Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Approximately $97 million in Idaho Rural Health Transformation funding for rural provider technology, equipment, cybersecurity, renovation, patient-transport vehicles, and practice transformation.
Required next actionClosed at the controlling deadline of September 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM MDT. Do not initiate new applicant outreach or new package production. Preserve existing applicant, CRM, WorkDrive, sent-email, submission, and dependency evidence for any amendment, reopening, award, or applicant response. Continue only authorized post-deadline continuity work supported by actual records.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 1, 2026
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Department of Health is accepting proposals to establish or expand rural clinically integrated networks and Rural Health Innovation Hubs across 73 non-urban Ohio counties. The RFP has up to $61.7 million available, with proposals due September 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET.
Required next actionDo not submit a new DOH59718 proposal. Monitor the Ohio Department of Health for award notices, rural network and innovation-hub implementation guidance, amendments and successor Rural Health Transformation solicitations; preserve governance structures, partner commitments and cost models for future rounds.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 1, 2026
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Archived Nebraska RHTP intelligence for the $5.5 million 2026 rural mental-health crisis facility and equipment round, which closed August 31 and is now under review.
Required next actionDo not submit a new 2026 application. Monitor Nebraska DHHS for award announcements, amendments and any successor RHTP 5.3 round; preserve facility assessments, crisis-service expansion plans, equipment lists and readiness documentation for rapid reactivation if funding reopens.
Implementation / Procurement Watch — hospital grant agreements executed September 16, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 24, 2026
Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS)
Connecticut DSS finalized $50 million in Rural Health Transformation Program right-sizing and infrastructure agreements on September 16, 2026, including $46 million for Day Kimball, Sharon, Windham and Charlotte Hungerford hospitals and $3.98 million for Mathematica technical assistance. These are executed implementation awards, not a new public applicant round. Atlas is monitoring hospital and state procurement channels for resulting telehealth, virtual-care, remote-monitoring, equipment and implementation opportunities.
Required next actionDo not create new applicant outreach from the executed hospital awards. Monitor Connecticut DSS, CTSource and the procurement channels of Day Kimball Hospital, Sharon Hospital, Windham Hospital and Charlotte Hungerford Hospital for project-specific solicitations, vendor registrations and implementation notices. Day Kimball has confirmed that planning and procurement will proceed on separate timelines for advanced imaging, digital infrastructure, virtual health and tele-specialty services. Evaluate N9+ and QC Healthcare only against a future controlling procurement or hospital-led partner request.
Funding Watch — broader Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program pipeline; first-round RHTP awards are in implementation and no new statewide RHTP application deadline is currently published.
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Maryland Department of Health (MDH)
Maryland's Rural Health Transformation Program remains a high-priority Funding Watch. MDH reports a $168.18 million Budget Period 1 award, $163.7 million in planned subawards and $134.8 million expected through competitive procurement processes. Current verified future pathways include school-based health-center expansion and mobile units, HIE connectivity and AI-enabled workflows, telehealth infrastructure, technology-enabled chronic-disease management, mobile integrated health/community paramedicine, behavioral health and workforce.
Required next actionPre-position rural Maryland projects around the state's verified pipeline: school-based health-center expansion and mobile units, HIE connectivity and AI-enabled workflows, centralized telehealth infrastructure, technology-enabled chronic-disease management, mobile integrated health/community paramedicine, behavioral-health expansion, rural workforce and value-based care. Track MDH and partner procurement channels for the next controlling notice, then verify applicant eligibility, award size, allowable costs, match, deadline and submission mechanics before outreach or budgeting.
Funding Watch
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 22, 2026
New York State Department of Health
New York's first $76.2 million Rural Community Health Integration application round is closed, but CMS confirmed on September 4, 2026 that approximately $76 million is now being delivered to strengthen rural regional networks, technology-enhanced primary care, workforce training and care coordination. Atlas tracks the next verified New York RHTP funding or procurement opportunity rather than treating implementation funding as a new open application.
Required next actionPre-position for New York's next verified RHTP funding or procurement opportunity. Document rural service geography and access gaps, assemble hospital/FQHC/behavioral-health/public-health/community partnerships, and build implementation-ready concepts around technology-enhanced primary care, telehealth, eConsults, workforce, remote-supported training and cybersecurity. Monitor NYSDOH for the next official notice; do not treat the September 4 CMS implementation announcement as a new open application.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS)
Pennsylvania DHS has closed its earlier 2026 Rural Health Transformation rounds but has published a specific pipeline of future opportunities spanning community paramedicine, EMS, maternal remote monitoring, AI and digital infrastructure, mobile health, workforce, EHR/HIO onboarding and rural training. Atlas tracks the next verified notice here.
