Archive Date
Nov. 28, 2026

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Prior to publishing this NOFO, HRSA published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) detailing the methodology and data sources used to determine eligible hospitals. You can view the FRN at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08300/rural-hospital-provider-assistance-program.You can apply if you: 1) have no more than 50 acute care inpatient beds, 2) have an established wage index value of less than 0.90 as determined by the Secretary of HHS under section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)), and 3) are located in a rural area as defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$148,000
Floor
$148,000
Estimated Program Funding
$24,750,000
Estimated Number of Grants
167

Contacts

Contact
Krista Mastel
Contact Email

Documents

Posted documents for HRSA-26-105

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