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Nebraska

Rural Health Transformation Program

Program

Nebraska

First-year award

$218,529,075 (CMS)

Lead agency

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Program page

dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Rural-Health-Transformation.aspx

Contact

The program office's contact details

Where the plan names technology

Nebraska's project narrative includes an eHealth and Mobile Access initiative whose remote patient monitoring uses wearable sensors "with AI-assisted analytics to identify risks and prompt timely clinician action," and a Nebraska Rural Health Technology Catalyst Fund and Partnership Initiative (NETECH), described as "a tech catalyst fund." The plan also calls for EHR-integrated monitoring, "telehealth-enabled crisis response" and regional coordination and governance structures to "strengthen cybersecurity capability."

AI named in the plan

Yes

Funding rounds

Awarded RFA RHTP 5.3 Modification of Existing Clinical Facilities for Mental Health Crisis; $5,500,000; opened Apr 20, 2026, deadline Aug 31, 2026; eligible: Local governments, Native American tribes, institutions of higher education and nonprofit entities located in Nebraska and serving a rural area
Awarded RFA RHTP 1.1 School Kitchen Modernization Grants; $2,234,048.00; opened May 28, 2026, deadline Aug 31, 2026; eligible: Rural schools, school districts or educational service units
Awarded RFA RHTP 1.3 Farm-to-School Procurement and Policy Technical Assistance; Approximately $8,344,000.00; opened Jun 15, 2026, deadline Aug 31, 2026; eligible: Local farmers, ranchers, producers, cooperatives and food suppliers
Closed RFA RHTP 3.2 Rural Virtual Reality (VR) and Skills Acceleration Network; $3,000,000.00; opened May 29, 2026, deadline Jul 24, 2026; eligible: Nebraska licensed EMS training agencies, institutions of higher learning, nonprofit entities with a demonstrated focus on EMS or health care provider training, Native American tribes, Area Health Education Centers, for-profit EMS training organizations and other health care training entities approved by DHHS
Closed RHTP 6.2 Assisted Living Facility Modernization Grant; Up to $500,000 per facility; deadline Jun 30, 2026; eligible: Licensed Nebraska assisted living facilities that provide or support memory care, dementia care or Alzheimer's care
Closed Notice of Contract Opportunity: RHTP 4.4b Chronic Disease Management, Remote Patient Monitoring and Assistive Technologies; Maximum award of $1,500,000.00 per entity; opened Jun 3, 2026, deadline Jun 12, 2026; eligible: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit entities, rural provider organizations, community-based entities and other approved implementation partners with demonstrated capacity to implement assistive technology services
Awarded RFA RHTP 3.3 Rural Health Care Workforce Incentive and Sustainability Model (SNAP Employment and Training sites); $2,000,000; opened Mar 9, 2026, deadline Jun 1, 2026; eligible: Local governments, Indian tribes, institutions of higher education and nonprofit or for-profit entities
Closed RFA RHTP 4.2b Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention; $383,500.00; opened Apr 10, 2026, deadline May 8, 2026; eligible: Outpatient health care facilities, hospitals and long-term care facilities
Awarded RFA RHTP 4.4b Remote Patient Monitoring Implementation Initiative; No less than $200,000 and no more than $1,000,000 per single application; a fiscal agent for a consortium may request more; opened Mar 23, 2026, deadline Apr 24, 2026; eligible: Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Emergency Hospitals, Regional Rural Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Closed RFA RHTP 1.2 Make Rural Nebraska Healthy Again Through Food as Medicine; $10,000,000; opened Mar 10, 2026, deadline Apr 22, 2026; eligible: Producers (farmers or ranchers), food cooperatives, food pantries and nonprofit entities partnering with schools
Closed Targeted RFA RHTP 4.4a Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Support; Up to $67,600.00 per application; opened Mar 30, 2026, deadline Apr 10, 2026; eligible: Community colleges and tribal colleges and universities
Closed Targeted RFA RHTP 1.5b Nebraska Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day; $20,000 minimum; budgets not to exceed $100,000; opened Mar 16, 2026, deadline Apr 3, 2026; eligible: Local and tribal health departments
Awarded RFA RHTP 4.4a Chronic Disease Management Navigation and Education Initiative; Up to $400,000 per application; opened Feb 24, 2026, deadline Mar 27, 2026; eligible: Rural clinics, FQHCs, CCBHCs, local health departments, CAHs, REHs, non-CAH rural hospitals and tribal health facilities
Closed Targeted RFA RHTP 2.5 Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) to Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) Conversion; opened May 1, 2026; eligible: Critical Access Hospitals or Rural Emergency Hospitals whose financial analysis shows infrastructure, technology or equipment improvements would improve access to care or expand service lines
Closed Nebraska Rural Health Workforce Incentive Program (RHTP 3.1 rural provider recruitment and retention incentives); $7,500 to $75,000 per year for five years, per provider; opened Apr 15, 2026; eligible: Full-time providers, at least 32 hours per week on average, who are licensed, credentialed or certified with DHHS, live in Nebraska and provide care in rural counties, with a five-year rural service commitment

