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Notice2026-18518

Notice of Supplemental Funding, Rural Hospital Stabilization Pilot Program

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Published
September 11, 2026

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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration

Abstract

HRSA is awarding supplemental funding under the Rural Hospital Stabilization Pilot Program to two award recipients in fiscal year (FY) 2026 to provide in-depth technical assistance (TA) to rural hospitals to enhance and/or expand service lines to meet local needs and keep health care services available locally.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57899-57900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18518]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Supplemental Funding, Rural Hospital Stabilization 
Pilot Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of supplemental funding.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is awarding supplemental funding under the Rural Hospital 
Stabilization Pilot Program to two award recipients in fiscal year (FY) 
2026 to provide in-depth technical assistance (TA) to rural hospitals 
to enhance and/or expand service lines to meet local needs and keep 
health care services available locally.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheena Johnson, Deputy Division 
Director, Hospital State Division, Federal Office of Rural Health 
Policy, HRSA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#34475e5b5c5a475b5a745c4647551a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="10637a7f787e637f7e50786263713e777f66">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and 872-271-6370.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient(s) of the Award: two award recipients, as listed 
in Table 1.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: two supplemental awards of 
$2,984,770.
    Project Period: September 30, 2026, to September 29, 2027.
    Assistance Listing Number: 93.811.
    Award Instrument: Cooperative Agreement.
    Authority: Section 711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act.

                                       Table 1--Recipient and Award Amount
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                Grant No.                    Award recipient name             City, State          Award amount
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U87RH53799..............................  Rural Health Resource       Duluth, MN................      $2,984,770
                                           Center.
N/A.....................................  Rural Health Redesign       Harrisburg, PA............       2,984,770
                                           Center Organization, Inc.
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    Justification: HRSA received additional funding for the Rural 
Hospital Stabilization Pilot Program in FY 2026 through the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr7148/BILLS-119hr7148enr.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr7148/BILLS-119hr7148enr.pdf</a>), H.R. 7148. This funding will 
provide one-time supplements to the Rural Health Resource Center and 
the Rural Health Redesign Center Organization, Inc to strengthen 
healthcare delivery in rural areas by providing free in-depth TA to 
more rural hospitals nationwide to enhance service lines, improve 
financial performance, and stabilize operations. The grant recipient 
will use funding to ramp up operations to identify and work with rural 
hospitals that will benefit from TA to meet the following program 
objectives: (1) identify clinical areas where expansion would meet 
local medical need, help keep health care services available locally 
and improve hospital finances, and (2) implement new service lines by 
providing support for initial operating and equipment costs that 
provide participating hospitals the ability to build up patient volume 
for the new service line to

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eventually become self-sustaining operations.

Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2026-18518 Filed 9-10-26; 8:45 am]
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