Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program
Key Facts
Status: Open
Posted date: March 16, 2026
Archive date: November 28, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361524
Opportunity number: HRSA-26-105
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency code: HHS-HRSA
Award floor: $148,000
Award ceiling: $148,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Health
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:hhs_hrsa
- category_of_funding_activity:health
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
Description
The Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program provides direct financial assistance to eligible rural hospitals facing structural payment disadvantages with the goal of maintaining essential services and preventing avoidable closures. Eligible rural hospitals must have no more than 50 acute care inpatient beds and a Medicare wage index value below 0.90.