Penn Highlands Healthcare

Penn Highlands Healthcare is a tax-exempt, non-profit hospital system headquartered in DuBois, Pennsylvania that serves rural communities across southwestern Pennsylvania. The organization operates as a parent entity with multiple subsidiary healthcare facilities, including Penn Highlands DuBois and Penn Highlands Mon Valley. Penn Highlands Healthcare does not currently hold federal contract awards but maintains an active portfolio of federal grant awards supporting healthcare infrastructure, rural health services, and community health initiatives across its service region.

Penn Highlands Healthcare has not received federal contract awards. The organization maintains its SAM.gov registration as a healthcare provider and non-profit entity, but has not secured prime or sub-contract positions with federal agencies. The organization's federal engagement remains exclusively within the grant funding mechanism.

Penn Highlands Healthcare has established a substantial federal grant portfolio focused on rural healthcare infrastructure and community health services. The organization has received prime federal grant awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services, the Rural Utilities Service, the Healthcare Systems Bureau, and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Specifically, the organization received a $500,000 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant awarded to subsidiary Helpmates Home Care on September 24, 2025, supporting renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements through September 2027. Penn Highlands DuBois received a $309,200 Community Facilities Loans and Grants award from the Rural Utilities Service in September 2022 to support essential healthcare infrastructure at the DuBois Regional Medical Center. Additionally, the organization received congressionally directed Community Project Funding awards from the Healthcare Systems Bureau in 2022 for construction projects, including a significant $3 million-plus Level 3.7-4.0 detoxification unit renovation at Penn Highlands Mon Valley, and a Rural Communities Opioid Response Implementation grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. As a sub-grantee, Penn Highlands Healthcare has received Family Planning Services funding from Adagio Health Inc. in 2021 and 2022, and pregnancy support services funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs in 2021 to serve individuals with stimulant or opioid misuse issues.