The FCC released a Public Notice announcing the amount of unused funds for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program that have been rolled over into funding year 2026. The FCC announced that $226.42 million in unused funds is available and directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to carry forward up to that amount in unused funds to satisfy funding year 2026 RHC Program demand. Now, the RHC Program, which was capped at $744.16 million, can fully fund the total amount of requested funds which totals $911.25 million. Eligible RHC Program funding requests filed during the funding year 2026 application filing window or filed after the close of the filing window but received a waiver of the filing deadline can be funded without prioritization.
