WCB Announces E-rate and RHC Inflation-Based Caps

On March 14, 2022, the Wireline Competition Bureau released a Public Notice announcing the E-rate and Rural Health Care (RHC) programs’ funding caps for 2022.

The E-Rate program funding cap for funding year 2022 is $4,456,460,992, which is a 4.2% inflation-adjusted increase in the $4,276,833,965 cap from funding year 2021. 

The RHC program funding cap for funding year 2022 is $637,721,108.  The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments in the Healthcare Connect Fund program is $161,022,761.  These new funding caps represent a 4.2% inflation-adjusted increase to the $612,016,418 RHC program funding cap and the $154,532,400 internal cap for the Healthcare Connect Fund program’s multi-year commitments and upfront payments from funding year 2021.