You are eligible to receive funding from the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program if your health care site meets all of the following criteria.

Your site:

  1. Must be a public or nonprofit entity
  2. Must be one of the following types of facilities:
    1. A post-secondary educational institution offering healthcare instruction, such as teaching hospitals or medical schools
    2. A community health center or health center providing healthcare to migrants
    3. A local health department or agency
    4. A community mental health center
    5. A not-for-profit hospital
    6. A rural health clinic
    7. A dedicated emergency room of a rural for-profit hospital
    8. A skilled nursing facility (SNF), or
    9. A consortium of health care providers (HCPs) that includes at least one of the facilities mentioned in (a) through (h)
  3. Must be in a rural location as defined by the FCC. If your site is not located in a rural area, it still may be eligible to apply to the HCF program as part of a consortium