Member Access
Atlas Opportunity Score 98/100
Verified September 14, 2026
Washington State Hospital Association
Washington rural-hospital infrastructure funding for AI, cybersecurity, revenue-cycle technology, data platforms, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and critical maintenance needs.
Required next actionConfirm WSHA member access and retrieve the controlling Activity 1.3 application package before preparing a submission.
Open — Readiness Intake currently accepting submissions; full applications open October 15, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 98/100
Verified October 12, 2026
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
North Carolina's Rural Health Transformation Program will launch a competitive Rural Health Innovation Fund application process in September 2026 to help rural healthcare providers modernize operations and health IT infrastructure. Eligible project areas include telehealth, AI-enabled clinical decision support, EHR upgrades and cybersecurity.
Required next actionEligible healthcare organizations serving rural North Carolina should complete NCDIT's RHIF Readiness Intake by October 31, 2026, obtain a UEI, document rural service location or at least 40% rural patients, gather project quotations and a sustainability plan, and submit the full application and risk assessment through the official NCDIT grant portal by November 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM (time zone not stated in the official FAQ). No match is required; reimbursement follows approved incurred expenses. See https://www.ncbroadband.gov/ruralhealthinnovation for official intake, FAQ, and current instructions.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 97/100
Verified September 7, 2026
Missouri Department of Social Services
Missouri Department of Social Services has closed ToRCH Care Smart Growth and Service Line Modifications, Horizon 2, IFB DSS26015-02. The opportunity closed September 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM and is no longer accepting bids. DSS described Horizon 2 as a rural service-line modernization initiative spanning maternal health, behavioral health including tele-behavioral health, and diagnostics/outpatient care, […]
Required next actionDo not submit a new Horizon 2 bid. Monitor Missouri DSS and DHSS for award notices, implementation guidance and successor ToRCH/Rural Health Transformation opportunities; preserve validated project scopes, match plans and service-line modernization budgets for future rounds.
Funding Watch — Year 2 not yet open
Atlas Opportunity Score 97/100
Verified September 11, 2026
Vermont Department of Health
Vermont received $195.05 million for Year 1 of the five-year Rural Health Transformation Program. All Year 1 RFPs and NOFOs are closed, but the State says Year 2 opportunities will be posted when available. A September 10, 2026 implementation update confirms the first $9 million workforce project and an October 1 opening for the next tuition-benefit cycle.
Required next actionMonitor the official Vermont RHT RFP/NOFO page for Year 2 notices; when one opens, verify controlling terms and exact N9+/QC allowability before applicant outreach or direct-vendor pursuit.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Washington State Health Care Authority
Washington funding for rural provider technology, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, operational efficiency, and data-driven population health.
Active - closes October 30, 2026; no exact closing time published
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified October 3, 2026
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce (GBHCW)
Opportunity Overview The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce (GBHCW) is accepting Year 1 applications for the GREAT Health Rural Graduate Medical Education Development Grant Program. The program supports development and expansion of graduate medical education in rural Georgia, with priority specialties including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, general surgery, geriatrics, and psychiatry. Funding […]
Required next actionReview the current official GREAT Health program materials for eligibility, program standards, required documentation, funding terms, and current deadline details before relying on this record.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Healthy Hometowns funding for high-risk obstetric and neonatal transport readiness, equipment, workforce, training, clinical support, and telehealth-enabled specialty access.
Required next actionQualified Iowa Authorized EMS Services should complete the High-Risk OB and Neonatal Transport application in IowaGrants and submit by September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT.
Upcoming — Texas says closed until December 2026; 2027 application instructions forthcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 96/100
Verified September 11, 2026
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)
Opportunity Overview The Texas Department of Agriculture Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) is a high-value rural-hospital funding pathway now in Funding Watch status for the 2027 cycle. Texas states that SHIP is closed until December 2026, identifies a 2027 SHIP application portal, and says the formal Request for Grant Application instructions are still to […]
Required next actionPre-position eligible Texas small rural hospitals and CAHs for the December 2026 reopening: confirm rural and <=49-bed eligibility, define an allowable health-IT/telehealth/value-based-care/care-transition need, document measurable impact, and recheck the Texas SHIP page for the controlling 2027 RFA before committing costs.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Washington State Health Care Authority
Washington HCA's Rural Health Transformation RFA 2026HCA14 for rural hospitals closed September 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time under Amendment 1. Atlas preserves the $9.5 million-per-year maternal, emergency, specialty, and remote-monitoring intelligence for award tracking and future RHTP planning.
Required next actionUse the current amended HCA application package and submit to the RFA coordinator by September 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM PT; the HCA bids and contracts materials are controlling.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100
Verified September 1, 2026
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
North Carolina's Primary Care Physicians Initiative offers qualifying physicians in eligible Tier 1 and Tier 2 independent practices up to $100,000 in non-taxable educational loan repayment. Funding is rolling and contingent on availability.
Required next actionConfirm the physician is licensed in North Carolina and practices in an eligible wholly physician-owned independent practice located in a Tier 1 or Tier 2 county. Verify that the practice has at least one provider enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid and accepts Medicaid patients, confirm the physician's qualifying specialty, review the current NC PCPI guidelines and regional application pathway, assemble loan and employment documentation, and submit promptly while funds remain available.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100
Verified August 31, 2026
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Texas Workforce Commission accepts Skills Development Fund proposals throughout the year for customized employee training. Eligible colleges, workforce boards, TEEX, TEES, and qualifying partners can work with healthcare businesses that may receive up to $500,000 for approved training needs, with larger consortium projects possible.
