Rural Health Transformation Program tracker

The Rural Health Transformation Program sends $10 billion a year to the 50 states for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, under the budget law signed July 4, 2025. Hospitals, clinics and other providers get the money through their state's funding rounds. This tracker follows each state's first-year award, where its plan names AI or other technology, its funding rounds and deadlines, and its awards, each linked to its source. It covers all 50 states.

What the money can pay for, and how a rural hospital or clinic gets some of it: What does the Rural Health Transformation Program pay for?.

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Open and upcoming funding rounds

• Due Nov 16, 2026
  Innovative Pilot Program Grant (BRIDGE initiative)

  Mississippi · Upcoming · $16 million, capped at $2 million per entity · for Rural and critical access hospitals, post-acute providers, clinics, behavioral health providers, EMS and first responders, community-based organizations, colleges and universities, and other entities addressing community health needs
• Due Nov 16, 2026
  Rural Health Innovation Fund, first round (NCDHHS and the Department of Information Technology)

  North Carolina · Open · approximately $20 million per year for up to five years · for Health care organizations in one of the 85 eligible rural counties, or with 40% or more patients who live in rural areas, with a low- or medium-risk assessment and in good standing; independent practices, local health departments, clinics and safety-net providers are among those who can apply
• Due Nov 17, 2026
  Healthy Hometowns Cardiovascular Health Hub Program (RFP COMPADM26007)

  Iowa · Open · approximately $33,361,333 for an undetermined number of awards in the first contract year · for Public, private, nonprofit, for-profit, academic institutions or governmental entities, with hub and spoke sites in rural Iowa; a letter of intent is mandatory by Oct. 19, 2026
• Due Dec 18, 2026
  Rural Community Hubs for Chronic Care Innovation, statewide expansion

  Kentucky · Upcoming · for Hub leads for the Area Development Districts beyond the first three, such as local health departments, health care organizations and Area Development Districts
• Due Dec 31, 2026
  Health Information Exchange and EHR Assistance, Year 1 application (Oklahoma Health Care Authority)

  Oklahoma · Open · for Eligible rural health care providers seeking to participate in Oklahoma's statewide health information exchange or to implement, replace, optimize or expand certified electronic health record systems
• Date not set
  Year 2 Spring 2027 funding cycle

  Alaska · Upcoming · for The department says multi-year continuation requests from Year 1 subrecipients will be reviewed in this cycle
• Date not set
  HOME RUN Rural Health Workforce Investment Program (Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation AHEC)

  Hawaii · Open · Up to $50,000 to up to $200,000 per individual, by category · for Healthcare professionals licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide clinical care in Hawaii who provide or will provide direct patient care in rural Hawaii, with a five-year rural service commitment
• Date not set
  School Based Services (notice of intent to release RFP MEDIOMC26023)

  Iowa · Upcoming · $16,953,750 in Year 2 for approximately 25 awards
• Date not set
  Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Program participation agreements

  Kansas · Open · $33M to rural providers in Program Year 1 ($22 million in infrastructure payments, $11 million in incentive payments); $100,000 plus $50,000 per rural hospital and $50,000 plus $25,000 per rural clinic · for Rural hospitals, critical access hospitals and rural emergency hospitals, rural health clinics, and rural FQHCs, CCBHCs and full-time primary care clinics, through a participation agreement with the UKHS Care Collaborative
• Date not set
  Rooted in Health: Definitive Mobile Dental Services

  Kentucky · Open · for Non-profit organizations incorporated in Kentucky, such as colleges and universities, federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics
• Date not set
  Perinatal Specialty Telehealth (grant)

  Maine · Open · for Rural care sites serving perinatal patients; a Labor and Delivery unit is not required
• Date not set
  Youth Tele-Behavioral Health (grant for schools)

  Maine · Open · for Rural Maine schools, school districts and school units that can provide a private space for telehealth appointments
• Date not set
  Mammha participating sites (grant)

  Maine · Upcoming · for Maine clinical or social service providers serving perinatal patients
• Date not set
  Rural Health Connectivity Program (CRISP)

  Maryland · Open · $500 for each eligible FTE provider; maximum potential payment per organization $40,000 · for Practices without existing ADT, CCD or InContext connections with CRISP; first come, first served, subject to available funds
• Date not set
  Mobile Integrated Healthcare and Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) site funding through MEMSA

  Missouri · Open · up to $250,000 for an individual program's startup costs; up to $500,000 for a larger regional system · for Local EMS organizations recruited by the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association, which posts eligibility on its funding portal
• Date not set
  NC HealthConnex connection funding for rural providers (NC Health Information Exchange Authority)

  North Carolina · Open · varies per participant depending on interface or service type · for Certain rural NC HealthConnex participants, prioritized by population health impact
• Date not set
  Regional funding opportunities through the NC ROOTS Hub Leads

  North Carolina · Open
• Date not set
  Phase 2 Sustained and Competitive Catalyst Awards

  Oregon · Upcoming
• Date not set
  PACT Provider Value-Based Quality Payments (RFP 27-09RHT-026)

  South Dakota · Open · $7M
• Date not set
  Population Health and Case Management Tools

  South Dakota · Upcoming · $3M
• Date not set
  Community Health Worker (CHW) Infrastructure Project, RFA 31865-00020 (TennCare)

  Tennessee · Open · for Health care provider organizations that employ, or intend to employ, community health workers, with priority for those serving rural residents
• Date not set
  Vermont Rural Health Transformation Tuition Benefit Program, 2027 to 2028 academic year (Vermont Student Assistance Corporation)

  Vermont · Open · Up to UVM's in-state tuition, or the tuition of a higher-cost Vermont State University program · for Students in eligible allied health, mental health, nursing, EMS and dentistry programs who commit to five years of work in a Vermont health care setting serving a rural community
• Date not set
  Connected Care, Closer to Home: Mobile and Hybrid Care, four regional planning district commission collaboratives (Southwest Virginia; Roanoke-Alleghany, Central Shenandoah and New River Valley; Northern Piedmont; Southside)

  Virginia · Upcoming · $11.8M in funding available in each region · for Health care providers, clinics, health systems and other organizations bringing care closer to home
• Date not set
  Live Well, Together: Consumer Tech for Education and Lifestyle Change (Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth)

  Virginia · Upcoming · for Health systems, providers and community-based organizations in partnership with digital technology companies
• Date not set
  Live Well, Together: Integrated Care for Duals, request for proposals (Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services)

  Virginia · Upcoming · for Area agencies on aging, managed care plans, community-based organizations and digital technology companies, among others
• Date not set
  Rural Technology Transformation Fund, round 2

  Wisconsin · Upcoming · About $148 million over three to four years, estimated and pending CMS approval · for Hospital organizations, local health departments, Tribal clinics, free and charitable clinics and opioid treatment facilities serving rural and semi-rural communities
• Date not set
  Care coordination grants, full program for planning grantees

  Wisconsin · Upcoming · Estimated $25 million in first-year funding, pending CMS approval · for Recipients of the planning grants

The states

General information, not legal or financial advice. Each state shows the date its sources were last checked; a round whose deadline has passed is marked so until its state is checked again.