Idaho
Rural Health Transformation Program- Program
- Idaho
- First-year award
- $185,974,368 (CMS)
- Lead agency
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW)
- Program page
- healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/providers/rural-health-transformation-program-grant/about-rural-health-transformation-program-grant
- Contact
- The program office's contact details
- Where the plan names technology
- Initiative 1 of Idaho's program, "Improving rural access to care through technology," covers facility technology assessments, telehealth expansion, digital health, "Cybersecurity modernization and AI tools," emergency communication systems, data analytics tools and "EHR software and upgrades," according to the Department of Health and Welfare. Its Healthcare Infrastructure Support subgrants set aside $21,954,653 for technology and $6,050,000 for cybersecurity remediation and advisory consulting.
- AI named in the plan
- Yes
- Funding rounds
- Closed Crisis Intervention Training; deadline Sept 21, 2026
- Closed Healthcare Infrastructure Support; $97 million; deadline Sept 18, 2026; eligible: Rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, hospitals, long-term care facilities, community-based organizations, community providers, local public health districts, and Tribal governments and organizations
- Closed SUD Prevention; deadline Sept 18, 2026
- Closed Behavioral Health Prevention; deadline Sept 18, 2026
- Closed Healthcare Career Advancement (with the State Board of Education); deadline Sept 17, 2026
- Closed Statewide Chronic Disease Education Network; deadline Sept 15, 2026
- Closed Graduate Medical Education (non-competitive subgrant); deadline Sept 14, 2026
- Closed School-Based Family Support Hubs; deadline Sept 8, 2026
- Closed Chronic Disease Prevention and Cancer Screening; deadline Sept 8, 2026
- Closed Idaho Cognitive Care Pathway Network; deadline Sept 8, 2026
- Closed Cognitive Health Workforce Response Network; deadline Sept 8, 2026
- Closed Diabetes Prevention and Management; deadline Sept 8, 2026
- Closed Pediatric Psychiatry Access Line; deadline Aug 17, 2026
- Awarded Maternal and Child Health Initiatives (Perinatal Quality Collaborative; OB Readiness); deadline Jul 10, 2026
- Next
- The funding page says "All the funding opportunities for the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program have closed" and that Year 2 funding information will be posted there. The page gives no amounts or eligibility for most rounds; those terms are in each solicitation. It names Comagine Health as the awardee for the maternal and child health initiatives, with an anticipated start of Aug. 14, 2026, and lists no other subawards. The department set Oct. 30, 2026, for all Year 1 funds to be obligated. It also ran vendor procurements, including a technology assessment and a rural cybersecurity modernization assessment. Questions go to [email protected]. The state gives its first-year award as $185,974,367.81.
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, DHW program page, DHW funding opportunities, DHW, Healthcare Infrastructure Support, Aug. 28, Healthcare Infrastructure Support solicitation folder
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