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Step 5: Receive Funding Commitment Letter
When USAC has approved a request for service support (the Internet Service Funding Request and Certification Form 466-A, and associated attachments), USAC will send the Project Coordinator and the vendor a Funding Commitment Letter (FCL).
The FCL indicates that the project is eligible for the support specified in the letter contingent upon submitting a Connection Certification Form (Form 467).
Funding Commitment Letter Contents
The FCL includes the following information:
- Health Care Provider (HCP) Number, a unique five-digit code assigned to each Pilot project
- HCP Contact Name (person designated as the Project Coordinator)
- HCP Name and Address of the project location supported
- Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN)
- Vendor Name
- Funding Year
- Copy of Approved Network Cost Worksheet
- List of sites where service is being provided
- Type of Service Agreement (e.g., contract, tariff)
- Eligible Support Start Date: first date the project can receive support based on the Description of Services Requested & Certification Form (Form 465)
- Support End Date, last day service is eligible for support during the funding year
- Estimated Months of Support
- Non-Recurring Support Amount
- Monthly Recurring Support Amount
- Estimated Total Support Amount
- Funding Request Number, a unique five-digit code assigned by USAC for each project, vendor, and service combination.
- Approved Network Cost Worksheet Items
What to Do When You Receive the FCL
Vendors should validate the SPIN on the FCL. This ensures that future support provided by the vendor is credited to the correct SPIN. If the SPIN is incorrect, please contact the Rural Health Care Pilot Program at 1-800-229-5476.
Health care provider support can only be provided after the vendor receives the Support Acknowledgement Letter from USAC.
