Opportunity Overview
The Tennessee Division of TennCare posted the Community Health Worker (CHW) Infrastructure Project, procurement RFA 31865-00020, on September 1, 2026. The opportunity is part of Tennessee’s Rural Health Transformation efforts and is intended to help healthcare provider organizations that employ, or intend to employ, Community Health Workers build sustainable program infrastructure aligned with CHW program standards.
Who Can Apply
The public TennCare notice identifies healthcare provider organizations that employ or intend to employ Community Health Workers as the applicant universe, with priority consideration for organizations serving TennCare members in rural communities. The controlling RFA may contain additional eligibility definitions, exclusions, and required qualifications that must be reviewed before an applicant is treated as fully eligible.
Funding and Timeline
TennCare’s official procurement page confirms the RFA remains active and links the controlling RFA package. A newly indexed copy of Release #2 shows applications due September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time, with State responses to written questions scheduled for September 23, 2026. The indexed Release #2 materials also describe two funding tiers, up to $225,000 for smaller organizations and up to $450,000 for larger organizations. Because the controlling Box-hosted PDF is not directly retrievable in the current verification path, those tier definitions, allowable-cost details, match requirements, scoring, and submission controls remain subject to direct final inspection before outreach, budgeting, or submission.
Required Procurement Control
Potential respondents must complete the TennCare Blackout Period Attestation associated with this RFA and return it to the Solicitation Coordinator as soon as possible. Applicants should review the complete RFA package for communication restrictions, submission mechanics, forms, assurances, certifications, scoring, and all other procurement controls before contacting TennCare outside permitted channels.
N9+ / QC Healthcare Relevance
This is currently classified as an applicant-led Path B opportunity, not a direct-vendor Path A procurement for Dr. Miltie. The public notice supports a strong rural-health and workforce rationale, but it does not yet establish that N9+ hardware/platform, telehealth, remote physical examination, implementation/training, or QC Healthcare clinical services are allowable expenses. Those components should not be represented as grant-eligible until the controlling RFA and attachments are reviewed.
Next Steps
Inspect the controlling Box-hosted Release #2 RFA and the State’s September 23 Q&A response when posted. Confirm funding-tier definitions, allowable costs, match or cost-share, scoring, required attachments, submission mechanics, and partner/vendor rules. Then identify eligible Tennessee healthcare provider organizations and begin deduped outreach only where all applicant, recipient, timing, and complete Zoho pre-send rendering gates are satisfied.