Project Grant H9CRH22878

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded a $200,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant (CFDA 93.912) to Appalachian Center for Hope Inc. on July 1, 2025, to support planning and development of an integrated rural healthcare network addressing substance use disorder (SUD) services in the Mount Rogers Health District of southwestern Virginia. Through June 30, 2026, the awardee will deliver three core planning products: (1) structured interagency collaboration efforts among...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12.4 million Project Grant to Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 2, 2022. The grant will support the expansion of broadband infrastructure and services in Dahlgren, Illinois through September 2, 2024. As the stated goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program is to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity, this award will likely...

Hawaii Rural Health Transformation Plan Cooperative Agreement Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Executive Office of the State of Hawaii a $566.7 million Cooperative Agreement under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) on December 29, 2025, extending through October 30, 2030. This five-year award supports the Hawaii Rural Health Transformation Plan, a comprehensive statewide initiative designed to build a robust, sustainable rural healthcare...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,390,917 Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) Project Grant to Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op, a non-profit telecommunications company based in Dahlgren, Illinois. This funding will support the delivery of broadband infrastructure investments and related jobs in the region through July 2025. Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op has previously received over $49 million in federal grants from the Department of Agriculture...

The National Rural Health Associates received a $2 million project grant award from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The two-year grant, awarded September 27, 2022 and set to conclude September 27, 2024, will support the SECTION 753 RURAL HOSPITAL PILOT PROGRAM. This program aims to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities providing essential services to rural residents, consistent with the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund $485,000 to Iowa State University for collaborative research on spectrum sharing for rural broadband access. The research team will conduct preliminary studies and field trials at the Advanced Research for Rural Broadband Living Lab in Iowa to develop electromagnetic spectrum sharing methods appropriate for rural areas. Initial work will focus on enhancing control and communications of unmanned aircraft systems and integrating...

Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $100,000 to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center Inc. under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This planning grant funds the development of an integrated healthcare network called the South-Central Kansas MIH Network, serving Reno County,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $24,798,566.00 Project Grant to Mountain View Rural Fiber LLC under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant will fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband service in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 13, 2025. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to...

Oklahoma Western Telephone Co, doing business as Star Search Rural TV, was awarded a $1,795,159 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on November 22, 2021. The grant is part of the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) and will support the deployment of broadband transmission services in rural Clayton, Oklahoma where such services do not currently exist. Under the award, the awardee will connect all critical community facilities to broadband and...

The Oklahoma Western Telephone Co, doing business as Star Search Rural TV, was awarded a $1,420,950 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on March 29, 2023. The grant is part of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies in rural areas through telecommunications and network infrastructure projects. Under this award, Star Search Rural TV will...