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Wisconsin
Rural Health Transformation Program- Program
- Wisconsin
- First-year award
- $203,670,005 (CMS)
- Lead agency
- Department of Health Services (DHS), Office of Grants Management
- Program page
- dhs.wisconsin.gov/rhtp/index.htm
- Contact
- The program office's contact details
- Where the plan names technology
- Wisconsin's plan includes an Interoperability Infrastructure and Modernization initiative to upgrade rural providers' IT systems, "enhance cybersecurity," expand telehealth and remote monitoring, and build a closed-loop referral network and a digital Rural Health Care Collaborative whose tools "may include AI charting, medication management, remote patient monitoring, and cybersecurity." The state's Rural Technology Transformation Fund lists "ambient AI for notetaking to reduce administrative burdens" and EHR upgrades among eligible uses.
- AI named in the plan
- Yes
- Funding rounds
- Closed Care coordination grants, 6-month planning period; Up to $10 million for a 6-month planning period; deadline Aug 21, 2026; eligible: Partnership models in rural Wisconsin
- Closed Workforce Innovation Grant: Healthcare Employment, Access, and Rural Transformation (WIG:HEART), Department of Workforce Development; Up to $10 million; $500,000 to $10 million per award across four years; deadline Aug 17, 2026; eligible: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and governmental entities located in and serving a rural or semi-rural county
- Closed Community health worker grants; $20 million for the first year; deadline Aug 7, 2026
- Closed Rural Technology Transformation Fund, round 1; Up to $61 million in round 1, pending CMS approval: $15,000,000 for FQHCs and $28,000,000 for rural health clinics in year 1; opened Jul 1, 2026, deadline Aug 1, 2026; eligible: Health care organizations with one or more rural health clinics, or with one or more FQHCs serving rural and semi-rural communities, on the state's eligibility list
- Closed Rural dental efficiency and access grants; $10 million, pending CMS approval; deadline Jul 27, 2026; eligible: Rural and semi-rural dental clinics
- Awarded 2026-31 RHTP Grant Competition for career and technical education, Department of Public Instruction; $5 million over five years; up to $41,000 per year per grant; deadline Jun 30, 2026; eligible: Rural school districts on the department's list of 213 eligible districts with CTE concentrators
- Upcoming Rural Technology Transformation Fund, round 2; About $148 million over three to four years, estimated and pending CMS approval; eligible: Hospital organizations, local health departments, Tribal clinics, free and charitable clinics and opioid treatment facilities serving rural and semi-rural communities
- Upcoming Care coordination grants, full program for planning grantees; Estimated $25 million in first-year funding, pending CMS approval; eligible: Recipients of the planning grants
- Next
- DHS said it expected to announce round 1 Rural Technology Transformation Fund awards in September 2026, and round 2 is expected to begin in summer or fall 2027; no DHS awards had been posted when checked. The Department of Public Instruction lists 21 rural school districts awarded its career and technical education grants, though the same page says 20 schools will receive grants. The care coordination full opportunity is expected in February 2027 for planning grantees. Multi-year amounts are estimates pending CMS approval.
Sources: CMS, first-year awards, DHS program page, Wisconsin's application narrative, DHS, grants open, June 15, 2026, DHS, Rural Technology Transformation Fund, DWD, WIG:HEART, DPI, RHTP grant
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