Required next actionMonitor the Pennsylvania DHS Rural Health Transformation Plan funding-opportunities page for the next controlling notice covering Hospital-to-Home Community Paramedicine, Rural EMS Improvement and Sustainability, Rural Paramedicine and Mobile Health Programs, Reliable Nonemergency Transportation, Maternal Health Remote Monitoring, Digital Infrastructure and Next-Generation AI, Mobile and Digital Health, mobile health unit funding, EHR/HIO onboarding, or rural healthcare workforce awards. Keep this record in Draft until a current opportunity publishes authoritative applicant eligibility, allowable costs, funding terms, deadline, and submission mechanics.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 22, 2026
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
Funding Watch Overview Texas is implementing the Rural Texas Strong portfolio under the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Texas received $281,319,360.67 for Budget Period 1 and has described a multi-year transformation strategy spanning rural prevention and wellness, workforce, infrastructure, technology and care-delivery modernization. Atlas is maintaining this page as a Funding Watch because the major […]
Required next actionPre-position a rural Texas project now and monitor HHSC procurement notices rather than reusing a closed 2026 application. Build an implementation-ready concept around the CMS-approved Rural Texas Strong strategies, including chronic-disease prevention and wellness, patient-facing technology, AI and telehealth, rural workforce recruitment and training, cybersecurity, or equipment and infrastructure modernization. Document the rural service area, current access or capacity gap, eligible lead organization, measurable outcomes, implementation timeline, sustainability and any needed academic, hospital, clinic, EMS or community partners.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 12, 2026
Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE)
Oklahoma PRIMS Project 695 closed September 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM CT. Atlas is preserving the verified school-health staffing and Medicaid-billing opportunity for award monitoring and successor-cycle intelligence; no new applicant outreach or submission activity is permitted for this closed cycle.
Required next actionApplication closed September 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM CT. Do not initiate new applicant outreach, package creation, or submission activity for this cycle. Preserve existing applicant and send history; monitor OSDH/OSDE for any authoritative reopening, amendment, award notice, or successor PRIMS cycle.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 1, 2026
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)
Massachusetts received $162,005,238.13 for the first year of the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. EOHHS says procurements began in summer 2026 and year-one funds subject to procurement are expected to be contracted in fall 2026, so Atlas is tracking the next verified solicitation rather than treating the state award itself as an open grant.
Required next actionJoin the Massachusetts RHTP contact list and monitor EOHHS and COMMBUYS for the next procurement or subaward notice. Pre-position a concise rural project concept tied to one or more state priorities: essential healthcare access, workforce, healthy rural communities, EMS service integration, technology interoperability/connectivity, or facility modernization. Do not assume eligibility or allowable costs until the controlling solicitation is released.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 10, 2026
Hawaiʻi Rural Health Transformation Program
Hawaiʻi has received $188,892,440 for FY2026 through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The state plan includes a statewide telehealth network with school and community access points, remote patient monitoring, rural digital infrastructure, EMS and mobile care, workforce development, medical respite, and value-based transformation; downstream provider and vendor application details are still pending.
Required next actionTrack the live HOME RUN Education Award as a separate individual healthcare-workforce opportunity; continue monitoring Hawaiʻi RHTP for provider, hospital, school, health-center, telehealth, technology-vendor, and clinical-service solicitations; do not assume organizational applicant or vendor eligibility until controlling terms are published.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
36 days leftVerified September 30, 2026
New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
New York OMH is offering $8 million for health-led community behavioral health crisis response pilots. The RFP is internally inconsistent on award count: Sections 1.1 and 4 state at least four pilot programs, while Section 5.3 says up to four awards; funding is capped at $2 million per applicant and at least one pilot must be rural. Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits and county or municipal entities with community behavioral-health experience may apply by November 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET.
Required next actionConfirm 501(c)(3) nonprofit or county/municipal eligibility and community behavioral-health crisis experience; choose Tier 1 or Tier 2 for each pilot area; notify the LGU unless the LGU is the applicant; secure the required county or New York City chief elected official commitment letter; build the 24/7 peer-centered crisis model and telehealth/clinical-support plan; complete SFS prequalification if a nonprofit; attend the September 28 bidder conference, submit questions by October 8, monitor the October 29 Q&A and any addenda, and submit by November 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET.
Closed — published October 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET deadline passed
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified October 6, 2026
Virginia Department of Health
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has opened the Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare Request for Applications, reference VDH-26-517-0386. The RFA was issued September 4, 2026 and supports community-driven CP/MIH models serving federally designated rural Virginia communities. Funding and Deadline VDH anticipates approximately $3.7 million in competitive subawards […]
Required next actionDo not submit to this cycle unless VDH or eVA publishes an official reopening or extension after the stated October 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM deadline. Monitor VDH/eVA for award notices, amendments, or a successor Community Paramedicine and Mobile Integrated Healthcare funding cycle.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Alaska Department of Health
Alaska received $272,174,855.72 for Year 1 of the Rural Health Transformation Program. Year 1 awards are still being announced weekly, and Alaska DOH anticipates a new Year 2 LOI and/or application period as early as fall 2026. The program expressly supports telehealth, remote patient monitoring, diagnostics, interoperability, rural technology, EMS, workforce, behavioral health, maternal health, and innovative care.
