West Virginia Receives $202.1 Million in Second-Year Rural Health Funding, Two-Year Total Tops $401.5 Million
West Virginia health officials announced in Charleston on November 9 that the state has received $202,081,355 in second-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding, about $2.6 million more than the first-year award of $199.5 million, bringing the two-year total to $401,557,453.35.
The state said 100 percent of first-year funds were obligated ahead of the October 30 deadline through 145 signed awards covering all 55 counties, and first-year funds must be spent by September 30, 2027.
West Virginia lies entirely within Appalachia and has a heavily rural population, with many rural hospitals under long-running financial pressure. Officials said second-year funding will continue to support rural hospitals, community clinics and the primary care workforce.
The program's second year distributes $10 billion across all 50 states. (Source: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources)
Source: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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