The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the availability of unused funds to fully satisfy demand for Rural Health Care (RHC) Program funding for FY 2023. The FCC’s Office of the Managing Director has directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to carry forward up to $211.50 million in unused funds to satisfy funding year 2023 RHC Program demand, to the extent necessary. With this funding, all eligible RHC Program funding requests filed during the funding year 2023 application filing window can be fully funded without prioritization. The RHC Program estimated total demand for funding year 2023 is $739.47 million.