Required next actionKeep this as an upcoming funding watch, not an open applicant opportunity. Review the September 23, 2026 Applicant Convening materials and subsequent Alaska DOH updates for controlling Year 2 application dates, eligibility, award amounts, allowable costs and submission requirements. Pre-position high-fit Alaska rural-health, telehealth, remote-exam, RPM, diagnostics, interoperability, EMS, behavioral-health, maternal-health, workforce and innovative-care concepts, but do not begin applicant outreach or direct-vendor activity until DOH publishes a specific eligible funding or procurement path with a verified application window and deadline details.
Active — application deadline extended
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 16, 2026 — verified against County of Maui Office of Recovery Public Services NOFA Version 2.0 dated September 8, 2026, the current official program page, the September 9 deadline-extension notice, and the September 9 Public Services Round 1 FAQs. Stale September 24 dates remain visible on some rendered PDF pages and on the separate live "Programs Open for Application" page; those stale references are non-controlling. Round 1 FAQ controls on QUEST duplication of benefits, LMI/presumed-benefit participation, citizenship status, procurement, and the $500,000 minimum total 24-month request are now incorporated into Atlas analysis.
County of Maui Office of Recovery
Required next actionPrioritize Maui County nonprofit and public healthcare, behavioral-health, case-management, homelessness, child/family and health-navigation providers that can document a new service or a quantifiable expansion tied to the August 2023 Wildfires. Before outreach, verify each organization’s eligibility, authoritative recipient, business email, Email Opt-Out status, sent-history deduplication, and sufficient response time. Before package production, confirm active SAM.gov and Hawaii Compliance Express standing, disaster tie-back, LMI or approved Urgent Need national objective, reimbursement cash-flow capacity, required County templates and every Appendix 2 attachment. Use the September 9 Round 1 FAQs as controlling clarification during applicant screening and package strategy, especially for QUEST duplication-of-benefits, LMI/presumed-benefit documentation, participant citizenship-status requirements, procurement of contractors/vendors, and the $500,000 minimum total request across the 24-month eligible period. Re-check the Round 2 Q&A after September 28 before final package work.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa HHS Healthy Hometowns funding for rural cardiovascular Hub-and-Spoke Networks, tele-cardiology, diagnostics, chronic-disease management, rehabilitation, workforce, equipment, and remote-patient-monitoring capacity. Mandatory Letter of Intent due October 19, 2026; applications due November 17, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. local Iowa time.
Required next actionIdentify qualified rural Iowa cardiovascular providers or networks, verify the applicable Option 1/2/3 eligibility structure, submit the mandatory Letter of Intent by October 19, 2026, monitor IowaGrants for amendments and Q&A, and prepare the complete IowaGrants application for November 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM local Iowa time.
Pre-Launch Verification Hold - FY27 NexSys application not yet confirmed open
Atlas Opportunity Score 99/100
Verified September 24, 2026
Michigan Department of Education (MDE)
Michigan FY27 Section 31aa provides noncompetitive per-pupil funding for K-12 student mental health and school safety. MDE caps mental health funding at $73.53 per pupil and school safety funding at $147.06 per pupil. Four NexSys application windows close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, beginning November 9, 2026, although MDE says the November date may be adjusted based on application finalization.
Required next actionMonitor MDE for the FY27 Section 31aa NexSys application launch and any change to the November 9, 2026 first-window date. Keep ORIGINAL outreach on hold until the application is confirmed available and all applicant-specific verification and deduplication gates are complete.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 98/100
Verified September 18, 2026
St. Mary's County Health Department
Maryland RHTP-supported funding for mobile, home-based, community-based and place-based healthcare access models including telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital navigation and coordinated follow-up.
Required next actionCLOSED CYCLE CONTROL: The controlling RFP deadline of September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time has passed. No verified final signed Dr. Miltie direct-response package was available before the controlling cutoff, and no submission was released. Preserve the solicitation, Amendment 001, proposal drafts, budget, certifications, and QA history for audit and future reissue intelligence. Do not initiate new applicant outreach or submit a late direct response unless SMCHD formally reopens, extends, or reissues the procurement.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 98/100
Verified September 1, 2026
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Utah's SHIFT 3.4 New Models of Care application window closed September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM MT. Atlas now retains this $10 million Year 1 rural-care transformation opportunity for award monitoring, partner intelligence, and successor-round planning rather than presenting it as currently actionable.
Required next actionMonitor Utah DHHS for SHIFT 3.4 award announcements, downstream implementation-partner or subcontracting opportunities, any reopened or reallocated funds, and successor RHTP rounds. Do not present the September 1, 2026 application as actionable.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 98/100
Verified September 25, 2026
Ohio Department of Health
Ohio Department of Health is seeking rural EMS, fire/EMS and emergency-dispatch modernization proposals across Ohio's rural counties. Up to $12 million is available for the current year. The application date is October 6, 2026; Atlas is re-verifying the exact submission time because current indexed materials conflict and the recorded ODH source URL is unavailable.
Required next actionConfirm rural service area and applicant eligibility, finalize project scope, and submit all required application components by October 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET. Clarification questions are due September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET.
