ARP economic development grant for rural health care facilities

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,000,000.00 Project Grant to Grant County Public Hospital District #1, doing business as Samaritan Hospital, through the Community Facilities Loans and Grants (CFDA 10.766) program. This funding supports construction projects and facility upgrades to enhance local health infrastructure and improve essential health access for rural Grant County, Washington residents. Samaritan Hospital, a not-for-profit hospital providing primary, urgent, and specialty care, will use the federal grant to fund renovation and expansion of its facilities by May 2025. As a prime grantee, Samaritan Hospital has also received $5 million in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to support additional construction upgrades through September 2026. The hospital's role as both a prime and subrecipient grantee demonstrates its commitment to leveraging federal resources to enhance rural health care services and infrastructure.