Ms Rice said she will ask Indonesia to help press the message that the Palestinians must remain committed to peace with Israel even though Hamas refuses to accept the Jewish state's right to exist.
"We are looking at ways to even increase our humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people during this period of time," Ms Rice said.
Ms Rice did not expand on the details of how funding will be maintained but the US may replace money it once gave directly to the previously moderate Palestinian government with grants for charity work or other projects that are independent of the new government.
US officials have nearly finished an extensive review of aid to the Palestinians that was intended to ensure that future aid does not flow to Hamas.
Hamas has refused to renounce violence and has claimed responsibility for dozens of suicide bombings against Israel.
It is listed as a terrorist organisation by both the US and the European Union.
US diplomats are concerned about the effect an aid cut would have on poor and underemployed Palestinians and the perception among Muslims that the US is cutting aid was a punishment for selecting leaders that the Bush administration does not like.
The Palestinian Authority is effectively broke, with a monthly deficit of tens of millions of dollars.
Last year, following Yasser Arafat’s death, overseas donors contributed about $US1 billion ($A1.37 billion) of the authority's approximately $US1.9 billion ($A2.59 billion).