Jefferson County Public Hospital District 2

Jefferson County Public Hospital District 2, doing business as Jefferson Healthcare, is a rural publicly owned critical access hospital and certified rural health clinic located in Port Townsend, Washington that receives federal grant funding (30% as prime recipient, 70% as sub-recipient) for healthcare infrastructure development and community health services delivery. The organization is a U.S. local government entity and does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

Jefferson Healthcare's federal footprint is almost entirely grant-based, concentrated in rural healthcare infrastructure and workforce development. As a prime grant recipient, the organization holds three awards totaling $3.5 million in combined federal obligation: a $1.0 million Community Facilities Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (obligated February 26, 2026, completing February 26, 2028) supporting essential community facility infrastructure improvements in rural Jefferson County; a $2.5 million Community Project Funding award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (obligated September 30, 2023, completing September 29, 2026) for the Jefferson Cancer Treatment Project, which includes acquisition and installation of a linear accelerator for on-site radiation therapy and associated clinical space; and a congressionally directed spending award from HRSA (obligated September 30, 2024, completing September 29, 2027) for the Rural Healthcare for Seniors Project, designed to establish a specialty clinic delivering neurology, pulmonology, and ENT services to reduce patient travel burden in an aging rural population projected to reach 40% over-65 by 2035.

As a sub-recipient, Jefferson Healthcare participates in seven federal grant sub-awards flowing through Washington State agencies and other regional health organizations, with obligated amounts including $89,538 from Washington State Department of Health (obligated April 9, 2025) for mobile dental service line development within its certified rural health clinic, $157,200 from WSSDOH (obligated June 14, 2024) for mobile dental services implementation, $60,000 from WSSDOH (obligated October 24, 2025) to continue HRSA-funded oral health workforce activities and provide technical assistance to other rural health clinics, and sub-grants from Washington State Department of Commerce for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program expansion (obligated September 25, 2025), Olympic Community of Health for community-based care coordination (obligated May 2, 2025), and Washington State Military Department for COVID-19 emergency protective measures (obligated June 2023 and April 2023). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $22.4 million. Three awards (combined value not specified in source) face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore are subject to recompete or renewal decision within that window. Activity shows growth from 2023 through 2025 before a single award in 2026 to date; the organization does not pursue federal contracts or compete on GSA Schedules or GWACs.