WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Health Resources and Services Administration has issued a notice called: Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 29 by Thomas J. Engels, Administrator.

Summary: HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), within HHS, will administer the Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program for fiscal year (FY) 2026, a new formula grant program authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. This notice is being issued prior to the publication of the Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program Notice of Funding Opportunity to allow eligible hospitals enough time to prepare and submit applications through www.grants.gov, and for HRSA to process a...