Awards

Sept 1, 2026: $4,565.37 to $2,441,936.73 per award to 13 awards. Intent to award under Initiative 5.3 for equipment and modifications at mental health crisis facilities, including hospitals, counseling centers and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The notice does not state a total. Announcement
Jul 15, 2026: $129,468.30 to $256,841.21 per award to 9 awards. Initiative 3.3 rural health care workforce awards for SNAP Employment and Training sites, including four community colleges selected in a round that closed July 10, 2026. The notice does not state a total. Announcement
Jun 10, 2026: $195,523.20 to $18,156,856.12 per award to 24 awards. Initiative 4.4b remote patient monitoring awards to hospitals and health centers; the largest, $18,156,856.12, goes to the Nebraska High Value Network, a collaborative network, and the notice lists 21 individual hospitals receiving funding. The notice does not state a total. Announcement
May 6, 2026: $90,000.00 to $340,000.00 per award to 24 awards. Initiative 4.4a chronic disease navigation and education awards to hospitals, clinics, local health departments and others, including Encounter Telehealth. The notice does not state a total. Announcement
$50,850.34 to $501,986.00 per award to 27 awards. Initiative 1.1 School Kitchen Modernization awards, listed as "RHTP Approved Awards and Purposes" in the Nebraska Department of Education's October 2026 board report, which says "Board members approved the distribution of funds." NDE says the amounts "represent the maximum potential award for each entity" and may be adjusted; the list prints no total. Announcement
$16,000.00 to $1,162,500.00 per award to 35 awards. Initiative 1.3 Farm-to-School Procurement and Policy Technical Assistance awards, listed with the school kitchen awards in the Nebraska Department of Education's October 2026 board report. NDE says the amounts are "the maximum possible award" and that final amounts "may be lower, pending further review of available funds and verification of each applicant's eligibility"; the list prints no total. Announcement

Next

The DHHS grants page lists all 12 of its RHTP requests for applications as closed, most with applications under review, and says "a list of awardees will be posted online"; it still shows the school kitchen and farm-to-school rounds, which the Nebraska Department of Education runs, as under review. A public dashboard maps where RHTP funds have gone; its figures could not be read. The program page also lists targeted releases for rural jurisdictional stockpiles to local health departments (Jan. 21, 2026) and for community health worker networks and oral health to local and tribal health departments (Jan. 8, 2026), with no deadlines posted. Questions go to [email protected], and the program page links an email sign-up for updates.

Sources: CMS, first-year awards, DHHS program page, Nebraska's project narrative, DHHS grant opportunities, DHHS RFA forecast, DHHS, open funding opportunities, June 30, DHHS, workforce incentive applications, DHHS, dashboard announcement, DHHS, 4.4a awards, DHHS, 4.4b awards, DHHS, 3.3 awards, DHHS, 5.3 intent to award, DHHS, 4.4b assistive technology contract notice, Nebraska Department of Education, October 2026 board report, NDE, 1.1 approved awards, NDE, 1.3 approved awards

Checked against its sources Oct 13, 2026

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