Webinar: How to Navigate Rural Healthcare Grants in 2026
The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) in July 2025 will impact funding and even the availability of many traditional federal grants. The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program may help, but isn’t the only option.
In this webinar, find practical ideas for how your rural hospital or clinic can use different federal and private rural healthcare grants to help with the effects of the OBBBA. Also get tips on how to find grants and how to apply.
Key Webinar Takeaways
- How the OBBBA may impact rural healthcare funding, including new opportunities in the RHT Program
- What’s known about federal grant availability for 2026
- Non-grant and private grant opportunities available for rural healthcare
- The basics of finding and applying for rural healthcare and funding
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for leaders and decision-makers at:
- Rural emergency hospitals (REH)
- Critical access hospitals (CAH)
- Rural health clinics (RHC)
- Subsection (d) hospitals in a rural area
- Sole community hospitals
- Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals
- Low-volume hospitals
- Federally qualified health centers (FQHC)
- Community mental health centers
- Rural opioid treatment centers
- Rural certified community behavioral health clinics
Also ideal for: rural healthcare executives, revenue cycle leaders, and compliance officers.
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Meet Your Speakers
Helen Williams, CPC, CPM, a healthcare financial management and billing expert with more than 30 years of experience in rural and community health. As Azalea Health’s senior healthcare consultant, Helen specializes in RHC certification, compliance, workflow optimization, and billing procedures and helps clinics streamline operations and maximize reimbursements.
Elizabeth Burrows is the founder and principal of Burrows Consulting where she’s helped
secure more than $505 million in grants and $400 million in enhanced reimbursements for
healthcare organizations across 48 states and U.S. territories. A lawyer by training and a leader
shaped by her own battle with Crohn’s Disease, she has dedicated her career to advancing health
equity. Her work has transformed access to care for millions of patients nationwide.