Required next actionIdentify a Texas healthcare employer training need and contact the Texas Workforce Commission business liaison for the employer's region. Build the project with an eligible direct applicant — a public community or technical college, Workforce Development Board, TEEX, TEES, or qualifying community-based organization partnered with a college or TEEX — define the full-time W-2 trainees, occupations, customized curriculum, training hours, wage outcomes and employer contribution, then develop and submit the SDF project proposal with TWC. Hospitals and other healthcare employers should approach the program as business partners rather than assuming they are the direct applicant.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 95/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Healthy Hometowns funding to sustain and expand rural maternal healthcare through statewide hubs, expanded hub capacity, and networks of maternal-care spoke hospitals.
Required next actionProceed only if the mandatory August 10 Letter of Intent was submitted on time; LOI-qualified applicants must submit the full Maternal Health Hub and Spoke application in IowaGrants by September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT.
Open - rolling year-round
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 29, 2026
New York State Department of Health
New York State accepts VAPAP applications on a rolling basis from eligible financially distressed hospitals, including public hospitals, critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals and qualifying safety-net hospitals, to preserve vital services while implementing long-term sustainability and transformation plans.
Required next actionConfirm the hospital meets VAPAP eligibility and has serious financial instability requiring extraordinary assistance to preserve vital services. Request the current VAPAP application template from the New York State Department of Health, assemble the required financial documentation and a credible sustainability or transformation plan, and submit for rolling Department review.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified August 29, 2026
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa Healthy Hometowns funding for rural co-location sites where multiple distinct healthcare and social-service providers deliver coordinated services in one location.
Required next actionProceed only if the mandatory August 10 Letter of Intent was submitted on time; LOI-qualified applicants must submit the full Co-Location application in IowaGrants by September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM CT.
Needs Review
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 11, 2026
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
<p><strong>Status verification hold:</strong> Nebraska DHHS no longer displays the previously observed Year 2 RHTP 4.4a Chronic Disease Management, Navigation & Education listing on its live funding pages. Do not treat the prior October 2, 2026 deadline as currently actionable unless DHHS republishes or otherwise reconfirms the opportunity.</p>
Required next actionDo not initiate new outreach or rely on the prior October 2 deadline. Re-verify open status, deadline, eligibility, funding, match, allowable-cost, procurement, and submission rules from a current controlling Nebraska DHHS source before any applicant action.
Upcoming — opens October 1, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 7, 2026
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Connecticut DPH will accept FY2027 Conrad 30 / J-1 Visa Waiver applications from October 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET through October 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET. The non-cash physician-workforce pathway can support up to 30 waiver recommendations tied to a three-year service commitment in an eligible Connecticut shortage or underserved area.
Required next actionBefore October 1, obtain the FY2027 Connecticut Conrad 30 application package; confirm physician and employer eligibility; validate the proposed HPSA, MUA, or MUP practice location and three-year service commitment; assemble the complete PDF packet; and submit electronically to the Connecticut DPH Primary Care Office during the October 1-15 initial window rather than relying on a possible later extension.
Open — Rolling October 1–September 30 processing cycle
Atlas Opportunity Score 94/100
Verified September 29, 2026
USDA Rural Development
USDA Rural Development currently lists the Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program as open. Applications are accepted for processing from eligible public bodies, community-based nonprofit corporations, and federally recognized Tribes on an ongoing October 1–September 30 cycle. Healthcare and telehealth fit The program finances essential community facilities in rural areas. USDA expressly lists hospitals, […]
Required next actionReview current USDA Rural Development program materials and state-office instructions, confirm applicant and project eligibility, and preserve supporting documentation before package development.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Verified October 1, 2026
Indiana Department of Health (IDOH)
The Indiana Department of Health Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention offers approximately $8 million across State Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 for trauma system development, quality improvement, trauma and non-trauma center engagement, and injury prevention. The RFA is rolling and may support hospitals, hospital networks, first responder agencies, statewide organizations, and entities with prior quality-improvement leadership experience.
Required next actionCoordinate with the applicable Trauma Regional Advisory Council (TRAC), complete the current TCC application and three-tab budget template, confirm AOS Supplier ID/W-9/direct-deposit, EIN and IDOA Bidder ID requirements, and submit through Indiana CTSI WebCAMP.
Upcoming — 2026 Maryland Conrad 30 cycle opens October 1, 2026 and closes February 1, 2027
Atlas Opportunity Score 93/100
Verified September 21, 2026
Maryland Department of Health (MDH)
Maryland's 2026 Conrad 30 cycle opens October 1 for healthcare employers recruiting qualifying J-1 physicians into underserved communities. The program provides up to 30 State waiver recommendations, including up to 10 Flex slots, in exchange for a three-year Maryland service commitment.
Required next actionPrepare the physician and employer application for the October 1, 2026 opening. Confirm J-1 and Maryland licensure eligibility, HPSA/MUA/P or Flex strategy, three-year employment agreement, direct-patient-care requirements, payer-access and sliding-fee policies where applicable, recruitment documentation, site-specific materials, and the complete electronic packet. Use February 1, 2027 as the current authoritative closing date and confirm any portal-specific clock-time instructions before final submission.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Verified October 3, 2026
Mississippi Division of Medicaid
Mississippi Medicaid is inviting eligible maternal-care providers to attest interest in becoming Accountable Entities under the $17 million CMS Transforming Maternal Health model. Participation can lead to infrastructure support and future performance incentives, but the current attestation is non-binding and Mississippi has not published a fixed provider attestation deadline.
Required next actionReview Mississippi's current TMaH provider information, participation materials, and Accountable Entity instructions, and verify the applicable provider requirements before relying on the program for planning. Treat the current participation step as onboarding rather than a guaranteed grant award.
