COVID-19 & Rural Health Clinics
**The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is concluding on May 11, 2023. For details on what this means for RHCs, please review NARHC's recent webinar materials here.**
HRSA Programs - RHC Funding and Resource Opportunities
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Name of Grant/Allocation |
Important Dates |
Amount/Purpose |
Reporting Requirements & Other Links |
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Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Program CFDA #93.697 |
Automatically Awarded: June 2021. |
$100,000 per RHC |
Mandatory Reporting and Program Closeout Closeout Reporting Walkthrough Questions? Email |
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HRSA COVID-19 Testing Supply Program |
Ongoing - |
Direct shipments of at-home COVID-19 tests, and Point-of-Care Testing Supplies. |
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| HRSA RHC COVID-19 Therapeutic Treatment Program | Ongoing- Available Now for enrolled RHCs. This program is no longer accepting new enrollments. | Direct access to COVID-19 therapeutics Paxlovid and Lagevrio (molnupiravir). |
Questions? Email
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Rural Health Clinic Vaccine Confidence (RHCVC) Program CFDA #93.912 |
Program Start Date: July 1, 2021
Last day to apply for No Cost Extension on EHB: May 31, 2022
Last day to draw down funds in PMS and complete closeout requirements: September 28, 2022 |
Approximately $49,500 per awarded RHC. |
HRSA Program Page Questions? Email HRSA Health Grants Workshop Web Series |
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Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Program
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Program Concluded August 2023 |
Direct shipments of the COVID-19 Vaccine (Types and doses dependent on program availability). Adult and pediatric COVID-19 vaccines (including those for children under 5) available. |
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Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Testing Program CFDA #93.697 |
Automatically Awarded beginning May 2020. Period of Availability: |
$49,461.42 Per RHC. |
Terms and Conditions |
Provider Relief Fund
RHCs have received multiple tranches or allocations of money from the federal government to help with COVID-19, including both general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund. It is important for RHCs to understand what funding they received, how and when it can be spent, and report on it correctly. PRF allocations can be spent on otherwise unreimbursed expenses and lost revenues related to COVID-19. PRF Reporting must be done through the PRF Reporting Portal during the time period that corresponds to the period in which an organization received funds. More information can be found here.
Please note that many RHCs and their parent organizations received funding from PRF Phase 5 and the ARP Rural allocation during periods 4 and 5 and continue to have reporting requirements in 2023.
Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements issued October, 27, 2022.
Public Health Emergency Duration
Many temporary waivers are in effect for the duration of the PHE which concluded on May 11, 2023. For additional details please review NARHC's April 2023 webinar and materials here. Commercial players may issue thier own policies with their own timelines that may or may not depend on the federal government's declaration of a public health emergency.
**DISCLAIMER**
These resources are supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,750,000 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources for the project period of June 2021 through May 2023. The contents are those of NARHC and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
