The Health Resources and Services Administration is seeking applications for its Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/27/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program provides direct financial assistance to rural hospitals facing structural payment disadvantages to support the maintenance of health care providers with the goal of maintaining essential services and preventing avoidable closures. This is a new formula grant program for rural hospitals at the low end of the wage index to support sustained access to quality health care providers. The program helps advance Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities by strengthening the local health workforce and advancing preventive, community-based care to reduce chronic disease and ensure sustained access to highquality health services in rural communities.
Funding Information
- Expected total available funding in FY 2026: $24,750,000
- Funding range per award: Approximately $148,000
Grant Period
September 30, 2026 to September 29, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
You can apply if you:
- Have no more than 50 acute care inpatient beds,
- 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.
- Refer to the table of eligible rural hospitals under Other eligibility criteria.
- Types of eligible organizations
- These types of domestic organizations may apply:
- Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
- “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
